Yikes, this is a good one, but....

[Pipsmom]

I've been presented with this for repair and after experimenting with different things to remove the damage but always left with haze on the extreme right lady and foreground imformation thats hard to make out.
My best guess it appears to be church lady's gathering at a baptism by the pool, don't know for sure.
Since this is a new level of repair I haven't met before ....coating lifting damage mostly the problem and I want to learn something new if I ever see it again...
Asking friends for guidance and suggestions how to approach this in steps as its going to be a select and repair by individual areas
The guy who sent it to me is very elderly and does not have access to a scanner either, so he did a photo of a photo

 

[colleague]

you can try to darken some parts with curves-adjustment layer
if that is not dark enough you can add a second curves adjusment-layer

then you can use a 50 % grey layer on 'linear light' for dodge & burn on just parts of the image

here is a PSD
https://www.dropbox.com/s/x3wz4bkrzmklvgw/pips3.psd?dl=0

 

[Pipsmom]

Thank you for answering my enquiry College, will give that a try right now as this mornings adjustments are quickly going wrong and I need to rethink and do something different. Much appreciated

 

[Pipsmom]

Savannah, Ga. , Old Desoto Hilton 1950's, pool side.....
Never would have guessed this location. Hotel site claims its haunted nowdays, old pictures sure have colourful histories