Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/11/25

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Scenes From the Past
From: jhnichols at bellsouth.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Sun Nov 25 12:30:05 2007
References: <002601c82f91$e33565b0$6101a8c0@jimnichols> <8823AC78-E84F-4E33-AB29-11EED875378E@comcast.net>

Len,

Thanks for looking.  His later work with 4x5 and 5x7 cameras produced 
outstanding images.  The commercial negatives are gone, so what I have are 
mostly family portraits and informal shots.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Leonard Taupier" <len-1@comcast.net>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2007 1:23 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Scenes From the Past


> Jim,
>
> This is a fine picture. The quality and the sharpness are superb. 
> Evidently your father-in-law did not skimp on his camera gear. And  who 
> doesn't like a Carousel? I have a couple photos I took 3 years  ago of an 
> antique, working, Carousel moved from our amusement park on  top of a 
> mountain, when it closed, to a park next to our city hall.  Ours was made 
> in 1929 by the Philadelphia Toboggan Company. You can  check it out here. 
> I only visit the old homestead every 3 years or  so. But I always visit 
> the carousel.
>
> <http://www.holyokemerrygoround.org/>
>
> Thanks for sharing this fine piece of history.
> Regards,
> Len
>
>
>
> On Nov 25, 2007, at 1:34 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
>
>> I am in the process of going through the old negatives and prints  that I 
>> found in some boxes belonging to my late father-in-law, who  worked in 
>> various types of photography during the first half of his  working life. 
>> The link below shows a carousel captured on a 6x9  B&W negative which, 
>> judging from the car in the background, was  exposed in the 1920s.  These 
>> portable carousels made the rounds of  county and state fairs and the 
>> animals were very detailed, as  compared to the plastic one finds today.
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Old+Carousel.jpg.html
>>
>> Comments and critiques welcomed.
>>
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>
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