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Subject: [Leica] 50th Anniversary of Tri-X
From: firkin at ncable.net.au (Alastair Firkin)
Date: Mon Sep 5 01:34:58 2005
References: <ce.6f832c17.304d3f5e@aol.com>

And the family of man exhibition was showing in NYC ;-)

On 05/09/2005, at 4:27 PM, Afterswift@aol.com wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
>
> This year is the 50th Anniversary of  Tri-X. It is announced in three
> languages on a little golden seal on the film box of the roll I bought 
> today. I
> assume it's still made at good old State Street in Rochester. I reckon 
> 1955 was a
> good year. WW II vets were still young. There were 16 million of them. 
> The
> Leica M3 was in its glory. The Rollei was at its zenith. The darkroom 
> was an
> exciting place for a kid to work. I don't think RC paper was available 
> then.
>
> Bob
>
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Alastair


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