{"id":8932,"date":"2014-11-17T02:20:30","date_gmt":"2014-11-17T07:20:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=8932"},"modified":"2014-11-17T08:58:52","modified_gmt":"2014-11-17T13:58:52","slug":"a-long-lost-box-of-kodachrome-scanned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/a-long-lost-box-of-kodachrome-scanned\/","title":{"rendered":"A Long Lost Box of Kodachrome, Scanned!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Buffalo, Autumn 1988.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The other day, I was searching for some images for a book project, and I discovered a long lost yellow box of Kodachrome slides.<\/p>\n

In the 1980s, normally, I was pretty good about labeling my slides. This box simply read, \u201cBuffalo unlabled<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n

I thought, \u201cuh oh, what\u2019s this . . . \u201d<\/p>\n

Like, pirate’s treasure!<\/p>\n

I’d managed to stamp my name on each slide. And, back in the day, I removed a couple of choice images to make Cibachrome prints. But other than that this\u00a0roll was untouched. These haven\u2019t been projected, or printed.<\/p>\n

\"Conrail<\/a>
Conrail light engines at CP FW, Buffalo. Exposed on Kodachrome 25 using a Leica M2 with 200mm Telyt lens using a Visoflex.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Conrail<\/a>
Conrail unit coal train\u00a0at CP FW, Buffalo. Exposed on Kodachrome 25 using a Leica M2 with 200mm Telyt lens using a Visoflex.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Conrail<\/a>
Conrail light engines and a unit coal train\u00a0CP FW, Buffalo. Exposed on Kodachrome 25 using a Leica M2 with 200mm Telyt lens using a Visoflex.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Unfortunately, my notes from the day also appear to be absent, so some details on railroad operations and exposure data have been lost to time.<\/p>\n

The slide mounts are stamped November 1988, but these may have been exposed on October 28th<\/sup>, as I spent the morning making industrial images around Niagara Falls for a class project at the Rochester Institute of Technology.<\/p>\n

I\u2019d walked the old Skyway south of downtown Buffalo to make photos of the steel works. At the time I was impressed by the dramatic lighting on Lake Erie.<\/p>\n

\"Exposed<\/a>
Exposed on Kodachrome 25 with a Leica M2 looking west over Lake Erie from the Skyway.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Exposed<\/a>
Exposed on Kodachrome 25 with a Leica M2 looking west over Lake Erie.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\"Steel_works_Buffalo_NY_Nov_1988\u00a9Brian_Solomon_899296\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Conrail<\/a>
Conrail westward Trailvan (possibly TV79) west of CP 5 on the Waterlevel Route near Lackawanna, New York. Leica M2 with 50mm Summicron on K25.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Conrail<\/a>
Conrail eastward Trailvan stopped outside of Buffalo waiting for a clear signal. Leica M2 with 200mm Telyt lens.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"South<\/a>
South Buffalo 36, exposed with Leica M2 with 50mm Summicron, K25 film.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"An<\/a>
An old Whitcomb that had seen better days. I wonder what became of this locomotive?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

26 years after being misplaced, I\u2019m happy to have these slides back in circulation again!<\/p>\n

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