[Leica] Digging deeper

[ricc at mindspring.com (Ric Carter)]

interesting stuff

thanks

ric

On Mar 6, 2007, at 1:10 PM, David Rodgers wrote:

>
> For the past several months I've been researching a polio outbreak  
> that
> occurred in the town where I now live. My interst began when I
> photographed some capped mineral springs near my house. The springs  
> were
> thought to be therapeutic and many people with ailments came for
> healing. There was a hotel, too, but it burned down years ago.
>
> My curiosity has me digging deeper. I was in Raleigh/Durham, NC last
> week. (My son is thinking of transferring to UNC or NCSU next year.) I
> did some research that led me to this URL for the Smithsonian about an
> outbreak of polio in 1944.
>
> http://americanhistory.si.edu/polio/americanepi/medical.htm
>
> If you scroll down and go to the next page you'll see a photograph  
> of a
> lumbar puncture being performed on a polio victim in Hickory, NC.
> (Hickory is the town where I now live.) The photograph was taken by  
> none
> other than Alfred Eisenstadt. Is it safe to assume the photo was taken
> with a Leica?
>
> What began as a rather boring photo of a capped mineral spring is  
> taking
> on a life. That to me is one of the joys of photography. Even boring
> photographs can have meaning. You've just got to dig a little.
>
> BTW, for anyone interested, below is a link to a story about why I  
> have
> an appreciation for victims of disease -- polio in particular. I  
> hope to
> add some photos to it in the next day or so.
>
> http://www.purplehen.com/polio_story/index.htm
>
> Dave
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