Nostalgia – Museum of Peter D. Erdman

The Nostalgia Collection brings together items that evoke past memories and sentiments. These pieces serve as reminders of bygone times, capturing the essence of familiar places, people, and experiences.

Photos

Rochester

Earlier Rochester

Modern Rochester

These photos show what some of the above buildings look like today.

Medical Sciences

Greater Rochester Area

Twin Cities

Technology

Kodak 110 film

Introduced by Kodak in 1972, the 110 film format revolutionized amateur photography by offering a compact, easy-to-use option for capturing memories. The 110 film was housed in a small, plastic cartridge that was simple to load, making it highly popular among casual photographers. Each cartridge contained 24 or 12 exposures of 13mm × 17mm negatives, producing smaller images but with the convenience of portability and ease of processing. The format became synonymous with pocket-sized cameras, allowing photography to be more accessible to the general public. Although eventually overtaken by digital technology, Kodak 110 film remains a nostalgic symbol of 1970s and 1980s photography.