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Chemical washes for developing Kodachrome film at Dwayne's Photo in Parsons, Kan., on Dec. 28, 2010. The lab is the last one processing the 75-year-old film and will process the final roll on Dec. 30.

Empty Kodachrome film containers after processing at Dwayne's Photo in Parsons, Kan., on Dec. 28, 2010. The lab is the last one processing the 75-year-old film and will process the final roll on Dec. 30.

Boy near Cincinnati, Ohio, photographed by John Vachon some time between 1939 and 1943. The U.S. Farm Security Administration photo project was the first to take advantage of Kodak's revolutionary colour film. During its eight-year existence, the section created the 77,000 black-and-white documentary still photographs (also at the Library of Congress) for which it is world-famous. Beginning in 1939, it created these 644 color documentary still photographs.

Afghan Girl, shot in Peshawar, Pakistan, in 1984. This photo was used for an iconic cover of National Geographic magazine.

Dwayne's Photo, which processes Kodachrome film, in Parsons, Kan., on Dec. 28, 2010. The lab is the last one processing the 75-year-old film and will process the final roll on Dec. 30.

An employee holds a T-shirt commemorating the final roll of Kodachrome film to be developed at Dwayne's Photo in Parsons, Kan., on Dec. 28, 2010. The lab is the last one processing the 75-year-old film and will process the final roll on Dec. 30.

Karla Secrest sorts through envelopes of developed Kodachrome film at Dwayne's Photo in Parsons, Kan., on Dec. 28, 2010. The lab is the last one processing the 75-year-old film and will process the final roll on Dec. 30.

The last photographic lab in the world that develops Kodachrome is located in Parsons, Kansas. The last frame was taken in a cemetery in that town.

Thank you notes on the wall of the room where Kodachrome film is processed at Dwayne's Photo in Parsons, Kan., on Dec. 28, 2010. The lab is the last one processing the 75-year-old film and will process the final roll on Dec. 30.