Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/08/31

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Leica 1930's advertising
From: leicachris at worldnet.att.net (Christopher Williams)
Date: Thu Aug 31 18:22:33 2006
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I have allot more women Leica ads than men Leica ads here. Look at all the
brochures at that time.

Chris


----- Original Message -----
From: "Marc James Small" Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica 1930's advertising


> Much more common at that time were advertisements
> showing a rather rotund, middle-aged gentleman
> using a Leica.  Ernst Leitz II and III and Ludwig
> Leitz all favored this as the style for the
> camera.  In the 1920's and 1930's, few women
> bought Leicas.  They were generally purchased by
> men, and the Leitz family wanted to preach to their audience.
>
> Marc
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