More on the Hitchcock's

Today, I'm going to post some very special pictures. I'm not sure who the pictures are, with the exception of my Grandfather Lester, but I think the baby is my Aunt Ruth.

In the late '70's, one of my Kodak customers was the photo lab at Port Hueneme Naval Base. I used to work on their processors and became very good friends with the technicians. One day I was talking to them about some negatives I had, but ones I was somewhat afraid to try and print. The reason I was afraid was because they were very fragile, as they were glass negatives. We decided it would be fun to print them, so the next time I was called to the photo lab, I took the negatives with me. As you will see from the posted pictures, we were successful in printing them. I have a total of 4 glass negatives, but I can only find 3 of the printed pictures, so that is all you will see. I hope you enjoy them and realize the significance of the negatives. The print will be first, followed by a picutre of the negative.

The negative is reversed as it gave the best detail when I photographed it.
Aunt Ruth (?)


Another view of Ruth

My Grandfather Lester in Monrovia
The picture of the nagative didn't turn out as it is very dark and you couldn't see any detail. In fact, when we were printing the picture, it was the most difficult because of the amount of exposure needed from the enlarger.

I want to include one other picture in this post. It is my Great-Great Grandmother Milbern and it was taken in 1888, when she was 75. She was born in 1813 and died in 1894 at 81. The only reason I'm including it is becasue I love the piture. Enjoy.

Great-Great Grandmother Mibern

A different direction on the next post. Until then....