[Leica] [OM] IMG: Digging Into the Past

[Nathan Wajsman]

The way those old photographs hold up is impressive. I have photographs from the 1920s and 1930s, inherited from my father, which have held up similarly well. On the other hand, the ones from the 1950s and 1960s have faded badly, probably reflecting the work ethic in post-war Communist Poland.

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman

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> On 13 Jan 2019, at 00:18, 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.
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> 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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> Jim Nichols
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