Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/01/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The first one is a real slice of history! Cheers Jayanand On Sun, Jan 13, 2019 at 4:48 AM Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote: > Recent discussions of older photos led me to dig into some images I > scanned quite a few years ago, from a collection of negatives and prints > we inherited from my wife's grandmother. This sepia image is from the > middle to late 1930s, when my wife's Dad provided a meager income for > his family by following the Midwest fairs and celebrations with his > portable studio, selling "4 for a Dime" direct positive portraits to the > fair visitors. The studio could be folded and carried on the trailer > seen in the background. Herb is posing holding on to the awning frame > that could be covered in bad weather. > > > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20090417-Herb+with+Portable+Studio.JPG.html > > Here is an actual-size copy of one of the seventy-year-old > Direct-Positive photos, which received no Photoshop treatment at all. > > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Gene+01.jpg.html > > -- > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information