The Last Kodak Instant Print

In 1977, I purchased a Kodak Handle instant camera to take on a vacation. I no longer have my original one, so 5 or 6 years back, I found another one in the local antique store and got it. There happened to be film in the camera and I always wondered if it could still be used. It didn't have a battery, so I couldn't test it to see. Well, a couple years back, I found a third Kodak Handle and this one had a battery. Today, I took the battery from the third one and placed it in my second one and shot with it. Turns out there was only one picture left in it, but I cranked it out and it came out totally white. I put it down on the coffee table and, not knowing there were no more pictures left to take in that pack, went outside to try and take a second one. When I came back in, there was this picture, developed like they used to develop right before your eyes. I think the film had probably been exposed and it was 40 years old, so it didn't have much of a chance at making a good picture. But I did get an exposed image out it!

Camera: The Handle, by Kodak
Film: Kodak PR144-10
ISO: 160
Date: May 12th, 2015
Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A.

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