Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/09/15

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Subject: [Leica] Fred Spira is Dead
From: glehrer at san.rr.com (Jerry Lehrer)
Date: Sat Sep 15 20:49:14 2007
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Marc,

Fred made it possible for us to have decent quality imported photo 
accessories at reasonable prices. I dealt with
his store in NY when I lived there.  With his stuff you actually could 
combine the words 'cheap' and 'good'.

He had some fantastic connections in Japan.

Jerry


Marc James Small wrote:
> Fred Spira of Spiratone died on 2 SEP 2007.  I only met him a couple 
> of times -- others knew him better. The obits are full of
> inflated claims but it is hard to overstate his impact on the US 
> photography industry from the late 1940's to the late 1980's.  He left 
> one hell of a hole.
>
> Marc
>
> msmall@aya.yale.edu
> Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir!
>
>
>
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