"Richard Knoppow" wrote:

I may have old developing instuctions for some of these,
I'll check.

They're already developed. I am referring to the negative
strips. Sorry, I wasn't clear about that.

Some brief history. The German company Agfa bought out Ansco
in 1926 and operated it until the outbreak of WW-2 when it
was seized by the U.S.Government. The Agfa trade name
continued to be used until about late 1943. Ansco was the
oldest U.S. photographic manufacturing company dating to
around 1840. Agfa/Ansco made a wide variety of film and
paper; they were Kodak's chief competition.

Another item in this collection is a box of Agfa 2-1/2 x 3-1/2
sheet film (also already developed.) Here's the box (256k
download) with the Agfa/Ansco trade name:

http://www.lukejtornatzky.com/graphics/agfa_box.jpg

I suspect these films date from the mid 1930's perhaps
sometime around 1936 to 1939. At that time some 35mm still
film was probably still sold with B&H perfs. Plenachrome was
never available as a motion picture stock so that must have
been the case.


Those dates sound about right, considering my grandfather's
apparent age in some of the photos.

About the only thing I can suggest for flattening the film
is to put into a chamber with very high humidity for a time.
Try hanging them in a small bathroom and turining on the how
water in the shower.

Thanks, I'll try that.