Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/11/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Beautiful work and photographs, Chris. Thanks for the story and the images. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA On 11/27/2016 7:00 PM, Christopher Crawford wrote: > Originally built in the late 1930s to adorn the side of a downtown > department store, this 150 foot long Santa and Sleigh was lost after the > store closed around 1970 and was rediscovered rotting away in a warehouse a > decade later. My grandfather, John Westerfield, was one of the local > electricians who donated his time to restore it with modern electrical > components in the early 80s. Since then, it has been displayed on the side > of one of Fort Wayne?s tall buildings every year. > > I made two photos of it last night, just 8 minutes apart, but greatly > different in light, as the day was fading away fast. > > http://chriscrawfordphoto.com/chris-details.php?product=2569 > > > http://chriscrawfordphoto.com/chris-details.php?product=2568 > >