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Subject: [Leica] [OM] IMG: From Waaaaay Back
From: photo.philippe.amard at gmail.com (Philippe)
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2020 07:22:00 +0100
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They all look so serious - Can you confirm they really were? All of them? ;-)

Amities

Philippe



> Le 9 mars 2020 ? 22:59, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> a ?crit :
> 
> Occasionally, I recall photos from a long time ago, and check to see if I 
> still have them in my files.  This one is from the late 1940s, the time of 
> Speed Graphics and large flash bulbs, and was probably shot by Stanley 
> Coumbe, one of my classmates who shot for the college paper, The 
> Reflector.  I found a black and white 8x10 glossy stuck between the pages 
> of one of my yearbooks, and scanned it.
> 
> This was the first of several college bands I played with, to help with 
> college expenses.  This was about 1948, and there were still a large 
> number of veterans enrolled under the GI Bill. Looking at the group, I 
> think all except two or three were in that category.  I'm the fourth guy 
> from the right in the front row. Red Terry, who ran the band at this time, 
> is the bass player.  I think I can name them all, so I'm not senile yet.
> 
> The occasion was a Sorority Dance for the Zeta Tau Alpha Sorority.
> 
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20020430-Collegians+1.JPG.html
> 
> Demand for large, 15-piece bands went away around 1950, when they were 
> replaced by smaller combos with loud amplifiers.
> 
> -- 
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> 
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