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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Grandma Hannah
From: steve.barbour at gmail.com (Steve Barbour)
Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2011 09:40:29 -0700
References: <08bc36c517d1adce8cc88157bcc46af6.squirrel@mail.threshinc.com>

On Jun 2, 2011, at 9:36 AM, Peter Klein wrote:

> Thanks, Chris and Michiel.  Grandma Hannah was about 80 when the picture
> was taken in 1970.  She lived to be 96, outliving her eldest son (Uncle
> Marty, who never married and lived with her).  After he died, she moved to
> a retirement/nursing home, where she constantly complained about the "old"
> people who were 10-20 years younger than she was. She was in pretty good
> shape until her last two years, and completely there mentally.


bittersweet...a wonderful lady...



Steve



> 
> --Peter
> 
> Chris Crawford wrote:
> 
>> Great portrait. How old was she? Looks about the same age as my grandpa 
>> was
>> when I made the last portraits of him a few years ago before he died. He
> had
>> Alzheimer's, so he wasn't so happy in his last years, unfortunately.
> 
> Michiel Fokkema wrote:
> 
>> She's cute.
>> Cheers,
>> Michiel Fokkema
> 
> 
> On 6/2/11 1:17 AM, "Peter Klein" <pklein at threshinc.com> wrote:
> 
>> Continuing with the roll of Tri-X from 1970, here's my paternal
>> grandmother:
>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/family/kleinfamily/110524-0012Grandma
>> Hanna-w.jpg.html>
>> 
>> Bronx, NY.  Co-Op City, to be precise. Canon TL-QL and 50/1.8 that came
>> with it. Tri-X in D76.
>> 
>> --Peter
> 
> 
> 
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