codes on back of photograph

Factual Questions
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Hi, I’ve been searching at length without success to understand the code on the back
of a photograph that I have. I am hoping that I might be able to get information on
this.

Code Info: Eckerd7302<No. 8A> 017
04501 ** NNN-2-382(027)

Thank you so very much in advance for any help with this.

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Welcome to the Straight Dope Message Board, tgreg.

The About This Message Board forum is for questions about the message board itself, like rules or posting issues. I will move this to a more suitable forum for you.

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I’m sorry I have almost no knowledge in this subject area, but the “Eckerd” probably means the photograph was developed at Eckerd’s, the extinct drug store chain.

~Max

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My guess was the film was printed using a machine at an “Eckerd drugs”. This stackexchange answer seems to offer some more detail on the different codes, but some are customizable by the store.

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I’m not sure if this applies to your photograph, but from The Orlando Sentinel in 1996:
"We had the film developed at Eckerd’s and got overnight service on the processing…

Included with the prints from the lab is an index print showing all of the exposures on the roll, and the processed negatives stored in the original film cassette. The code numbers match between the index print, the cassette and the back of the prints. That makes it simple to order reprints."

Also here is another post on a different forum with Eckerd’s metadata on the back of a photograph: Could you tell me the meaning of this code please? | Photrio.com Photography Forums

~Max

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I worked at a 1 Hour Lab from the mid-80s to the early 90s and we used Noritsu and Fuji equipment. The Ns are for cyan, magenta, yellow, and Density adjustments. There was no CMY adjustment, but the negative was over exposed so density was adjusted -2.

The rest is largely sequence and roll numbers to match the prints to the negatives. Prints were made from the entire roll frame-by-frame. Redos were printed if needed, then the roll was cut and sleeved to be packaged with the prints.