Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/04/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]There are some real classics here, Phil - What a great group of images to have. Do you happen to have anything from the sanitation workers strike that brought him to Memphis - the strikers with the "I Am A Man" signs? Boy, 37 years - time sure flies. I spent the night of, and the couple nights after the assassination working as a driver for the Washington Post photo department, driving photographers around as the city burned...and then, because we didn't have a t.v., my then-wife and I got a room at the Washington Hilton the day of the funeral so we could watch it on t.v. - and not incidentally watch the smoke from the still-smouldering fires around the city. Weird, ugly times. B. D. -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Phil Swango Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2005 4:29 PM To: lug@leica-users.org Subject: [Leica] Honoring Dr. King I've been scanning old negatives again. This time I have a group taken in Memphis in 1968 following the assassination of Dr. King. I lived in Memphis at the time and went to the march where these photos were taken. It was a very solemn and dignified occasion. We were all in a state of disbelief. Tomorrow (April 4) is the anniversary of the shooting. http://gallery.leica-users.org/album171 All with M-Leicas, 35 and 50mm Summicrons. Phil Swango 307 Aliso Dr. SE Albuquerque, NM 87108 505-262-4085 714-908-7846 (fax) pswango@att.net _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information