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Subject: [Leica] Swastika Laundry
From: reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us (Brian Reid)
Date: Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:02:08 -0700
References: <0B63C9D826AB4DDFAD1F2306A7D0B55C@Family> <4A4C17D5.2040900@san.rr.com> <7ac27f4f0907011943gee5fad4tbc41b6322ae75db4@mail.gmail.com> <144DEC7AF67E9B220B92B3B4@hindolveston.reid.org> <4A4D2CA7.3070407@san.rr.com>
> You mean that the photo of that van was taken in 1912? You are FOS! :-)
No, I mean that the Swastika Laundry was founded in 1912 and started using
that logo in 1912. They weren't happy that the Nazis stole their logo, but
they weren't about to rebrand their company just because some distant
lunatic started abusing their image.
Replies:
Reply from imra at iol.ie (Douglas Barry) ([Leica] Swastika Laundry)
In reply to:
Message from imra at iol.ie (Douglas Barry) ([Leica] Swastika Laundry)
Message from glehrer at san.rr.com (Jerry Lehrer) ([Leica] Swastika Laundry)
Message from richard.lists at gmail.com (Richard Man) ([Leica] Swastika Laundry)
Message from reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us (Brian Reid) ([Leica] Swastika Laundry)
Message from glehrer at san.rr.com (Jerry Lehrer) ([Leica] Swastika Laundry)