Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/12/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This page indicates that Preim is indeed almost as old as photography itself. http://www.mon-numerique.com/index.php?pid=3 They had a photo fair in October to celebrate. On Dec 6, 2007 10:41 AM, Robert D. Baron <robertbaron1@gmail.com> wrote: > On Dec 5 2007 Jim Nichols writes: > > > On the Rootsweb genealogy site, I found a link to a "History of > Photography" > > that I found interesting. Though Leica and Barnack are not mentioned by > > name, I thought some of you might be interested in seeing it. > > > > > http://home.earthlink.net/~genealogyplanet/galleries_history_of_photography1.html > > Interesting, thanks for posting. > > This coincidentally coincides with a snapshot one of my daughters just > sent to me. She was in Germany last week on a short holiday trip and > took this photo of a Leica dealership in Aachen, about an hour by train > north of Cologne. The sign appears to proclaim the store dates back to > 1882, which we both found a bit curious: > > http://www.bobbaron.com/temp/W_OldCameraStore.jpg > > --Bob > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com Natchitoches, Louisiana USA