A while ago, I rediscovered a stack of old transparencies in the loft depicting family life in earlier, less troubled times.

As luck would have it, a friend of mine had recently purchased one of these new fangled devices that can acquire images from transparencies and negatives and make files suitable for manipulation by Photoshop or a similar program.

So I had him scan a selection of the trannies and there it rested... For nearly two years.

Well. Just rummaging through those scans today (my daughter needs childhood pictures of parents for a school project), I came across this. My first car. I seem to recall enjoying this car far more than any since despite the obvious lack of any of the additional toys I now consider mandatory (climate control, CD player, 'phone -- that sort of thing).

This picture is nearly 40 years old now but seems to have survived quite well. The image you see here, obviously scaled to suit a web browser display, is otherwise unmodified save a minor colour correction.

Just gotta love that Kodachrome.

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1. Jerry Carter05/03/2004 17:25:25

That's an amazingly good photo. Looks like it was taken yesterday, except for the coat and the car... and the knees.

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2. Chris Linfoot08/03/2004 13:15:27

Yes. Never doubt the value of Kodachrome as an archival medium.

As for coat, car and knees -- well, you should see the snaps of my sisters in their fairy costumes. But I can't post those here. I want to live.

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