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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Early Portrait
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2019 10:31:03 -0600
References: <e2cf0f9b-2c01-cc79-bb8f-10975b6e8465@lighttube.net> <cf4c3eee-00ef-4866-c426-72d9b262c7af@iol.ie>

Thanks, Douglas.

The car is my first auto, a 1952 Plymouth convertible, the usual 6 
cylinder in use at that time, but with the newly available Borg-Warner 
overdrive.? Everyone should have one convertible in his lifetime.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 1/23/2019 10:10 AM, Douglas Barry wrote:
> That's a great shot, Jim. He has his hat stylishly on at a rakish 
> angle. What was the car? The roof has a look of a convertible.
> Anyway, the photo gives me an urge to pull out my Leica lllc which, 
> unfortunately, is lying unused for some time alongside my M3.
> Douglas
>
> On 22/01/2019 18:19, Jim Nichols wrote:
>> I bought my first good camera and my first automobile in 1952, as a 
>> young USAF 2nd. Lt. in Dayton, Ohio. On our first trip back home, I 
>> shot this image of my Dad, who was checking out the car.
>>
>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20070707-Dad+02+52-A.jpg.html
>>  
>>
>>
>> Used Leica IIIa, Coated Elmar 50/3.5, probably Kodak Plus-X
>>
>
>
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In reply to: Message from jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols) ([Leica] IMG: Early Portrait)
Message from imra at iol.ie (Douglas Barry) ([Leica] IMG: Early Portrait)