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Subject: [Leica] blast from the past
From: afirkin at afirkin.com (Alastair Firkin)
Date: Tue Jul 8 04:03:52 2008

Phil, One of my childhood heartthrobs: She was very cute and could really 
sing: or so I thought at the age of 10 ;-)


> Subject: [Leica] blast from the past
> 
> I was going through some old storage boxes and ran across some negatives
> from VN that I thought had been lost, though I still have the contact
> sheets.  One set was taken when Nancy Sinatra was doing a USO tour in late
> '66 and visited our post just outside of Saigon.  I managed to find my way
> into where she was hanging out backstage and got a few pictures.  IIRC, the
> camera would have been an M3 and 50mm Summicron: 

http://tinyurl.com/5uu3wu

> 
> They're nothing to shout about but I'm glad I found them anyway.  My
> daughter will enjoy them I'm sure.  You can't tell from the photos but her
> dress and boots were bright pink.  Nancy would been 26 at the time, same 
> age
> as I was.  Her wiki article mentions the USO tour in 66-7.
> 
> -- 
> Phil Swango
> 307 Aliso Dr SE
> Albuquerque, NM 87108
> 505-262-4085
> 
> 
> 
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