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Subject: [Leica] 1964 World's fair pics
From: r.s.taylor_post at comcast.net (Richard S. Taylor)
Date: Mon, 4 May 2009 21:20:38 -0400
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Absolutely.  Whenever we went to the Dodger games in Ebbets Field my  
father would wear a suit and tie and his fedora.  My mother would  
typically be dressed  in some nice summer frock.

Regards,

Dick
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On May 4, 2009, at 10:00 AM, Robert Clark wrote:

> You should see pictures from athletic events from that era. No team  
> gear in the stands...men are wearing coats/ties and the ladies with  
> dresses and corsages. I have a media guide from the 1968 UNC Tarheel  
> football team with several photos of people in the stands. They're  
> all dressed up!
> Robert Clark
> Lancaster, PA
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Shulman" <jshul at comcast.net>
> To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug at leica-users.org>
> Sent: Monday, May 04, 2009 9:27 AM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] 1964 World's fair pics
>
>
>> Not old, VENERABLE!
>>
>> One thing I noted in the images--most of the men were in coats and  
>> ties.
>> That was probably the last time in America that a major public  
>> amusement
>> attracted well-dressed crowds.
>>
>> Jim Shulman
>> Wynnewood, PA
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: lug-bounces+jshul=comcast.net at leica-users.org
>> [mailto:lug-bounces+jshul=comcast.net at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of  
>> Richard
>> S. Taylor
>> Sent: Monday, May 04, 2009 8:35 AM
>> To: Leica Users Group
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] 1964 World's fair pics
>>
>> I'll post another half-dozen or so early this evening.  I'd forgotten
>> about that giant road-building machine:  trees and dirt in, three
>> lanes of asphalt out.  GM was sure thinking big in those days.  "...
>> the times they are a' changin," some were singing way back then.
>> Guess GM wasn't listening.
>>
>> More later.  I've got to rush to a meeting.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Dick
>> (Who is now apparently the old-man of the LUG.  Sigh!  ;-(  )
>>
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>>
>>
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