John Dewey William McKinley Wright

This photo is of my grandfather’s grave. His name was John Dewey William McKinley Wright and he died before I was born, so I never got to meet him.

My girlfriend found an old Instamatic camera for my collection and got it because it had a roll of film in it. It had been loaded and wound to the first frame, but since it sat in the camera for around 40 years, the first frame and a half had possibly (probably) been exposed many times. I shot the roll and developed it today to see if I any pictures on the roll turned out. They were quite faded and suffered heavy color shift, but I got useable images! The roll was in a Kodak Instamatic 154 when she bought it, but I transferred it to a Kodak Instamatic 104 that I’ve had for awhile and been wanting to shoot with.

Camera: Kodak Instamatic 104 (Camerosity code CAOO – 12/66)
Lens: Plastic 43mm Meniscus
Film: Kodak Kodacolor II (long expired)
Shutter Speed: 1/90
Aperture: F/11
Date: May 22nd, 2018, 2.56 p.m.
Location: White County, Illinois, U.S.A.

Developing Chemicals: Unicolor C-41
Water pre-soak: 1 minute at 102 degrees
Developer: 3 ½ minutes at 102 degrees
Water rinse: 2 minutes (to keep chemicals clean)
Blix: 6 ½ minutes at 102 degrees
Water rinse: 2 minutes at approx. 100 degrees
Stabilizer: 1 minute at room temperature
Water rinse: 2 minutes
Kodak Photo-Flo 200: 1 minute

Kodak 104 Kodacolor II 03-2ef