That’s a very interesting bit of history, Jim. It cannot have been easy . . .
Chris
> On 12 Jan 2019, at 23:18, Jim Nichols <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Recent discussions of older photos led me to dig into some images I scanned
> quite a few years ago, from a collection of negatives and prints we inherited
> from my wife's grandmother. This sepia image is from the middle to late
> 1930s, when my wife's Dad provided a meager income for his family by
> following the Midwest fairs and celebrations with his portable studio,
> selling "4 for a Dime" direct positive portraits to the fair visitors. The
> studio could be folded and carried on the trailer seen in the background.
> Herb is posing holding on to the awning frame that could be covered in bad
> weather.
>
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20090417-Herb+with+Portable+Studio.JPG.html
>
> <http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20090417-Herb+with+Portable+Studio.JPG.html>
>
> Here is an actual-size copy of one of the seventy-year-old Direct-Positive
> photos, which received no Photoshop treatment at all.
>
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Gene+01.jpg.html
> <http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Gene+01.jpg.html>
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