photos stored in an old brownie camera

[Wall77]

Do you think the rumors about the sailors photos of pearl harbor found in a brownie camera in his footlocker true?

[Sean]

From what I've heard, the photos in questions do exist but they were not found in some sailor's brownie camera but rather were public photos already published by the US and other sources.

[Photo Chief]

I only want to tell the person who inquired 8/10 about
"pictures found in a brownie camera etc." that these are
US Navy photos, taken by Navy Photo Personnel, all over
the Pearl Harbor area, using professional, not amateur
equipment. These pictures were released toward the end
of WWII and most appeared in Life Magazine. They are,
like all military pictures, now in the National Archive.
Too many eamil writers like to compose tall tales.
Go to Google or Snopes.com and enter brownie camera
pix and you will find this story debunked over and over.
Some of the pictures even have hand-written notations
that appear white because they were written with India
Ink, usually on 4" x 5" negatives.
the "photos found in a Brownie camera" (after Pearl Harbor) that the
pictures are real USNavy photos but the
story of their origin is a barrel of bilge. Pix first ran in Life
Magazine at end of WWII.

[Wall77]

I see, thanks