[Leica] IMG: From The Past

[Jim Nichols]

Thanks, Don.  There were apparently a series of these.  Based on the 
trunk lid shape, I suspect it was built in 1939-1940.  My search efforts 
did not turn up this particular configuration.

On 2/4/21 4:58 PM, Don Dory via LUG wrote:
> That's a relatively rare image.  When I was at one of the museums there
> they had a B&W image of said bus and the standard placard detailing tours
> especially once the Blue Ridge PKWY started to open up.
>
> On Thu, Feb 4, 2021, 3:32 PM Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote:
>
>> Faced with time on my hands, I turned to the past.  This is a Smoky
>> Mountain Tour Bus, believed to be made by Packard, seen on the park
>> roads in 1954.  Note all of the proper head scarves.
>>
>>
>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20091209-Smokey_Mountain_Tour_Bus_1954.JPG.html
>>
>> With a little cleanup with modern software.
>>
>> Taken with a Leica IIIa and Coated Leica Elmar 50/3.5
>>
>> --
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>
>>
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