Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/01/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]A tough life, but fascinating, Jim. Douglas On 12/01/2019 23:18, Jim Nichols 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 >