[Leica] IMG: The Beginning

[imra at iol.ie (Douglas Barry)]

Excellent Jim. I love early images.

Douglas

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From: "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols at lighttube.net>
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Subject: [Leica] IMG: The Beginning


> When my wife and I settled into an apartment in Dayton, OH in 1951, I was 
> a raw USAF 2nd Lieutenant, with no car, and very little in the way of 
> possessions.  We had received a Kodak Brownie Flash 620 camera as a 
> wedding gift.  Our idle time was often spent walking in the Salem Avenue 
> neighborhood, and the Dayton Art Institute was within our path.  This is 
> one of my first photographs, scanned from an album print that was more 
> than 50 years old.  This is how it all began for me, and within a year I 
> had a used Leica IIIa and a growing love of photography.
>
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Dayton+Art+Institute+1951+Revisited.jpg.html
>
> Comments welcomed.
>
> -- 
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
>
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