SANDY'S CAMERA SHOP

In 1945 Sandy's Camera Shop took trade-ins on postwar equipment. This was the year that Portland joined in the buying spree after WW2. In 1945 the Southwest Alder location had been in business for three decades. I miss Sandy's.

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[MLB1168]

Dicker month? I don't think that would work now.

[tombrooks]

As a kid, always loved my little bus trip from Hollywood District to Sandy's in Lloyd Center to get my pictures developed -- They always had some new camera I'd dream about owning...

What a great camera store -- Should be part of Portland's Historical archives..

[Jim Kahn]

I grew up thinking the name of the business WAS "Kodak at Sandy's"! To this day, whenever I hear the word "Kodak", I still "hear" that..."Kodak at Sandy's"...it still rolls off the tongue! You know...kinda like: the Bertha-Beaverton Highway instead of the Beaverton/Hillsdale Highway or the Baldoch Freeway rather than the Salem Freeway or simply I-5 South!

Yeah, it really was the ONLY place to get your pictures developed...you'd take the whole camera in and let THEM remove the film! Our pictures always had a small, white 1/8th inch border with a rippled edge and a printed date, centered on that white border at the bottom. What a great way to remember just WHEN that particular picture was taken. It ALWAYS helped to settle those later family arguments that usually reared their ugly heads around the holidays when scrapbooks came out and everybody was trying to remember just how old someone REALLY was...or simply WHEN the picture was take...and old they were at the time.

Of course they should add the store/business to the Portland Historical archives! There must be at least one or two black and whites stashed around somewhere!

Thanks for the memory!

Jim

[Craig Addams]

Sandy's Kodak Shop can be traced back to 1923 at 124 Broadway. They opened a new shop on June 20, 1936 at 714 S.W. Washington. By then, Sandy's Photo Shop's the other address had been changed to 618 S.W. Broadway.

[Brad Jim]

Wow, anyone that likes Sandy's camera / Jones photo lab should check out this facebook page! LOTS of GREAT Sandy's photos!

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=58685224720

[Bob Kuhn]

In the days of those folding cameras, they were known as "Kodaks" which led to Kodaks at Sandy's. Later on, when Eastman Kodak became more of a brand, Sandy's had to change their signs to "Kodak Film and Cameras at Sandy's" I always thought it was interesting that they had three downtown locations within several blocks of each other. I bought my first Nikon F in the mid-60's, a used one with a chunk missing out of the prism glass, but it sure took great photos.

[Dave Doeppel]

Just bought an old Kodak camera on ebay for a display. Inside the back was a Kodak at Sandy's sticker. Here is a picture http://bit.ly/zQCdOw