Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/03/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This series has been priceless, Bill.? Please keep 'em coming. On 3/5/20 9:48 PM, Bill Clough via LUG wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA