[Leica] RETROSPECT 13

[Jim Nichols]

This series has been priceless, Bill.  Please keep 'em coming.

On 3/5/20 9:48 PM, Bill Clough via LUG wrote:
> Hi there –
>
>
>     In 1961, the publisher of the Amarillo Citizen went on a junket to
> Ruidoso Downs in Ruidosa, New Mexico. As it turned out, a horse from
> Amarillo, Texas won.
>
>
> While wandering around searching for subjects, this little girl was
> stretching her full length to help her daddy place a bet.
>
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> It was an all-expences-paid affair for the publisher so this particular
> photo was never published because the publisher thought it cast a bad image
> of the operation...
>
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>    ... until about seven years later. One of my life-long friends was Dr.
> James Dunn, who later became the Executive Director of  the Baptist Joint
> Committee, the watchdog agency for the separation of church and state.
>
>
> In 1968, he helped lead a Southern Baptist campaign against para-mutual
> horse racing. I told James that I had a photo that might work well.
>
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> For a brief while, this Episcopalian became the best-known photographer by
> the Southern Baptist convention.
>
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Bill1941/RETROSPECT/_2+Show_+1961+-+_00242.jpg.html
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>
> –Bill
>
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Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA