Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/04/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Barry, It was indeed a Syrena, and I am sure bribes were common, as they were in all other aspects of life. I was only 9 at the time this picture was, and we left Poland two years later, so I have no personal experience with this. The Syrena was no rocket for sure, but even then it was capable of breaking a 60 km/h speed limit...Just before leaving Poland in 1972, we took a long trip in it, to East Germany, Czechoslovakia and Hungary. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog YNWA On Apr 10, 2011, at 2:15 AM, Douglas Barry wrote: > Nathan, > Agree with the comments on the group portrait - positively luminous - even > without the poignant undercurrents of its history. > > The car one is very curious. I somehow doubt that tickets issued like that > would stick nowadays. Very easy to accelerate up to an unsuspecting victim > and take a picture of them while the camera shows the police car's closing > speed and not the victim's. Were bribes to policemen common in communist > Poland in the 70s? Anyway, it looks like a Syrena and they were not > exactly rocket ships, so it's hard to believe it was breaking the speed > limit! > > Douglas > _________ > Douglas Barry > Bray, Co. Wicklow > Republic of Ireland > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nathan Wajsman" <photo at > frozenlight.eu> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> > Sent: Saturday, April 09, 2011 8:17 AM > Subject: Re: [Leica] Family photos, 1920s-40s > > >> Interesting to see the lifestyles--thanks for sharing, Peter. It inspired >> me to dig into my own archive of photos I inherited following my father's >> death 7 years ago--I scanned many of them, but now I will start putting >> some on the web, mainly to share with family world-wide. But some of you >> might also find them of interest. I only regret that so few street photos >> and environmental portraits were done in those days. >> >> http://www.greatpix.eu/Other/My-fathers-pictures >> >> Cheers, >> Nathan >> >> Nathan Wajsman >> Alicante, Spain >> http://www.frozenlight.eu >> http://www.greatpix.eu >> http://www.nathanfoto.com >> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws >> Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog >> >> YNWA >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Apr 8, 2011, at 9:15 AM, Peter Klein wrote: >> >>> LUG: If you're interested, you can partake of more of my family history >>> here: >>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/family/messen20s-40s1/> >>> >>> These are from my late mother Emilie's cache of black and white >>> snapshots, scanned with VueScan on an HP consumer flatbed. Some were in >>> pretty bad shape. I've done some curve adjusting and removed the worst >>> spots on people's faces where possible but nothing really drastic. >>> Black and white really lasts, and even if faded, a judiciously applied >>> curve can bring it back to life. >>> >>> I remember my grandfather had a folding camera with black leather >>> bellows, brand unknown. It had some kind of little right angle >>> viewfinder that he looked down into. The shutter was triggered with a >>> cable release. The photos from the 1940s are probably taken with this >>> camera. Most were taken in New York City, with summer photos in White >>> Lake, NY (in the Catskills). >>> >>> Enjoy! >>> --Peter >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >