Re: 1940s US photos

2010-08-02 Thread Rob Studdert
On 31/07/2010, Bob W wrote: > some fantastic stuff there. The last one, number 70, could be by Salgado. > 8, 9, 18, 19, 39, 40, 49, 53, 54 - all superb. The whole thing is really > atmospheric. Agreed, I saw these images linked in another forum a few days back. The last image strikes me most, i

Re: 1940s US photos

2010-08-02 Thread P. J. Alling
On 8/2/2010 8:05 AM, Doug Franklin wrote: On 2010-08-02 7:53, Doug Franklin wrote: On 2010-08-02 3:09, mike wilson wrote: A question: in picture 52, there is an advert for Pabst Blue Ribbon beer that states "Blended 33 to 1". Anyone know what that means? It's only 25 past 11 on the clock

Re: 1940s US photos

2010-08-02 Thread John Sessoms
From: Joseph McAllister Thanks Sandy. Wonderful set of images of all over the US about the time I was born. Fascinating! In the comments section a few were asking about the film, that maybe it was Ektachrome, as that appeared around 1940. As some of the shots are on sheet film, I tried to

Re: 1940s US photos

2010-08-02 Thread Boris Liberman
On 7/31/2010 1:04 PM, Sandy Harris wrote: A link to these turned up elsewhere, seemed worth passing on: http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2010/07/26/captured-america-in-color-from-1939-1943/ Amazing collection of photographs, both photographically and documentary speaking... Boris -- P

RE: 1940s US photos

2010-08-02 Thread Bob W
> >> A question: in picture 52, there is an advert for Pabst Blue Ribbon > >> beer that states "Blended 33 to 1". Anyone know what that means? It's > >> only 25 past 11 on the clock > > > > Here's a link to a scan of an ad from the 1940's or so that explains it: > > > > http://www.shorpy.com/im

Re: 1940s US photos

2010-08-02 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2010-08-02 7:53, Doug Franklin wrote: On 2010-08-02 3:09, mike wilson wrote: A question: in picture 52, there is an advert for Pabst Blue Ribbon beer that states "Blended 33 to 1". Anyone know what that means? It's only 25 past 11 on the clock Here's a link to a scan of an ad from the

Re: 1940s US photos

2010-08-02 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2010-08-02 3:09, mike wilson wrote: A question: in picture 52, there is an advert for Pabst Blue Ribbon beer that states "Blended 33 to 1". Anyone know what that means? It's only 25 past 11 on the clock Here's a link to a scan of an ad from the 1940's or so that explains it: http://www

Re: 1940s US photos

2010-08-02 Thread mike wilson
at means? It's only 25 past 11 on the clock -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Sandy Harris Sent: Saturday, 31 July 2010 8:04 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: 1940s US photos A link to these turned up elsewhere

Re: 1940s US photos

2010-08-02 Thread mike wilson
Joseph McAllister wrote: Thanks Sandy. Wonderful set of images of all over the US about the time I was born. Fascinating! In the comments section a few were asking about the film, that maybe it was Ektachrome, as that appeared around 1940. As some of the shots are on sheet film, I tried t

RE: 1940s US photos

2010-08-01 Thread John Coyle
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: 1940s US photos A link to these turned up elsewhere, seemed worth passing on: http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2010/07/26/captured-america-in-color-fr om-1939-1943/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_p

Re: 1940s US photos

2010-08-01 Thread Joseph McAllister
Thanks Sandy. Wonderful set of images of all over the US about the time I was born. Fascinating! In the comments section a few were asking about the film, that maybe it was Ektachrome, as that appeared around 1940. As some of the shots are on sheet film, I tried to look up at Kodak what the

Re: 1940s US photos

2010-07-31 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Some great images there. Dan On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 6:04 AM, Sandy Harris wrote: > A link to these turned up elsewhere, seemed worth passing on: > http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2010/07/26/captured-america-in-color-from-1939-1943/ > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > h

Re: 1940s US photos

2010-07-31 Thread Keith Whaley
Ann Sanfedele wrote: Sandy Harris wrote: A link to these turned up elsewhere, seemed worth passing on: http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2010/07/26/captured-america-in-color-from-1939-1943/ Wow, these are wonderful - on several levels - some personal for me. Thanks for posting this li

Re: 1940s US photos

2010-07-31 Thread Christine Aguila
Really interesting. Thanks for posting. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: "Sandy Harris" To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Sent: Saturday, July 31, 2010 5:04 AM Subject: 1940s US photos A link to these turned up elsewhere, seemed wo

Re: 1940s US photos

2010-07-31 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Sandy Harris wrote: A link to these turned up elsewhere, seemed worth passing on: http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2010/07/26/captured-america-in-color-from-1939-1943/ Wow, these are wonderful - on several levels - some personal for me. Thanks for posting this link, Sandy ann http:/

Re: 1940s US photos

2010-07-31 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2010-07-31 6:04, Sandy Harris wrote: A link to these turned up elsewhere, seemed worth passing on: http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2010/07/26/captured-america-in-color-from-1939-1943/ Looks like someone was following my parents' families around with a camera. :-) -- Thanks, DougF (KG

Re: 1940s US photos

2010-07-31 Thread Stan Halpin
Thank you Sandy! There are some great images there. stan On Jul 31, 2010, at 5:04 AM, Sandy Harris wrote: > A link to these turned up elsewhere, seemed worth passing on: > http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2010/07/26/captured-america-in-color-from-1939-1943/ > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mai

Re: 1940s US photos

2010-07-31 Thread Otis Wright
On 7/31/2010 6:04 AM, Sandy Harris wrote: A link to these turned up elsewhere, seemed worth passing on: http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2010/07/26/captured-america-in-color-from-1939-1943/ Thank you, Sandy. I grew up about 5-10 miles from locations shown in pictures 4 and 5. Picked sp

RE: 1940s US photos

2010-07-31 Thread Malcolm Smith
>A link to these turned up elsewhere, seemed worth passing on: >http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2010/07/26/captured-america-in-color-f rom-1939-1943/ Fascinating. Some very much of their time but some difficult to place in the right decade; I thought that without the caption, number 43 cou

Re: 1940s US photos

2010-07-31 Thread Brian Walters
On Sat, 31 Jul 2010 18:04 +0800, "Sandy Harris" wrote: > A link to these turned up elsewhere, seemed worth passing on: > http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2010/07/26/captured-america-in-color-from-1939-1943/ > Thanks. I really enjoyed looking through those. Cheers Brian +

Re: 1940s US photos

2010-07-31 Thread Cotty
On 31/7/10, Sandy Harris, discombobulated, unleashed: >A link to these turned up elsewhere, seemed worth passing on: >http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2010/07/26/captured-america-in- >color-from-1939-1943/ An amazing selection - thanks for posting. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) |

RE: 1940s US photos

2010-07-31 Thread Bob W
> A link to these turned up elsewhere, seemed worth passing on: > http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2010/07/26/captured-america-in- > color-from-1939-1943/ > some fantastic stuff there. The last one, number 70, could be by Salgado. 8, 9, 18, 19, 39, 40, 49, 53, 54 - all superb. The whole thin

1940s US photos

2010-07-31 Thread Sandy Harris
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