Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/05/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dick, Very nice collection of impressive images, well captured and well preserved. Thanks for sharing. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard S. Taylor" <r.s.taylor_post at comcast.net> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Sunday, May 03, 2009 9:48 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] 1964 World's fair pics > OK, you've woken me from my long winter's hibernation... I can't believe > no one else on the LUG has pictures of the Fair. Living in NYC at the > time, I went to the Fair repeatedly for the two years it was open and > shot more rolls of film than I care to remember, mostly K25 and > Ektachrome 160 Tungsten. My cameras were most likely my Retina IIIc and > my Pentax Spotmatic. > > Here's an album with a sampling of six - all handheld as I recall. I can > probably be induced to post a few more if there's interest. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/1964+WORLDS+FAIR/ > > or > > http://tinyurl.com/ayfwzb > > Enjoy! Happy Spring! > > Regards, > > Dick > r.s.taylor_post at comcast.net > > > > On May 3, 2009, at 9:51 PM, Jim Shulman wrote: > >> I was there, but I didn't take pictures. That was still about four >> years >> before my first Instamatic. >> >> I remember riding up in my father's buddy's Austin Healey, which was a >> real >> thrill (even for a five year old.) I recall the automatons of "It's a >> Small >> World", remember the picturephone (and was ticked that we wouldn't get >> one!), recall riding on a huge corkscrew-type sliding board and eating a >> ginormous steak for dinner. >> >> >> Jim Shulman >> Wynnewood, PA >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: lug-bounces+jshul=comcast.net at leica-users.org >> [mailto:lug-bounces+jshul=comcast.net at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of >> Doug >> Herr >> Sent: Sunday, May 03, 2009 9:47 PM >> To: Leica Users Group >> Subject: Re: [Leica] 1964 World's fair pics >> >> Brian Reid wrote: >> >>> >>>> Was wondering if any of you were at the 1964 World's fair. >>>> Did any of you take pictures? >>> >>> I was there. I took pictures. I don't know where they are. I shot 3M >> transparency film >> >> Uh oh. 3M transparency film. I'll bet you don't have the pictures any >> more >> even if the transparencies are found. >> >> Doug Herr >> Birdman of Sacramento >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >