Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/05/04

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Subject: [Leica] (SPAM: ?) 1964 World's fair pics
From: henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff)
Date: Mon, 4 May 2009 00:26:42 -0700
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At 4:58 PM -0500 5/3/09, Sonny Carter wrote:
>I went to the 1958 Brussels World's Fair.
>
>They had a display with a copy of the Sputnik in the USSR Pavillion.  They
>also had a receiver that would pick up the beeps.
>
>In the American Pavillion, you could eat a real hamburger, (hard to get then
>in Europe).
>
>I also saw my first Color TV broadcast in the NBC Studio; actually, I think
>it was closed circuit.  It was nice to be in air conditioning.
>
>--
>Regards,
>
>Sonny


I had (have) some relatives in New York, on City Island. They had a 
colour tv set in 1957, and I remember one of my uncles lying in front 
of it twiddling with the controls, trying to get the colour balance 
within 50 units of acceptable. I don't remember him in any other 
position.

I don't know how much it cost at that time, but they had lots of 
money. As I recall, tv seemed to be their life.

-- 

    *            Henning J. Wulff
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