Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/29

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica marketing
From: SthRosner@aol.com
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2002 07:35:28 EST

In a message dated 3/28/02 10:07:34 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
drpuritz@bellsouth.net writes:

>  Lawyers?  
>  Elliot
>  
>  > 
>  >     Just found an ad: E. Leitz, Inc.  1947
>  >     
>  >     Leica IIIc with 50 mm. f/2 Summitar  $392.00
>  > 
>  > ------------------------------------------------------------
>  >     And this was at a time when the average American made
>  > less than $60.00 a week.  I think we know who the intended
>  > market was........
>  

Don't be a wise-axx, Doctor (I can say this to Elliot: we have an off-list 
friendship and he knows I'm kidding), when I started as a working lawyer in 
1955 after seven expensive years of undergraduate and graduate study, I was 
taking home just over $100. a week.

Seth         LaK 9
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