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I Bought a New Camera
Apr 4, 2014 08:30:10   #
bsprague Loc: Lacey, WA, USA
 
My mother left me with a bunch of old photos. One was taken on a family vacation 60 years ago where I am taking a picture. I scanned and cropped it for my avatar to the left.

Last week I found a camera that appears to be the same one for $15 in an antique mall. It sounds like it may still be in working order!

I may have to order a roll of film!

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Apr 4, 2014 09:10:53   #
Reinr Loc: Staffordshire. UK
 
Ah, the good old days.

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Apr 5, 2014 09:51:25   #
Papa Joe Loc: Midwest U.S.
 
bsprague wrote:
My mother left me with a bunch of old photos. One was taken on a family vacation 60 years ago where I am taking a picture. I scanned and cropped it for my avatar to the left.

Last week I found a camera that appears to be the same one for $15 in an antique mall. It sounds like it may still be in working order!

I may have to order a roll of film!


I'm just guessing, but it sure looks like an Ansco Sure Shot Jr. I still have mine. I bought it for $6.00 when I was in grade school.

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Apr 7, 2014 01:31:09   #
KotaKrome
 
bsprague wrote:
My mother left me with a bunch of old photos. One was taken on a family vacation 60 years ago where I am taking a picture. I scanned and cropped it for my avatar to the left.

Last week I found a camera that appears to be the same one for $15 in an antique mall. It sounds like it may still be in working order!

I may have to order a roll of film!


I'll never forget the day I bought my shiny new Kodak Instamatic 104. Came with a box of film and one flash cube. I was 13 years old. Since then I've collected over a hundred vintage film cameras at auctions, thrift stores, eBay, yard sales, estate sales and as gifts from friends and relatives.
I've recently sold a lot of them off. They were just sitting in boxes, taking up space and I needed the money. I wanted a new Nikon and my kids want to eat THREE times a day!!!

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Apr 7, 2014 07:15:35   #
bsprague Loc: Lacey, WA, USA
 
Papa Joe wrote:
I'm just guessing, but it sure looks like an Ansco Sure Shot Jr. I still have mine. I bought it for $6.00 when I was in grade school.
My brain remembers fond use of a Kodak Brownie exactly like I recently bought. A closer look at the photo suggests a camera I don't remember using. Thank you for suggesting it could be an Ansco Sure Shot.

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