Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/06/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Fancy that, pens! I thought everybody was using Ipad these days ;-) Nice report Alan, thanks OTT the spool that's in the same gallery gets my vote :-) Amiti?s Philippe Le 9 juin 13 ? 07:57, Alan Magayne-Roshak a ?crit : > While in downtown Milwaukee, I stopped at Daly's Pen Shop, which > calls itself the country's oldest pen shop, to buy some ink for my > fountain pens. It has been in the Plankinton Building, which is now > part of an urban mall, since 1924, but the The Shops at Grand Avenue > is struggling, and can't compete with suburban shopping centers, so > the store will be moving to a location on the outskirts of the > city. I took a series of pictures to remember the place by, and I > thought they came out so well that I would post them. The employee > I talked to wasn't sure if all the elaborate fixtures could be moved > so I wanted to document the ambiance. The place occupied a first > floor location from 1924 to about 1999 that was even more ornate, > but I never was able to photograph that. > > Here's the rotunda of the Plankinton Building, which was blended > with new construction to form the Grand Avenue in 1982: > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Miscellaneous/Daly_s_Pen_Shop_AMR_1.jpg.html > > > > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Miscellaneous/Daly_s_Pen_Shop_AMR_2.jpg.html > > > > > Down the hall from the rotunda: > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Miscellaneous/Daly_s_Pen_Shop_AMR_3.jpg.html > > > > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Miscellaneous/Daly_s_Pen_Shop_AMR_4.jpg.html > > > > > Interiors: > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Miscellaneous/Daly_s_Pen_Shop_AMR_5.jpg.html > > > > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Miscellaneous/Daly_s_Pen_Shop_AMR_6.jpg.html > > > > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Miscellaneous/Daly_s_Pen_Shop_AMR_7.jpg.html > > > > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Miscellaneous/Daly_s_Pen_Shop_AMR_8.jpg.html > > > > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Miscellaneous/Daly_s_Pen_Shop_AMR_9.jpg.html > > > > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Miscellaneous/Daly_s_Pen_Shop_AMR_10.jpg.html > > > > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Miscellaneous/Daly_s_Pen_Shop_AMR_11.jpg.html > > > > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Miscellaneous/Daly_s_Pen_Shop_AMR_12.jpg.html > > > > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Miscellaneous/Daly_s_Pen_Shop_AMR_13.jpg.html > > > > > They can be looked at large. I think they look decent, considering > the small sensor of my Lumix LX3. > > Alan > > Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer > University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Photo Services > (Retired) > UPAA POY 1978 > amr3 at uwm.edu > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/ > > "All the technique in the world doesn't compensate > for an inability to notice. " - Elliott Erwitt > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information One sees clearly only with the heart. What is essential is invisible to the eye. Antoine de Saint Exup?ry in Le Petit Prince. NO ARCHIVE