Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/06/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You took to photography like a duck to water. (Sorry, couldn't resist, even though those aren't ducks.) The photo is wonderful. So is the story. Thanks for sharing. Sue Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 7, 2015, at 1:24 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote: > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information