PHOTOS: Unseen Mount St. Helens eruption photos found at Goodwill
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A Portland woman, who finds old cameras and develops forgotten film, discovered unseen photos of the Mount St. Helen explosion. Image: Courtesy Kati Dimoff
“I run into the big Goodwill in [Southeast Portland] and check all their film cameras for exposed, but undeveloped rolls of film,” said Kati Dimoff. Image: Courtesy Kati Dimoff
Thirty-seven years ago, 57 people lost their lives amid raining ash throughout Washington state in the wake of Helens’ explosion. Image: Courtesy Kati Dimoff
After The Oregonian picked up Dimoff’s story, a man Mel Purvis contacted the publication that he had read their story and recognized himself in the photos. He thinks the camera belonged to his grandmother. Image: Courtesy Kati Dimoff
The Argus C2 which had undeveloped film. Dimoff’s images show a new perspective of the plume cloud that haunted the northwest. Image: Courtesy Kati Dimoff
