RARE Kodak Photo Transparency Mountains Lake Colorama

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Own a wonderful piece of Photography History.This may be the only one left like this! This photo shows a beautiful moutain range with a lake. The two models are showing off the new Kodak Camera of the time. This is an amazing and rare opportunity to pick up a bit of history and a Kodak beautiful transparency. This photo shows a 50 inch by 20 inch Colorama, that was sent by Kodak, to Kodak Dealers to display in t Kodak Retail Stores in a display that back lit them. They look amazing when light comes through from the back, but beautiful mounted on white poster board. They were smaller photo of the very large Coloramas that once graced the east balcony of New York's Grand Central Terminal for years. The Larger Colorama were 18 feet by 60 feet... about the size of a house. Some famous and soon to be famous photographers took the photos for the Coloramas, Ansel Adams, Herb Archer, Eloit Porter, etc. Even some of the models became well know later in TV and Movies. The date comes form the Post Mark and the photos were taken earlier. My research shows that the Original 18 X 60 feet Coloramas do NOT Exist anyw!! They were hard to store. PLEASE NOTE: The Colorama will be shipped to you in its ORIGINAL MAILING CONTAINER, with Post Mark and Postal Meter Strip, just like it was sent from Kodak. Check this fantastic site out to learn much more. Just Click on it: /US/en/corp/features/coloramas/colorama.html . Billed as The World's Largest Photographs, Eastman Kodak's 18-by-60-foot Coloramas brought photography to the masses with a spectacular display of communicative power. Initially conceived of in 1949, Kodak proposed to project gigantic slide images onto the wall of Grand Central Terminal. When lighting conditions proved inhospitable for projection, gigantic, backlit color transparencies were produced instead. For its entire forty-year run in Grand Central, the Colorama program presented a panoramic photo album of American scenes, lifestyles, and achievements from the second half of the twentieth century. During this period of growth and optimism, Americans sought to expand their worldview: the baby boom began, suburbs became the modern lifestyle, and jet planes shrank the world's travel dimensions from days to hours. The powerful message of national well-being and wholesomeness presented in the Coloramas - with images by some of the most notable American photographers of the time - was seen by half a million people per day until the 1994 renovation of Grand Central ended the program. Produced in association with George Eastman House, Colorama explores the history of these colossal images, including the amazing advances in camera, film, and processing technology that enabled their production. Each of the most striking images is beautifully reproduced, making them available to those nostalgic for American life in decades gone by, as well as people with a personal connection to the original display in Grand Central Station. You will not be disappointed. Winner will pay $13.95 shipping in the USA. Shipping will be more outside the USA. Money Order or PayPal payment will ship right away. My PayPal Account is: . Please include eBay item number on any payment or email questions. Please, payment must be in my hand within 7 days of the auction ending. Thank you so much for looking and GOOD LUCK !!!!! Please see my other Auctions!!! read more

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