[Leica] Two more from Seattle

[Douglas Barry]

Jim, I prefer the first one, but we call them baubles here, rather than 
bulbs. On the second shot, it's definitely before Hitler dragged the 
symbol down into shame.

Speaking of the swastika, when I was growing up here in Dublin in the 
50's and 60s, a little red electric van with a swastika used to silently 
roll up to our house and collect our sheets, shirts, and sundries for 
cleaning and pressing. The driver was dressed like an SS guard in a dark 
uniform and peaked cap, but disappointingly didn't have a Charlie 
Chaplin moustache. 
https://historyasm.blogspot.com/2018/03/the-curious-history-of-swastika-laundry.html

On Hitler, he had a brother called Alois who worked in Liverpool and was 
married to an Irishwoman called Bridget (Dowling) whom he met while 
working in Dublin. She claims his young Adolf visited them in Liverpool 
around 1912-13. Did he visit Dublin on a day trip on the steamer and see 
a Swastika Laundry van? Who knows?

Douglas


On 29/10/2021 15:42, James Handsfield wrote:
> Two more from Seattle.  One from Pike Place Market, and a disturbing shot is West Seattle.
>
> Pike Place Market - Christmas Tree Bulbs:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jhandsfield_att_net/LHSA+2021/Christmas+Tree+Bulbs.jpg.html <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jhandsfield_att_net/LHSA+2021/Christmas+Tree+Bulbs.jpg.html>
>
> Good luck or despicable in West Seattle? Swastika or Navajo?:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jhandsfield_att_net/LHSA+2021/Disgusting+in+West+Seattle.jpg.html <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jhandsfield_att_net/LHSA+2021/Disgusting+in+West+Seattle.jpg.html>
>
> Jim Handsfield
>
>
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