Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/04/01

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Subject: [Leica] Kodak, now Alfredo
From: jls at runbox.com (Jeffery Smith)
Date: Thu Apr 1 07:21:49 2004
References: <336A0D99.40A91D46.000035C7@aol.com>

Exotic car mechanic? Does he wear pasties?

At 09:03 AM 4/1/2004, you wrote:
>Alfredo moved back to New Orleans from Argentina several years ago.  Last 
>time I talked to him he was working part time for as an exotic car 
>mechanic in Kenner.
>
>As far as the antique Leicas, the Afrika Korps one was I believe 
>authentic, as well as several other war-time Leicas.
>
>BTW, I don't think swastikas were commonly on even military cameras.  Some 
>privately owned cameras were so engraved.)
>
>I may be mistaken, but I don't think Alfredo was replicating wartime 
>cameras. He had an extensive collection of Leica that he kept in a case in 
>the middle of the store.
>
>Sonny
>
>In a message dated 4/1/2004 9:36:10 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
>jls@runbox.com writes:
>
> > >>It went out of business years ago, the store was boarded up and moldy,
> > >>and it is now a multistory parking lot. I shot this just after they
> > >>demolished it. I think Sonny told me that the owner moved
> > back down to
> > >>Argentina.
> > >>
> > >>Jeffery
> > >>
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