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Subject: [Leica] It's 1951, and my parents got married
From: r.s.taylor at comcast.net (Richard S. Taylor)
Date: Tue Apr 5 13:01:31 2005
References: <5.1.0.14.2.20050404223844.00bd6a10@mail.2alpha.com> <p06200710be788fae786e@[131.142.12.152]> <4252EAC5.60206@hemenway.com>

It's a bit like climbing a mountain.  The first step is always the hardest.


>
>>  It's a dog of a job,
>
>This is the part which keeps me from beginning such a project.
>
>Jim
>
>
>Richard S. Taylor wrote:
>
>>Peter - Your posting encourages me to keep going with my own 
>>project to organize and scan in all my old negatives (as contact 
>>sheets) and slides (as full resolution scans).  It's a dog of a 
>>job, but the recovery or memories and making the photos available 
>>for sharing makes it well worth the effort.  Mine go back to about 
>>1950.
>>
>>Like you, I have many from an aunt and uncle who were the primary 
>>family photographers.  Coincidentally, they also used a Bolsey B-2 
>>and Kodachrome and the slides look brand new except for the 
>>old-style mounts.
>>
>>Many thanks.
>>
>>>As far as family pictures go, I just hit the motherlode.  Or 
>>>rather, I scanned a load of pictures from my mother!  Here is a 
>>>liberal selection of the the original Kodachrome slides from my 
>>>parent's wedding.  Have a look here:
>>>http://gallery.leica-users.org/EmMiltWedding
>>>
>>
>>(snip)
>
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-- 
Regards,

Dick
Boston MA

In reply to: Message from pklein at 2alpha.net (Peter Klein) ([Leica] It's 1951, and my parents got married)
Message from r.s.taylor at comcast.net (Richard S. Taylor) ([Leica] It's 1951, and my parents got married)
Message from jim at hemenway.com (Jim Hemenway) ([Leica] It's 1951, and my parents got married)