Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ah, yes, I remember that place from my student days at Emerson and the Longy School of Music in the 70s. I'd stop in to ogle gear on my bicycle commutes between Back Bay and Haaav'd Squayah. Sic transit gloria mundi. I also remember Zumm Zumms, and Smoots on the Mass. Ave. bridge. Mike Johnston's blog has a piece on Ferranti-Degge and its history: http://www.theonlinephotographer.blogspot.com/ . . . And scroll down a couple of screens. There's also a link to a Harvard Crimson article about the place. --Peter B. D. wrote: > Ferranti-Degge, a camera store/processing lab one block from Harvard Square > has closed its doors after 51 years. The window of F-G was always a place to > look for used equipment, and it was a local fixture for anyone interested in > photography. But when I walked by yesterday, pausing to check the window, I > found it empty - and a notice posted announcing the store's demise.