[Leica] IMG: Old Building Door Hardware

[Alan Magayne-Roshak]

While still a student back in the early seventies I documented Victorian
buildings at the university that had originally been a separate school -
the Milwaukee Downer College.  The state had decided they had to go.  My
photos were seen by a committee of Downer graduates and used in a report to
the legislature for their preservation.  I was later told by the committee
that they helped sway opinion so the structures were eventually renovated.
Here is an example of the craftsmanship of the hardware, taken years later
just before the remodeling.  Naturally, these fittings were replaced by
simple brass ones, but at least the buildings still stand, and are used.

I am preparing scans for the UWM Historic Preservation Institute and came
across this image that I just love.

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Alan

Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Photo Services
(Retired)
UPAA Photographer of the Year 1978
UPAA Master of the Profession 2014
amagayneroshak at gmail.com
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"All the technique in the world doesn't compensate
 for an inability to notice. " - Elliott Erwitt