Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/05/29

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Nathan's PAW 21: mundane objects
From: "charles walden" <charlie@highhill.com>
Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 10:45:29 -0400
References: <200205291236.g4TCart29064@panix3.panix.com>

Nathan

I enjoyed your photo and thought of it this weekend when I was helping my
daughter on a science project and I bumped into this link.

http://www.firehydrant.org/

the web never ceases to amaze me.

charlie

- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Rei Shinozuka" <shino@panix.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2002 8:36 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Nathan's PAW 21: mundane objects


> here in NYC, they put pentagonal valves on top of hydrants so kids won't
> open them up in the summer.  i guess in switzerland you need a tulip
wrench
> to get these guys flowing! :-)
>
> beautiful photo, nice tonal values.  i missed the original post; what was
> the film and filtration?
>
> -rei
>
>
> > From: Nathan Wajsman <wajsman@webshuttle.ch>
> >
> > > >http://www.wajsman.com/2002_21.jpg
> >
> > 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
>
>
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> Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com
> Ridgewood, New Jersey
>
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