Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2021/10/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jim, I prefer the first one, but we call them baubles here, rather than bulbs. On the second shot, it's definitely before Hitler dragged the symbol down into shame. Speaking of the swastika, when I was growing up here in Dublin in the 50's and 60s, a little red electric van with a swastika used to silently roll up to our house and collect our sheets, shirts, and sundries for cleaning and pressing. The driver was dressed like an SS guard in a dark uniform and peaked cap, but disappointingly didn't have a Charlie Chaplin moustache. https://historyasm.blogspot.com/2018/03/the-curious-history-of-swastika-laundry.html On Hitler, he had a brother called Alois who worked in Liverpool and was married to an Irishwoman called Bridget (Dowling) whom he met while working in Dublin. She claims his young Adolf visited them in Liverpool around 1912-13. Did he visit Dublin on a day trip on the steamer and see a Swastika Laundry van? Who knows? Douglas On 29/10/2021 15:42, James Handsfield wrote: > Two more from Seattle. One from Pike Place Market, and a disturbing shot > is West Seattle. > > Pike Place Market - Christmas Tree Bulbs: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jhandsfield_att_net/LHSA+2021/Christmas+Tree+Bulbs.jpg.html > > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jhandsfield_att_net/LHSA+2021/Christmas+Tree+Bulbs.jpg.html> > > Good luck or despicable in West Seattle? Swastika or Navajo?: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jhandsfield_att_net/LHSA+2021/Disgusting+in+West+Seattle.jpg.html > > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jhandsfield_att_net/LHSA+2021/Disgusting+in+West+Seattle.jpg.html> > > Jim Handsfield > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information