[luvbach1]

Those box cameras were used by many with good results well into the modern era.

[smokingfrog]

How times change...

[KarlInOhio]

Look at Inflation calculator to compare old prices to new. That 100 picture box camera for only $25 in 1888 is equal to about $600 now.

[melissa_in_ga]

Re: 1970’s ads, my dad had a Beseler enlarger. He in fact had a whole darkroom set up in our house. We enjoyed many wonderful hours taking black and white photos and developing them.

The digital age is exciting, but nothing beats the tactile feeling of swirling a piece of photo paper in the finisher and hanging it up to dry :)

[ConservativeOrBust]

Just curious, is there a photography related ping list?

[BfloGuy]

Great post. Thanks.

It's so hard to believe that Kodak is going to file for bankruptcy. The ultimate irony is that a Kodak engineer invented the digital camera and ten years later, Kodak developed the first mega-pixel camera but management just didn't see the possibilities and the company relied on its film production till it was too late.