My new baby!

I have a new baby!
(Well, new to me!)

It’s an Agfa Isolette II, made in Germany in the 1950s.

I have film in it.

Now, I just have to find a place to get it developed!

Vintage Camera series – Found film from my Kodak Duaflex II

So..! 

Inside of one of the vintage cameras (this one), there was a surprise. 

A full roll of exposed, undeveloped film was waiting to be discovered.

The found film!

It was original Panchromatic 620 rollfilm, made in England, on a regular black metal spool.

No brand markings and no date, but I’m guessing from the late 1950s to the early 1960s.

I bought the cameras on eBay. The seller had bought them at an estate auction.

So!

Let’s see what the pictures tell us!

The first three shots show a desk with books, an American flag, and trophies. There’s a huge florescent lamp and a Boy Scouts of America certificate on the wall.

The photographer seems really proud of these things. Is it the boy or a parent?

The son's desk? The certificate is from the Boy Scouts of America.

In the next shot (Shot 4), a young man (the owner of the desk?) is shown sitting in an armchair. He has a small smile on his face and he’s well-dressed.

He looks alittle embarrassed.

This next picture shows us a dessert spread with graduation (cap and gown) figure. The young man’s graduation?

The plaque on the wall has a prayer that reads; “Home Blessing – The crown of the home is godliness, the beauty of the home is order, the glory of the home is hospitality, the blessing of the home is commitment.” This is an Episcopal prayer. Is the family Episcopal?

We still don’t know who the photographer is!

Dessert table for a graduation party?

In this frame, we get to see the rest of the food spread out over some tables.

Have the guest not arrived yet?

I wonder if the punch was any good!

A party spread.

By the next frame, we get to see more of the family. Judging by the ages of these women, it looks to be the young man’s grandmother and mother. They look proud of him!

Besides, the granny has a great pair of cat-eye glasses. She looks like fun to be around. The boy must be having his high school graduation, because he looks so young.

The son, grandmother, and mother?

A car? Or is it a s mall pickup truck? Was this a graduation present? What decade was this?

So many unanswered questions!

Is this even related to the graduation scene above?

The last photo on the spool is the greatest mystery.

Who is it? Is it the photographer? The father of the boy?

But.

Look at how long his hair and beard are. He doesn’t look like he belongs with the people from the previous picture.

Was this taken at the same time as the other photos? It could have been taken decades later…

Could it be the young man himself, finding the camera years later, discarded and forgotten?

We’ll never know.

Mysterious picture at the end.