[GH85Carrera]

We all worked in darkrooms. Usually for just a few minutes at a time. Only the B&W department had a safelight for making prints only.

Working on an enlarger was usually only a few minutes of darkness. Film processing was longer. Evidently it did not hurt me since my vision is pretty darn good for a geezer.

We had one jerk that was convince the ammonia odor behind the paper process was just horrid, and going to destroy him health. He called OSHA, and they came out and swung a meter in the air and dir all sorts of tests. The level of ammonia was so low it did not even come to the level the meter could really detect. Their report was we had a save and clean workplace. That employee was fired on Friday. He was not much of a custom print maker and had a lot of re-dos.

Often people walking in the front door of the business would curl their lips and ask how we could stand the smell. I always replied what smell?

I went to a blueprint place on occasion that was doing the old school blueprints. That was a really strong ammonia smell, yet totally under the limits. Not one employee complained when they went to digital "blueprints" with no chemical, just black and white prints that are used today.