[Leica] Pearl Harbour Photographs

[gregj_lorenzo at hotmail.com (Greg Lorenzo)]

Er Tina.

 

The reported source of these photos is bogus. This was apparent to me after 
looking at the history of the "ship" (tug boat) involved.

 

It did exist as an operational boat when Pearl Harbour was attacked.


Greg Lorenzo

Calgary, Canada

 
> Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2010 15:16:59 -0500
> From: images at comporium.net
> To: lug at leica-users.org
> Subject: [Leica] Pearl Harbour Photographs
> 
> LUG:
> 
> This is interesting:
> 
> Forwarded from Pro-Imaging:
> 
> "I have put up on the link below, some photographs sent to me by a good
> friend, of the attack on Pearl Harbour in December 1941. Although many
> others have been published before, in my view these are very spectacular
> and bring home the true horror of war.
> 
> The photographs were taken by a sailor stationed on the USS Quapaw,
> using an old Kodak Brownie Box Camera.
> 
> What is all the more remarkable is that these images were on a roll of
> film that was found only recently, still inside the camera - 68 years
> after the event!
> 
> I wonder if images on a sensor would last that long!
> 
> <http://www.pro-imaging.org/component/option,com_zoom/Itemid,120/catid,10
> 7/>
> 
> Out of courtesy to the photographer who is unknown, I will only leave
> the images up for the weekend.
> 
> Norman Childs "
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Tina Manley, ASMP
> www.tinamanley.com
> 
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