[Leica] IMG: Two From My Archives

[Douglas Barry]

Two lovely images, Jim. Those toys look familiar as my eldest had similar 
ones around the same time. I rather suspect they're still preserved by my 
wife somewhere in the attic.

Douglas

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From: "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols at lighttube.net>
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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Two From My Archives


> In 1980, I was shooting with a Polaroid SX-70.  This is an edited scan, 
> showing my late wife and our first grandchild.  He is now a doctor with a 
> successful practice in Internal Medicine, and has four children of his 
> own.
>
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Rob+and+Grandma+1980.jpg.html
>
> Among the family history keepsakes that my wife had was a studio photo of 
> her great-grandparents and their family, typical of the studio work of the 
> early 1900s.  Her grandfather is the young man second from the right as 
> you view the photo.  There are some stains from the years that show if one 
> looks too closely.  I did not attempt to remove them.
>
> Her grandfather went on to build his own trailer incorporating a Direct 
> Positive studio, which he and his wife used at fairs and celebrations to 
> provide income during the 1930s.  His younger brother, in front, organized 
> a crew that toured the West offering to convert family pictures into 
> curved-glass covered portraits.  Though most such crews were honest, there 
> were some dissatisfied customers, resulting in signs telling portrait 
> salesmen that they were unwelcome and might be shot.
>
> The young girl in front lived to be 101.
>
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Orr+Family+Circa+1906.TIFF.html
>
> Comments and critiques always appreciated.
>
> -- 
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
>
>
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