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Subject: [Leica] Lindbergh's Leica
From: pdzwig at summaventures.com (Peter Dzwig)
Date: Mon Jul 11 14:35:33 2005
References: <200507111547.AA3514368154@cshore.com>
 
dnygr wrote:

> I was reading A. Scott Berg's book on Lindbergh the other day and came 
> across mention that "The Lone Eagle" took a Leica with him on one of his 
> early 1930s trips to Europe. This was some time after the kidnapping. Does 
> anyone know which Leica he took with and what came of it? Is it on display 
> somewhere?
> 
> Doug Nygren 
> 
>  

No, but I am generally intetested in explorer's Leicas. For example both 
Ella 
maillart and Peter Fleming (Ian's younger brother) took Leica's (IIs ir 
IIIs) 
all over Asia with them, Freya Stark used III 230857 - which I saw last year 
- 
for a long time. Anyone know any others?

Peter Dzwig
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