Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]i am sure some rabid leica collector on this list will know the answer to this: I recently acquired an entire IIIf (red dial) outfit that included a Leica display case that I do not know what it was used to contain. It is metal, red fake leather covered with "Leica" in script on the top. It is spring loaded hinged, with pinkish-silk and red felt insides and Leica and E. Leitz Inc. NY on the inside lid. The lid opens on the back long side. Outside dimensions are 7 inches long, 4 inches wide and 2 1/2 inches tall at the tallest. It has a space inset in the bottom of the inside for whatever it contained which is 5 1/8inches long and 2 1/2 inches wide and straight smooth sided -- no cutouts for camera knobs or whatever, and it is only 1/4 inch deep, not deep enough for a lens or anything. The box is held closed with a snap that is attached to the top lid with a strip of leather. The top half of the box is rounded on the corners. In all, quite the expensive box. Very spiffy, made t contain something expens ive which, it being Leitz, could mean the lens cap, but you know what I mean. The space for the object it contained is too small for a Leica IIIf. Nothing else in the outfit (2 lenses, buncha other accessories) would seem to fit. Person I got ithe whole shebang from a little old lady who only drove it to church on sundays, (no kidding) and who had no idea, she hadn't looked at the outfit in years. If the box is the same age as everything else it would be dated 1953 or so, but she also had a leica dealer notebook that included information on the M3, so it could go as late as 1956 or 1957, certainly no later. After that she went back to using her Kodak pony. Anyone? Please respond off-line if you can -- I don't always remember to check the digest, but will try since I asked it a question. thanks charlie trentelman ogden utah - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html