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A photograph of Louis Bamberger, seated on the right, wearing a mustache and bowler hat, and his sister Caroline Bamberger Fuld, standing on the left, wearing a fur hat and shawl
Let's talk about these two department store owners: brother and sister Louis Bamberger and Caroline Bamberger Fuld. From Newark, New Jersey.
They are random people, basically. But in the late 1920s, with fascism taking over Europe, they made a choice that profoundly changed the world: ๐งต
Reflx Labs has metal reloadable 35mm canisters for cheap. They look like snap-caps but even if they aren't 50 for $45 is a good deal. My regular source hasn't had metal canisters for a long time and the plastic ones will not work in a Leica.
29.03.2025 20:48 โ ๐ 19 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0We've always been at war with Greenland.
24.03.2025 03:38 โ ๐ 4827 ๐ 531 ๐ฌ 128 ๐ 28Coat with dark sleeves going under a heavy hotel blanket or two served as a large format changing bag for me a few times in the '60 & '70s.
18.01.2025 16:43 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Emergency changing bag in dark non light tight room: take longest coat, enclose camera etc. flip closures under point neck towards you, away from light leaks (or stuff with dark sweater, pillow etc) proceed rapidly as possible.
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Howard Waldrop has passed away, another of our short story greats. Here's one of his better-known stories, "The Ugly Chickens"
www.drabblecast.org/2014/01/16/d...
