[Leica] no film in a decade

[abridge at gmail.com (Adam Bridge)]

On 1/22/06, feli <feli2@earthlink.net> wrote:

> Was your father a tailor?

No, my father was an Ohio businessman. He was born in 1882, worked in
rag mills he was 8 or 9 stamping down the rags to push them into the
rotary teeth of the shredder that would rend the fabric apart - and
the kids if they got tired or slipped - which happened.

Once, in the early 60s,  I went with him to the tailor's in Cincinnati
where "Nick" (the Italian tailor) did his work. The entire shop spoke
Italian. Nick was a small, slight gentleman of impeccible manners and
who moved alternately with a smooth casualness and then like a bird on
speed. His clothes were gorgeous. I can remember the rolls of fabric,
the huge cutting sheers. The building was in downtown Cincinnati and
the windows were huge - before the days of air conditioning of course.

Oh to have had a camera then because I remember the experience so vividly.

Adam