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Vintage Photo
For the anonymous person in Des Moines who has been searching for Charlie Mack today….a much bigger photo of Mack than the triptych with the other two See It Now shooters.
Read More →The “good ole days” of news gathering
George Lancaster of Paramount News discusses some bits and pieces of his trade – including his colleagues and how to be first in getting your film to New York from Washington State back in 1932. One of the most general characteristics of men in news reel work for any length Read More →
Tiny cameras and egos
Red Felbinger learns that tiny cameras doesn’t always equal big egos and he should check his own on occasion. Yes even then you had folks go out and buy a camera and think they were the next Darrell Barton or something. The size difference between Dyer’s DeVry “lunchbox” camera and Read More →
Beach Bum
An unidentified KFMB photog filming on the beaches of San Diego back in the late 1950s-early 60s. We all can guess what his subjects very likely were with that grin…and it probably wasn’t the water. And since Mr. “Overdressed for the Beach” is unidentified, a long shot question: does anyone Read More →
Way Too Close to Home
Seeing crime scene tape and police cars around the corner from my house is pretty convenient, but a triple homicide that close to home kind of freaks me out.I was on the way to work the other day, but I didn’t get far. At the end of my street as I tur…
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