Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/01/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Not that much from what is given to see here Jim. Just compare with other nations ? And I agree with Jayanand, it is a real piece of anthropology Amities Philippe > Le 13 janv. 2019 ? 05:42, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> a ?crit > : > > 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 >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information