SCORE! I got word from back home that my brother has discovered a pair of cardboard boxes from Kodak among our late father’s things, about 6x4x1.5 in. with “Sensitized Paper” printed prominently. In handwriting, almost certainly our grandmother’s, are the words “Get these made” on one box, and “Negatives” on the other.
I am extremely excited to find out what is in the boxes. I am leaning towards them being filled with processed negatives, based on the handwritten label, but since it’s not clear, I asked that the boxes be put in lightproof plastic bags to be safe.
My hope is that these are previously unprinted images, or at least clear negatives from which clean prints or scans can be made, but it’s pointless to speculate until they can be safely opened. They may well be undeveloped film. They may be damaged beyond use. They may contain recipe cards, movie ticket stubs or WWII chocolate rations, I have no idea.
In any case, once I can travel back and get them, if they are in fact processed negatives, I can scan them to high res images, and I really cannot wait until that happens…