Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/12/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Good on you for preserving those memories. I have done the same with my father?s pre-war photographs. In fact, considering that those pictures were made in a poor part of Eastern Poland in the 1920s and 1930s, they have held up amazingly well. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> YNWA > On 07 Dec 2015, at 21:52, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote: > > In 1980, I was shooting with a Polaroid SX-70. This is an edited scan, > showing my late wife and our first grandchild. He is now a doctor with a > successful practice in Internal Medicine, and has four children of his own. > > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Rob+and+Grandma+1980.jpg.html > > Among the family history keepsakes that my wife had was a studio photo of > her great-grandparents and their family, typical of the studio work of the > early 1900s. Her grandfather is the young man second from the right as > you view the photo. There are some stains from the years that show if one > looks too closely. I did not attempt to remove them. > > Her grandfather went on to build his own trailer incorporating a Direct > Positive studio, which he and his wife used at fairs and celebrations to > provide income during the 1930s. His younger brother, in front, organized > a crew that toured the West offering to convert family pictures into > curved-glass covered portraits. Though most such crews were honest, there > were some dissatisfied customers, resulting in signs telling portrait > salesmen that they were unwelcome and might be shot. > > The young girl in front lived to be 101. > > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Orr+Family+Circa+1906.TIFF.html > > Comments and critiques always appreciated. > > -- > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > > -- > _________________________________________________________________ > Options: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/listinfo/olympus > Archives: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/private/olympus/ > Themed Olympus Photo Exhibition: http://www.tope.nl/ >