Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/03/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi there ? In 1961, the publisher of the Amarillo Citizen went on a junket to Ruidoso Downs in Ruidosa, New Mexico. As it turned out, a horse from Amarillo, Texas won. While wandering around searching for subjects, this little girl was stretching her full length to help her daddy place a bet. It was an all-expences-paid affair for the publisher so this particular photo was never published because the publisher thought it cast a bad image of the operation... ... until about seven years later. One of my life-long friends was Dr. James Dunn, who later became the Executive Director of the Baptist Joint Committee, the watchdog agency for the separation of church and state. In 1968, he helped lead a Southern Baptist campaign against para-mutual horse racing. I told James that I had a photo that might work well. For a brief while, this Episcopalian became the best-known photographer by the Southern Baptist convention. http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Bill1941/RETROSPECT/_2+Show_+1961+-+_00242.jpg.html ?Bill