Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/01/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks, Jayanand.? Things were tough in the USA in the 1930s. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA On 1/12/2019 8:57 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG wrote: > The first one is a real slice of history! > Cheers > Jayanand > > On Sun, Jan 13, 2019 at 4:48 AM Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> > wrote: > >> Recent discussions of older photos led me to dig into some images I >> scanned quite a few years ago, from a collection of negatives and prints >> we inherited from my wife's grandmother. This sepia image is from the >> middle to late 1930s, when my wife's Dad provided a meager income for >> his family by following the Midwest fairs and celebrations with his >> portable studio, selling "4 for a Dime" direct positive portraits to the >> fair visitors. The studio could be folded and carried on the trailer >> seen in the background. Herb is posing holding on to the awning frame >> that could be covered in bad weather. >> >> >> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20090417-Herb+with+Portable+Studio.JPG.html >> >> Here is an actual-size copy of one of the seventy-year-old >> Direct-Positive photos, which received no Photoshop treatment at all. >> >> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Gene+01.jpg.html >> >> -- >> Jim Nichols >> Tullahoma, TN USA >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >