Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/12/05

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Subject: [Leica] Internet Service Interruption/Zeppelins
From: amr3 at uwm.edu (amr3@uwm.edu)
Date: Wed Dec 5 07:15:21 2007
References: <200712051459.lB5Ev9cG014458@server1.waverley.reid.org>

Quoting  Marc James Small <marcsmall@comcast.net>:

> At 11:16 PM 12/4/2007, amr3@uwm.edu wrote
>>Speaking of zeppelins, the original Graf was
>> featured in at least one Leica ad,
>>in "Photo Era Magazine", 1930, mentioning
>> various flights and expeditions that
>>chose Leica cameras.
>
> Are you certain of this?  Graf von Zeppelin died
> in 1917 long before series production of the
> Leica camera commenced.  My copy of LEICA ADS
> still hasn't surfaced, so I cannot check your kind reference directly.
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I should have been more precise.  I meant the original Graf airship was in 
the
ad, not the Count.

Alan

Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer
University Information Technology Services
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Office Phone: 414 229-6525 | E-mail: amr3@uwm.edu
Department Phone: 414 229-4282
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/




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