[Leica] IMG: Old Building Door Hardware

[Don Dory]

It is a pity that this exquisite hardware couldn't be repurposed.

On Wed, Nov 23, 2022, 12:54 AM Alan Magayne-Roshak via LUG <
lug at leica-users.org> wrote:

> 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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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Buildings/19801016_MR_EMKE_Downer_10AX9805.jpg.html
> >
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> Alan
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> 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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>
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>  for an inability to notice. " - Elliott Erwitt
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