[Leica] Let's Hold the Future at Bay a Tad Longer

[kenf01 at gmail.com (Ken Firestone)]

On Thu, 2 Sep 2004 14:29:37 -0400, B. D. Colen <bdcolen@earthlink.net> wrote:
> It/They were indeed Potomac Photo and National Camera Repair. Have I
> lost it entirely, or were they at one point housed in the same space?
> Because I certainly remember Charlie Scheer, and I seem to remember him
> being associated with Potomac Photo.
> 

I don't ever remember them being the same.  In fact I don't think
Charlie had much use for the owner of Potomac Photo, with good reason.
Charlie started out in a shack between 2 buildings, no more than 8
feet wide. Then he moved next door to a real storefront. In addition
to fixing stuff, he also used to sell things like tri-x 20 packs, and
eventually cameras. Sometime after I left the area, 1967, the store
moved across the street into a new building and became a full service
shop.  The last time I was there Charlie was gone, I was told he
retired to North Carlolina.

Potomac moved a few blocks west on Penn Ave after the World Bank took
over the block, and eventually became a Moto Photo.

In the nature of full disclamer, I worked for both Potomac Photo, and
National Camera Repair during my 2 year vacation from the Univ. of
Maryland.

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