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    Michael Pancier
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    While going through the stuff at my mom's house, I stumbled across a box in the garage which had a bunch of 2x2 prints that my dad had taken as a young man from the 1950's using his old Yashica MF camera. I wish he had saved the negatives. :( Many of these images were not in the best of shape. I put them all in a plastic ziplock bag and sent them off to scancafe, and they did an amazing job of bringing back these images to life. I'm still awaiting the full res scans, but they have made the lo-rez scans available for download. Here's one of the images from what appears to be Paris from the late 1940's or early 1950's I reckon based on the type of cars they had there. I really liked the composition of this image. I'm trying now to have all of the old family pics and my old film pics scanned and cataloged. It's going to be a major undertaking, but I'm so glad many of these old pics will be able to have a second life.

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    Hi Michael, looks a bit like rue Saint-Honoré, near Hotel Louvre in the 1st Arrondissement, but probably way off target, although things do change.

    Look forward to some more :-)
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    Thanks Steve. Any clue on what type of cars these are?

    I know it's Paris as I was able to read some of the writing on the posted bills. But no idea where it is. I may try using some lucis art or another program when the hi res version arrives and see if I can read any more detail out of the image.

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    Hi Michael I think it's Citroen 11 b traction avant Classic Car? Thank goodness for the web. :D

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    http://citbitz.com/blog/citroen/citr...-11b-in-autumn
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    Steve, you're a beast. I guess that would date this image to around 1954; my dad would have been 30.

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    So would that be about right then Michael? Hope it helped.

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    Looks like a 1950 car Mike !!!

    ... Mike behind the car on the left is an Isetta which would date the picuture a little later since they started selling in the mid 50s !!! Neat car !!

    Steve how would you like taking one of those Issettas through the chunnel into Germany and riding the Autobahn :)

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    Steve how would you like taking one of those Issettas through the chunnel into Germany and riding the Autobahn
    LOL Al, this is now crunch time, my father bought one in the early 60's for my mother.:) To access the car the front is the door! Whilst out with her one day (knee high to a grasshopper, me that is) I leant across, pulled the cord to open the door and followed the opening door, straight out and under the car. Good job it was not at speed. As they are extremely light I gather two men lifted the car up and I was then dragged from under it, no harm done, but guess it explains a lot!:D I think I will stick to my current German beast.

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    They were fun Steve !!! Rode a few of them !!! :)

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    Judy Lynn Malloch
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    Oh what fun you must have had Michael. Love seeing these old captures and many thanks for sharing.

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    Michael, this is fantastic! Even as a child I was fascinated by the works of the early masters, and this is reminiscent of Brassai and Henri Cartier-Bresson! Hoping to see more. Thanks so much for sharing!
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