Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/06/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Philippe, You will be surprised. Pen porn fanciers like me are all members of the "Zoss List": http://www.zoss.com/pens/ Cheers Jayanand On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 12:33 AM, philippe.amard <philippe.amard at sfr.fr>wrote: > 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_1.jpg.html> >> > >> <http://gallery.leica-users.**org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/** >> Miscellaneous/Daly_s_Pen_Shop_**AMR_2.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_3.jpg.html> >> > >> <http://gallery.leica-users.**org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/** >> Miscellaneous/Daly_s_Pen_Shop_**AMR_4.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_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_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_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_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_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_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_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_12.jpg.html> >> > >> <http://gallery.leica-users.**org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/** >> Miscellaneous/Daly_s_Pen_Shop_**AMR_13.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/<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<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. 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