Jon Searles' photos with the keyword: vintage

You know what I mean. :-) Everybody fantasizes about finding something really interesting buried away in one of their closets that they never knew they had. Here's my discovery. :-) Recently, while handling my vintage slide projector, which I don't know a whole lot about since my Mom got it for me on a whim for only $20, I decided to open the mystery box that had come with it. I assumed I would just find some spare bulbs, but having heard some very interesting stories on Flickr I figured I would live out my fantasy. I was very surprised to find that my imagination, for once, was absolutely right. In the box was exactly what you see here. Some spare bulbs, as I knew would be in there, a spare lens (I'm assuming for the projector), a package of lubricating oil, and some vintage film, all of it of course expired or used. There's some 8mm there, if you look very carefully, which appeared to be movie film, which most 8mm film was, a roll of Kodak Super-XX 35mm black and white, expiration date 02/49, and a roll of mystery 35mm Kodak film still in the canister, with it being left to mystery whether it was ever exposed. I'm very tempted to open it in a light bag one of these days and see what it's situation is, actually, although most stories I've heard about developing vintage super-expired film haven't been particularly positive. At least I can say I have it. :-)

This is the famed "Aeroplane Bar" in Olomouc. It is in fact a genuine Tupolev Tu-104 airliner, the first successful design of jet airliner in history, as the very first jet airliner, the De Havilland D.H.106 Comet, had an unpleasant habit of blowing up in flight. It was also the first jet airliner built in the Communist bloc, and not to be outdone, Boeing introduced the 707 a few years later, finally giving the west an airliner to be proud of. In any case, this Tu-104 will unlikely ever fly again, as it's well....a bar, and in any case one of the wings is smashed at the tip.