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Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Two From My Archives
From: Bob Whitmire <fujixbob@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2015 13:56:17 -0500
Lovely. Good looking scans.

--Bob Whitmire
Certified Neanderthal


On Mon, Dec 7, 2015 at 3:52 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> In 1980, I was shooting with a Polaroid SX-70.  This is an edited scan,
> showing my late wife and our first grandchild.  He is now a doctor with a
> successful practice in Internal Medicine, and has four children of his own.
>
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Rob+and+Grandma+1980.jpg.html
>
> Among the family history keepsakes that my wife had was a studio photo of
> her great-grandparents and their family, typical of the studio work of the
> early 1900s.  Her grandfather is the young man second from the right as you
> view the photo.  There are some stains from the years that show if one
> looks too closely.  I did not attempt to remove them.
>
> Her grandfather went on to build his own trailer incorporating a Direct
> Positive studio, which he and his wife used at fairs and celebrations to
> provide income during the 1930s.  His younger brother, in front, organized
> a crew that toured the West offering to convert family pictures into
> curved-glass covered portraits.  Though most such crews were honest, there
> were some dissatisfied customers, resulting in signs telling portrait
> salesmen that they were unwelcome and might be shot.
>
> The young girl in front lived to be 101.
>
>
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Orr+Family+Circa+1906.TIFF.html
>
> Comments and critiques always appreciated.
>
> --
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
>
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