[Leica] IMG: Digging Into the Past

[Philippe]

Not that much from what is given to see here Jim. Just compare with other nations …

And I agree with Jayanand, it is a real piece of anthropology

Amities

Philippe



> Le 13 janv. 2019 à 05:42, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> a écrit :
> 
> Thanks, Jayanand.  Things were tough in the USA in the 1930s.
> 
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> 
> On 1/12/2019 8:57 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG wrote:
>> The first one is a real slice of history!
>> Cheers
>> Jayanand
>> 
>> On Sun, Jan 13, 2019 at 4:48 AM Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote:
>> 
>>> Recent discussions of older photos led me to dig into some images I
>>> scanned quite a few years ago, from a collection of negatives and prints
>>> we inherited from my wife's grandmother.  This sepia image is from the
>>> middle to late 1930s, when my wife's Dad provided a meager income for
>>> his family by following the Midwest fairs and celebrations with his
>>> portable studio, selling "4 for a Dime" direct positive portraits to the
>>> fair visitors.  The studio could be folded and carried on the trailer
>>> seen in the background.  Herb is posing holding on to the awning frame
>>> that could be covered in bad weather.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20090417-Herb+with+Portable+Studio.JPG.html
>>> 
>>> Here is an actual-size copy of one of the seventy-year-old
>>> Direct-Positive photos, which received no Photoshop treatment at all.
>>> 
>>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Gene+01.jpg.html
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Jim Nichols
>>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>> 
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