Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/05/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks, Guy! Actually, the hydrant dates from 1953 according to the inscription on the other side. It is unusual for this kind of elaborate handicraft in the modern age, but then again, by 1953 Switzerland was not yet in the modern age... Nathan Guy Bennett wrote: > I very much like your fire hydrant: > > >http://www.wajsman.com/2002_21.jpg > > The "crown of flowers" above the strange face creates a comic irony that > makes this a fun image. > > This pic also has a kind of 19th century quality to it, IMO. > > Guy > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- Nathan Wajsman Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch mobile: +41 78 732 1430 Photo-A-Week: http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw2002.htm General photo site: http://www.wajsman.com/index.htm - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html