Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/09/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I may be mixing up stores....National Camera Repair, when expanded and on the south side of Penn Ave, may be the place I bought used equipment...like my beloved Canon F1 and lenses! :-) -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Ken Firestone Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2004 3:53 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Let's Hold the Future at Bay a Tad Longer 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. -- ================================================ Ken Firestone, W3CAT Kerry-Courage under fire. kenf01@gmail.com Bush-Driving under the influence. kenf@speakeasy.net ================================================ _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information