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Subject: [Leica] [OM] Sam Hyde - Hyde Brothers Books
From: george.imagist at icloud.com (George Lottermoser)
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2019 14:25:55 -0500
References: <5442DBCE-8B98-42EE-927B-137916EC11C5@chriscrawfordphoto.com> <3D59CD1B-CA48-44A8-A005-4C39E5C23E20@frozenlight.eu>

So sorry to hear of your, and your community?s loss.

Wonderful document? as always.

> On Jul 18, 2019, at 12:19 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> 
> wrote:
> 
>> On 11 Jul 2019, at 00:05, Christopher Crawford <chris at 
>> chriscrawfordphoto.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I just learned that Sam Hyde died yesterday. Sam was the owner of Hyde 
>> Brothers Books, an incredible used book store in Fort Wayne, Indiana. 
>> I've been buying books from Sam since I was young, and probably half of 
>> the 2000+ books that I own came from Hyde Brothers.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Sam was one of the kindest and most generous people I knew. When I was a 
>> young artist, struggling to make enough money to live, he often gave me 
>> books that he thought I would like. He also loved Cats, and always had 
>> one or two of them living in the store at all times. I?ve posted several 
>> photos of the cats here over the last few years.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> This is so sad. Here is a photograph that I made of Sam behind his 
>> counter 12 years ago. Notice the ball of fur curled up in front of him!
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> http://chriscrawfordphoto.com/chris-details.php?product=159

George Lottermoser
george.imagist at icloud.com





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