Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/05/23

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: history
From: amr3 at uwm.edu (amr3@uwm.edu)
Date: Fri May 23 14:20:28 2008
References: <200805232029.m4NKSrdt093691@server1.waverley.reid.org>

Quoting Lottermoser George <imagist3@mac.com>:

> Wooden tools, boxes, instruments, etc. seem to carry a whole lot of
> karma with them.
> I've heard musicians talk about their instrument's histories;
> claiming that they carry memories of the music they've played.
> Looking at Willie Nelson's guitar - I have no doubt.
> My grandfather's wooden planes and the wooden handles on his steel
> planes and saws have imprints of the forms of his hands from 50 +
> years of use - or so I choose to believe ;~)
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Cameras too, I think.  I still love to use my father's 2-1/4 x 3-1/4 
Voigtlander
Bergheil.
As well as some WWII and lots of family pictures, I've got many film pack
negatives he shot with it (& Kalart Speed Flash) of student life when he was
attending the Chicago College of Optometry, so I know a lot of images went
through that Heliar.

Thanks for sharing your history.

Alan

Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer
University Information Technology Services
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
amr3@uwm.edu
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/