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	KODACHROME: First Great Color Film Remembered in Photos

kkcapricorn

6-27-2009 6:49 PM

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The demise of Kodachrome came just three days before a National Geographic exhibition, "Kodachrome Culture: The American Tourist in Europe", opened in the society's Washington, D.C., headquarters.

The exhibit, which will run until September 7, 2009, shows Americans' burgeoning fascination with vivid color photographs of Europe.

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