Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/04/28

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Subject: [Leica] Ruby in the morning. Alfredo in the afternoon.
From: leicachris at worldnet.att.net (Christopher Williams)
Date: Wed Apr 28 20:29:33 2004
References: <001301c42d53$3cbe0c80$2e03100a@arcmontmd.org> <p06100501bcb623afb02d@[10.0.1.3]>
 
Alfredo's is now a parking garage, sadly. I heard he once threw a guy
through his store window for dissing Hasselblad. Not sure how much of that
is true or not. Many older LHSA members have told me how much they use to
enjoy buying Leicas from Alfredo and discussing Ferraris.

Chris
New Orleans

----- Original Message -----
From: "Allen Graves"
Subject: Re: [Leica] Ruby in the morning. Alfredo in the afternoon.


> We had a long discussion a few weeks ago about Alfredo's. I never had
> the money to buy a Leica back then (I was in college), just a pawned
> Nikkormat (bought overseas in a PX ) from a pawnshop on Victory Drive
> in Columbus GA (near Fort Benning). For some reason there were a lot
> of cameras coming from the "Far East" in the early 70's......
>
> I wish that I could find a camera shop now that is even half as
> idiosyncratic as Alfredo's was in the 70's.
>
> Allen
In reply to: Message from crgrbrts at verizon.net (Craig Roberts) ([Leica] Ruby in the morning. Alfredo in the afternoon.)
Message from ahgraves at prodigy.net (Allen Graves) ([Leica] Ruby in the morning. Alfredo in the afternoon.)