Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2022/11/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It is a pity that this exquisite hardware couldn't be repurposed. On Wed, Nov 23, 2022, 12:54 AM Alan Magayne-Roshak via LUG < lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > While still a student back in the early seventies I documented Victorian > buildings at the university that had originally been a separate school - > the Milwaukee Downer College. The state had decided they had to go. My > photos were seen by a committee of Downer graduates and used in a report to > the legislature for their preservation. I was later told by the committee > that they helped sway opinion so the structures were eventually renovated. > Here is an example of the craftsmanship of the hardware, taken years later > just before the remodeling. Naturally, these fittings were replaced by > simple brass ones, but at least the buildings still stand, and are used. > > I am preparing scans for the UWM Historic Preservation Institute and came > across this image that I just love. > > < > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Buildings/19801016_MR_EMKE_Downer_10AX9805.jpg.html > > > > > > -- > Alan > > Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer > University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Photo Services > (Retired) > UPAA Photographer of the Year 1978 > UPAA Master of the Profession 2014 > amagayneroshak at gmail.com > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/> > > "All the technique in the world doesn't compensate > for an inability to notice. " - Elliott Erwitt > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >