Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/05/04
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Maybe they did afterwards. But at the time, Sweden was basically a farming
country with a few industrialists (and they probably lined their pockets
royally). But the population as a whole ... they didn't raise their
standards of living until the sixties.
There were some industries and some shady, shady deals with some gold ...
but that was for the benefit of the few who were already well-to-do.
I looked through the stack again. I have a "U.S. Camera" from March 1952.
I'll try and pick out some goodies from it too.
Take care, Daniel
On Sun, 4 May 2003, Jerry Lehrer wrote:
> Daniel
>
> Poor? I thought that Sweden profited enormously from both
> sides during WW2. Metals, bearings, optical instruments usw.
>
> Sort of like a Northern version of Switzerland, except that Sweden
> had more products to sell. :-)
>
> Jerry
>
> Daniel Ridings wrote:
>
> > Jerry,
> > On the ad ("original") I can read "8,5cm 1:1,5" I can _almost_ make out
> > the serial number, but not more.
> >
> > Curiously, in the late 40'ies magazine there are almost _no_ ads. The
> > economy was such that people could afford to buy much and with the German
> > industry out of whack for a while, there wasn't much to import. Sweden was
> > very poor back in those times.
> >
> > This "lens ad" is from 1954.
> >
> > Daniel
> >
> > On Sun, 4 May 2003, Jerry Lehrer wrote:
> >
> > > Dan
> > >
> > > Sorry, no Thambar in that advert picture. It was discontinued
> > > in 1949 with ONE lens produced that year.
> > >
> > > Jerry
> > >
> > > Daniel Ridings wrote:
> > >
> > > > My wife and I hate sitting around the house, so today we headed out to the
> > > > flea markets. They're run by Albanians, refugees from Balkan, Middle East,
> > > > Africa, you name it. They do NOT want you pointing cameras at them. They
> > > > sell junk and drive Mercedes and BMW, go figure.
> > > >
> > > > Anyway, I picked up some photography magazines from the 40'ies and 50'ies.
> > > > Just for the fun of it I scanned in some ads. They're in Swedish, but the
> > > > texts aren't that inspiring anyway.
> > > >
> > > > I did find one text hilarious. It was a review of the M3 ... pointing out
> > > > how Leica cameras really hadn't changed that much from the very inception.
> > > > Kind of thought of BD who points out the M6 is an M3 with a meter :)
> > > >
> > > > Anyway ... Leica and Rollei ads:
> > > >
> > > > M3 and IIIf (the IIIf being billed as the leica for hobbyists ... "that's
> > > > why it even has a self-timer now.")
> > > >
> > > > http://folk.uio.no/danielr/images/m3iiif.jpg
> > > >
> > > > Just the M3:
> > > >
> > > > http://folk.uio.no/danielr/images/m3.jpg
> > > >
> > > > Lenses (even the Thambar, I think):
> > > >
> > > > http://folk.uio.no/danielr/images/leicalenses.jpg
> > > >
> > > > Rollei 25 year anniversary
> > > >
> > > > http://folk.uio.no/danielr/images/rollei25years.jpg
> > > >
> > > > Rollei "E" models:
> > > >
> > > > http://folk.uio.no/danielr/images/rollei28e.jpg
> > > >
> > > > My darling, the Rolleicord V:
> > > >
> > > > http://folk.uio.no/danielr/images/rolleicord5.jpg
> > > >
> > > > Mostly from 1954 - 1957.
> > > >
> > > > In 1961 you could by a new M2 + 50 Elmar 2.8 for just over 1000 Swedish
> > > > crowns. (There are a little over 8 crowns to the USD). You could pay 15
> > > > dollars down and the rest in installments for 6 months. The magazine cost
> > > > 2.50 SEK back then and 38 SEK today.
> > > >
> > > > Just some trivia,
> > > > Daniel
> > >
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