Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/07/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Never realized how much more than slightly cute Nancy was. This shot also reveals an added dose of humility... she seems to have. Which must have been hard in the humidity. For real!!! mark@rabinergroup.com Mark William Rabiner > From: Geoff Hopkinson <hoppyman@bigpond.net.au> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 08:42:06 +1000 > To: 'Leica Users Group' <lug@leica-users.org> > Subject: RE: [Leica] blast from the past > > A great discovery, Phil. Thanks a lot for showing these. > > Cheers > Geoff > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/e > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/ > > -----Original Message----- > Subject: [Leica] blast from the past > > I was going through some old storage boxes and ran across some negatives > from VN that I thought had been lost, though I still have the contact > sheets. One set was taken when Nancy Sinatra was doing a USO tour in late > '66 and visited our post just outside of Saigon. I managed to find my way > into where she was hanging out backstage and got a few pictures. IIRC, the > camera would have been an M3 and 50mm Summicron: http://tinyurl.com/5uu3wu > > They're nothing to shout about but I'm glad I found them anyway. My > daughter will enjoy them I'm sure. You can't tell from the photos but her > dress and boots were bright pink. Nancy would been 26 at the time, same > age > as I was. Her wiki article mentions the USO tour in 66-7. > > -- > Phil Swango > 307 Aliso Dr SE > Albuquerque, NM 87108 > 505-262-4085 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information