tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post4821285608251867383..comments2024-03-05T11:10:29.953-05:00Comments on My Ancestors and Me: Reading the NewspaperNancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12136584654825212359noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-19718229232560816252013-04-30T12:15:37.008-04:002013-04-30T12:15:37.008-04:00That's a good photographic response to the cha...That's a good photographic response to the challenge this week. I enjoyed the newsboy description too.Little Nellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11862657943846727987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-11916383856425635982013-04-29T19:00:30.107-04:002013-04-29T19:00:30.107-04:00I am impressed with your memory of all that took p...I am impressed with your memory of all that took place in the life of the paperboy and his transactions with customers, how many sections of the newspaper, etc. Impressive. I wish my memory saved details like that!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-84120417598575171042013-04-28T04:45:01.321-04:002013-04-28T04:45:01.321-04:00I was never very good with cameras before the digi...I was never very good with cameras before the digital age so I have ditched many that were out of focus. My wife still gets annoyed with me if I try to photograph her - unless she has requested it of course,Bob Scotneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00662958579705940009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-69911549388177808242013-04-27T20:28:51.287-04:002013-04-27T20:28:51.287-04:00I thought the same thing, Kristin, but, of course,...I thought the same thing, Kristin, but, of course, we'll never know for sure. I think the whole photo looks blurry, though, not just the arm with pipe....<br /><br />It's always sad to throw away family photographs, isn't it? You have an amazing number of <b>really great</b> photos.<br /><br />Thanks for visiting and leaving a comment. Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12136584654825212359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-37388091508634412992013-04-27T20:13:01.070-04:002013-04-27T20:13:01.070-04:00Thanks for sharing your knowledge of cameras. I c...Thanks for sharing your knowledge of cameras. I clicked over to the links and that little Brownie camera looks familiar but I don't actually remember my parents having one (which suggests that they probably did and my memory is fuzzy). <br /><br />I admit to being slightly embarrassed to post these photos because of their poor condition but they so perfectly fit the theme for SS this week. I tell myself, I never would have saved them... but here I am not only saving them but also publishing them. And I have the luxury these days of having 6 or a dozen similar photographs to choose between and saving only the best.<br /><br />Thanks for telling me which camera it was.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12136584654825212359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-76752152023727739142013-04-27T19:11:48.469-04:002013-04-27T19:11:48.469-04:00Maybe he raised his pipe just as she snapped the s...Maybe he raised his pipe just as she snapped the shot. I have so many blurry photos I hate to get rid of so I understand.Kristinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06413795611563683135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-84119634277313845102013-04-27T18:46:11.420-04:002013-04-27T18:46:11.420-04:00The fact that one of the snapshots is poorly frame...The fact that one of the snapshots is poorly framed and the other blurry makes me think that it's very likely to have been something like a <a href="http://www.geh.org/fm/brownie/htmlsrc/mK76300018_ful.html" rel="nofollow">Six-20 Portrait Brownie</a>. Having handled several similar models of Brownie box cameras while helping to catalogue my local museum's collection recently, I was struck by how difficult it is to (a) frame a photograph accurately using the prismatic viewfinder, and (b) keep the camera still, unless holding the camera in the <a href="http://history1900s.about.com/od/1900s/p/brownie.htm" rel="nofollow">characteristic pose</a>. The shutter speeds were slower than the more modern instamatics, and I think it was easy to fluff shots.<br /><br />An interesting study, thank you.Brett Paynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07706734864792449845noreply@blogger.com