[LargeFormat] B&W film of the 40s

[Richard Knoppow]

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> I was an Air Force photographer starting in 1954 and at
that time tri-x
> was just a dream in all formats.  Tri-x made its debut in
the Armed
> Forces in the later 50s
> Carl Maier
>
   Its listed in technical manuals from WW-2. Likely
different films were available at different times. Kodak has
made several films under the Tri-X name, at least some of
these are listed as early as 1940.
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Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles, CA, USA
dickburk@ix.netcom.com