Nostalgic Saturation: Mid-Century Bellingham in Historic Color
July 2, 2016 - March 5, 2017
Old City Hall
Riding the Octopus on Cornwall Avenue, July 1964; 35mm Kodachrome slide. Whatcom Museum #2002.36.125
July 2, 2016 – March 5, 2017, Old City Hall
Curated by Jeff Jewell, Photo Archives Historian
History isn’t all in black and white. This exhibition features photographs from a not-so-distant past as captured by Ektachrome®, Kodachrome® and Technicolor slide film, as well as 4 x 5 inch color transparencies. Focused on the 1940s, ’50s and ’60s, Nostalgic Saturation highlights a Bellingham that isn’t beyond present memory, yet at the same time has recently become within the range of history.
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- Old Town thrift shops, 1972. Whatcom Museum 2002.36.144
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- State Street deliveries, 1964. Whatcom Museum 2002.36.142
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- Up Holly across Cornwall, 1964. Whatcom Museum 2002.36.143
