Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/06/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I love pen shops too. Those storage cabinets are lovely. Did you end up buying that orange Parker (Duofold?)? Cheers Jayanand On Sun, Jun 9, 2013 at 11:27 AM, Alan Magayne-Roshak <amr3 at uwm.edu> wrote: > While in downtown Milwaukee, I stopped at Daly's Pen Shop, which calls > itself the country's oldest pen shop, to buy some ink for my fountain pens. > It has been in the Plankinton Building, which is now part of an urban > mall, since 1924, but the The Shops at Grand Avenue is struggling, and > can't compete with suburban shopping centers, so the store will be moving > to a location on the outskirts of the city. I took a series of pictures to > remember the place by, and I thought they came out so well that I would > post them. The employee I talked to wasn't sure if all the elaborate > fixtures could be moved so I wanted to document the ambiance. The place > occupied a first floor location from 1924 to about 1999 that was even more > ornate, but I never was able to photograph that. > > Here's the rotunda of the Plankinton Building, which was blended with new > construction to form the Grand Avenue in 1982: > < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Miscellaneous/Daly_s_Pen_Shop_AMR_1.jpg.html > > > < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Miscellaneous/Daly_s_Pen_Shop_AMR_2.jpg.html > > > > Down the hall from the rotunda: > < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Miscellaneous/Daly_s_Pen_Shop_AMR_3.jpg.html > > > < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Miscellaneous/Daly_s_Pen_Shop_AMR_4.jpg.html > > > > Interiors: > < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Miscellaneous/Daly_s_Pen_Shop_AMR_5.jpg.html > > > < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Miscellaneous/Daly_s_Pen_Shop_AMR_6.jpg.html > > > < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Miscellaneous/Daly_s_Pen_Shop_AMR_7.jpg.html > > > < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Miscellaneous/Daly_s_Pen_Shop_AMR_8.jpg.html > > > < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Miscellaneous/Daly_s_Pen_Shop_AMR_9.jpg.html > > > < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Miscellaneous/Daly_s_Pen_Shop_AMR_10.jpg.html > > > < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Miscellaneous/Daly_s_Pen_Shop_AMR_11.jpg.html > > > < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Miscellaneous/Daly_s_Pen_Shop_AMR_12.jpg.html > > > < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Miscellaneous/Daly_s_Pen_Shop_AMR_13.jpg.html > > > > They can be looked at large. I think they look decent, considering the > small sensor of my Lumix LX3. > > Alan > > Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer > University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Photo Services > (Retired) > UPAA POY 1978 > amr3 at uwm.edu > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/ > > "All the technique in the world doesn't compensate > for an inability to notice. " - Elliott Erwitt > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >