Vicksburg, Mississippi, had so much interesting photographic material. I am glad I explored when Kodak's famous Kodachrome film was still available and could be processed by laboratories equipped to handle the special chemicals and techniques. I used Kodachrome until near its final end in the early 2000s. It is gone forever and will not be revived, despite the requests from old-timers. Here are some samples from the 1990s.
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| Fairground Street Bridge from top of an oil tank |
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| Rear stairs on Grove Street house pre-renovation (20mm ƒ/5.6 Russar lens) |
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| Deconstruction, 807 Main Street |
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| Chevrolet, Grove Street |
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| Vicksburg depot and tracks used by Vicksburg Southern Railroad (VSOR) |
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| View east to Mulberry Street from depot 2nd floor |
I looked into the former depot (now housing the Old Depot Museum) and saw some youngsters. They said they rented an apartment on the second floor. They generously let me take some photographs from their balcony.
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| Lower Grove Street |
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| Discount Barn, Levee Street |
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| Former McKay Motors on Washington Street (150mm ƒ/4 Super-Takumar lens) |
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| Cottages, 505 and 507 Fairground Street (200mm ƒ/4 Leitz Telyt-V lens) |
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| Pearl Street view north (50mm) |
This ends a short look back in time. I have hundreds of more Kodachrome slides of Vicksburg. Will I ever have time to scan them?
4 comments:
Nice Kodachomes...Yes, I too remember fondly Kodachrome film. My dad and I used to have disagreements about that film stock and I mostly shot Ektachrome for slides. He ALWAYS used Kodachrome film for slides and 16mm movies. Much to my chagrin his slides / movies look as good now, as they did when first developed (some are 70 years OLD). A lot of my Ektachrome sildes are a bit washed out and colors have sometimes gone to magenta...ugh!!! Oh well...Live and learn....
Thanks, Anonymous. Ektachrome was much more convenient to process than Kodachrome, which needed to be mailed or sent via courier service to a lab with the Kodachrome processing line. But, as you noted, the early Ektachrome emulsions (as well as Anscochrome and Agfachrome) did not have long-term color stability.
Stand by for more Kodachrome posts. Some will be from my dad's archives, 60+ years old.
These are terrific, especially "Rear stairs on Grove Street house."
Thanks! The stairs were removed when the buildings were renovated, so I am glad I took their portrait.
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