[Leica] IMG: Two From My Archives

[Jim Nichols]

Thanks, Douglas.  I think the toys were some that my wife kept stashed 
in a closet, to be pulled out when the grandkids came for a visit.

In recent years, I have pulled out a few serviceable Matchbox cars and 
the like from my own kids' boxes in the garage, and passed them on to 
THEIR grandkids.  As long as the toy is new to them, it doesn't matter 
how old it may actually be. :-)

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 12/7/2015 3:35 PM, Douglas Barry wrote:
> 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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>> 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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