Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/05/30

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: My dad and his jalopy, 1951
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Fri, 30 May 2014 20:33:57 -0500
References: <53891005.1080704@threshinc.com>

Nice set, Peter.  My guess is 1940 or 1941 for the Chrysler.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 5/30/2014 6:11 PM, Peter Klein wrote:
> From Sept. 1951. My Dad, laughing as he empties sand from his shoes 
> after a beach walk. Photo by my Mom, taken during their honeymoon, 
> probably on Cape Cod, MA. He is sitting on his infamous green 
> Chrysler, which eventually died and was abandoned on the Cross-Bronx 
> Expressway.
> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at N04/14120758778/>
>
> Jim Shulman, Jim Nichols or any other car buffs, can you tell what 
> year the green Chryler is?  I've heard 1947, but I don't know for 
> sure.  Here are a couple of other pictures of it:
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/family/EmMiltHoneymoon/7MiltCarBoathouse.jpg.html>
>  
>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/family/Misc1950s/18EmOnCar.jpg.html>
>  
>
>
> You can tell who was the photographer in the family by which pictures 
> are sharper.  :-)  Note that the film is original Kodachrome, ASA 10.  
> Ten. 1/50 second at f/6.3 in bright sunshine, longer if you wanted DOF.
>
>
> --Peter
>
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