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Subject: [Leica] IMG: From The Past
From: cartersxrd at gmail.com (CartersXRd)
Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2021 18:18:51 -0500
References: <7eb738dd-eb8f-9d29-8e17-1aa77a6fe0d1@lighttube.net> <CA+3n+_neYBbzCYkWF=Sv5ixmS_Yr0ZQQmdb3t-gKDQzoXx-U4g@mail.gmail.com>

what a GREAT vehicle!

ric



> On Feb 4, 2021, at 5:58 PM, Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> 
> wrote:
> 
> That's a relatively rare image.  When I was at one of the museums there
> they had a B&W image of said bus and the standard placard detailing tours
> especially once the Blue Ridge PKWY started to open up.
> 
> On Thu, Feb 4, 2021, 3:32 PM Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> 
> wrote:
> 
>> Faced with time on my hands, I turned to the past.  This is a Smoky
>> Mountain Tour Bus, believed to be made by Packard, seen on the park
>> roads in 1954.  Note all of the proper head scarves.
>> 
>> 
>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20091209-Smokey_Mountain_Tour_Bus_1954.JPG.html
>> 
>> With a little cleanup with modern software.
>> 
>> Taken with a Leica IIIa and Coated Leica Elmar 50/3.5
>> 
>> --
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>> 
>> 
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