Our power went out last night, due to a gust of wind. While waiting
for the power to come back on, I found my photo albums from college and
the first two years after college.
I started culling bad photographs, and adding notes and short stories
to the album from my junior year of college (1979-80). My albums were
surprisingly archival, with just the typical tint shift due to time that
comes from that era of film. I was using a Polaroid-type camera made
by Kodak at the start of the year, then switched over completely to
film. That album is finished and ready to shelve now.
Tonight I took a look at my sophomore year album, and it’s in one of
those “magnetic” albums. The Kodak camera I had that year made a
plastic type of instant print. Surprising, the color is as good as it
ever was on those photographs. I pulled the two traditional print
photographs out of the album, and left everything as is.
I also finished documenting the last 4 pages of photos in the album.
So many names I don’t remember! I worked at a college radio station,
and we had over 100 people on staff. I only remember the major players,
so I just left the rest as is. I could look up the names in my college
yearbook, but I’m too lazy right now.
Considering it was 35 years or more ago that these college
shenanigans happened, I’m amazed with how much I do remember. And how
much I wrote on the back of some photos! They filled in the gaps of
some of my memories.
I used some Project Life cards, but the pockets in the junior year
album are a different size than we use today. The 3×4 cards float, and
the 4 x 6 cards needed at least 1/2 inch trimmed off. My post-college
year photos will go into Project Life albums, so the photos will be
smaller than the pockets, but I can back them with 4×6 paper as needed.
That’s the scrapping I did this week. How about you?
