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    The Vintage Camera Club Thread

    You've got a IIIf from 1951 or 1952. I don't know if there are any camera repair places on this coast. I suspect you may have to ship it off to one of the few people that do the work. For most anything to do with this sort of old camera, you might want to talk to the folks at this forum...
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    Help dating a mechanical pencil?

    Certainly a lot more than I had to go on before. Thank you! :D
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    Help dating a mechanical pencil?

    No, not that kind of dating. :rolleyes: I'm sure there's someone out there that's a whiz with the history of Parker mechanical pencils. ...if so, I'm hoping for a date or a model name on this one. Thanks, --Chris
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    Hotel rooms?

    Here's a postcard showing the front of the hotel at about the right era. Oddly enough, this is the back of the hotel now. Postcards are definitely going to be one of the best and easiest ways to get images of old hotels as they were during this era. There are a lot to be found if you...
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    Hotel rooms?

    Sorting through the ream of photos on my hard drive from the Fairmont in San Francisco, here are the few period relevant shots that I have of the interior. Here's a couple of a restaurant/lounge from around 1910ish: The hotel's primary ballroom. This one was around 1911, if I...
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    Trench Art: Rank & File Art Work From the Front Lines

    I think I need new glasses. At first glance I saw it as "...ein Mal". Now that I wipe out the cobwebs from my eyes, I'd have to agree. You're right, that is more optimistic. :D
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    Let's See Your Watches! The Vintage Watch Thread.

    A couple of my favorites... An early 1940's Bulova: A 1930's-1940's Zentra: Both were flea market finds. The Bulova, cost me a whopping $15. :D
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    Trench Art: Rank & File Art Work From the Front Lines

    Surprisingly, once I got the mess kit, I found a few more markings that weren't clear in the auction photos. The spoon, amazingly enough, is hand made.
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    Show us your Guns!

    I love the red handled bayonet. Those have always been my favorite. I've got one that is mint apart from some rather interesting damage to the scabbard.
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    The Vintage Camera Club Thread

    Hey, if you want to make a quick buck, I'll double your money on it. :D What makes that one even more painful is knowing that you're in the same neck of the woods. Knowing my luck I probably drove right past that same flea market, craned my neck as I went past, and dismissed it thinking...
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    Trench Art: Rank & File Art Work From the Front Lines

    ...and as a benefit, you don't need a nightlight when you leave these on your nightstand. I forgot another cool one that's on the way to me from a recently won eBay auction. It's a WW2 German mess kit. The wire wrapped around the handle was done by the soldier, and the engraving on the lid...
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    Trench Art: Rank & File Art Work From the Front Lines

    Found this evil looking knife at a militaria show no too long ago: [/IMG]
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    Share your own art here :)

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    Show us your Guns!

    It's actually a Russian capture with the stock refinished to get rid of that God awful red shellac they plaster all over it. I've counted twelve different Waffenamts, so she's definitely something of a Frankenstein rifle. Fantastic bore, and very accurate.
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    The Vintage Camera Club Thread

    For what it's worth, B&H Photo has got 620 film now, along with a few other obsolete roll film sizes.
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    Show us your Guns!

    My only firearm of any real historical interest, a K98 from 1938:
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    The Vintage Camera Club Thread

    A 1941 Soviet clone of the Leica II, the FED-NKVD. The lens is good, but the body is going to require some service before it sees any real use. Still, how often do you come across cameras named after nasty secret police organizations? An early Filmo - 1929 I think. A...
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    The Vintage Camera Club Thread

    As promised, a few more: To start out with, a few of the more interesting box cameras. Some Bakelite goodness. A Kodak Retina I from 1936. The first American 35mm camera. Made when Kodak didn't think the new fangled "daylight loading cartridge" was going to last, and thus...
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    Scans of German cig packs from the 30's-40's?

    This might seem like an odd request, but I was wondering if anyone had any examples of German cigarette packs from the 1930's or 1940's that they'd be willing to scan for me. I'm looking for some relatively high resolution images that I can use to reproduce packs for reenacting. Thanks, --Chris
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    The Vintage Camera Club Thread

    As you might be able to surmise by my handle, I'm something of a camera buff. I'm running far too low on energy after a long day at work to photograph the whole collection tonight. I'll try to get a few up this weekend. Here are a couple of my favorites: 1939 Leica III w/ a 1937 Summar...

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