[Leica] RETROSPECT 28

[Don Dory]

Wonderful detail with context.

On Sun, Mar 15, 2020 at 9:17 PM Bill Clough via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
wrote:

>  Every Thursday for almost two years, I took the train from the Yokosuka
> Naval Base to the Stars and Stripes office in Tokyo to check the proofs for
> the Seahawk, the weekly magazine at the Yokosuka Navy Base.
>
>    If you weren’t in a hurry, a pleasant part of the journey was to get off
> the train at the Shimbashi station and take the trolly that ran to Roppongi
> near the Stars and Stripes office.
>
>    In 1966, the fare was 5 yen. At that time, the exchange rate was 360 yen
> to the dollar. That made the fare about 1.39 cents – a decided bargain.
>
>
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Bill1941/RETROSPECT/Tokyo+Trolly_+1967+-+00778+.jpg.html
>
>
> --Bill
>
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Don
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