[Leica] IMG: Digging Into the Past

[Jim Nichols]

Yes, it was tough, Douglas, but he lived to reach the age of 90.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 1/16/2019 3:33 PM, Douglas Barry wrote:
> A tough life, but fascinating, Jim.
> Douglas
>
> On 12/01/2019 23:18, Jim Nichols 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
>>
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