Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/03/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Great stuff, Bill, a terrific catch, but unfortunately most people can nowadays in this brave new cyberworld, lose their shirts on the internet while their families starve in the next room. Douglas who will probably have a flutter on the Cheltenham Festival next week despite his moralising... On 06/03/2020 03:48, Bill Clough via LUG wrote: > Hi there ? > > > In 1961, the publisher of the Amarillo Citizen went on a junket to > Ruidoso Downs in Ruidosa, New Mexico. As it turned out, a horse from > Amarillo, Texas won. > > > While wandering around searching for subjects, this little girl was > stretching her full length to help her daddy place a bet. > > > It was an all-expences-paid affair for the publisher so this particular > photo was never published because the publisher thought it cast a bad image > of the operation... > > > ... until about seven years later. One of my life-long friends was Dr. > James Dunn, who later became the Executive Director of the Baptist Joint > Committee, the watchdog agency for the separation of church and state. > > > In 1968, he helped lead a Southern Baptist campaign against para-mutual > horse racing. I told James that I had a photo that might work well. > > > For a brief while, this Episcopalian became the best-known photographer by > the Southern Baptist convention. > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Bill1941/RETROSPECT/_2+Show_+1961+-+_00242.jpg.html > > > ?Bill > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information