SLIDES

[Fred W. Schneider III]

Well John ... you've become part of the group!!!!!  



Bob Rathke wrote:
> 
> Just taking a break from Christmas doings to read my e-mail, and
> thought I'd reply to John's message below.
> 
> I can vouch for the superb quality of his trolley slides.  I first met
> John in the mid-60's, but lost track of him until recently when I saw
> his name on Pittsburgh e-mail posts.  A few weeks ago I reminded him
> of the slide shows that he and other fans from Toronto used to put on
> at the old Sherwyn Hotel (now a dormitory building for Point Park
> College, I believe) in Pittsburgh. John was using top line 35mm camera
> equipment at that time, and seeing his results at those slide shows
> was the motivation for me to advance to Nikon cameras in 1967.  I
> especially remember the night slides he took of TTC crews removing
> trackwork from Bloor St. after the subway replaced street cars there.
> 
> A slide show would be a great idea.
> 
> Bob 12/25
> 
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> 
> 
> John F Bromley wrote:
> 
> > Last year I offered to do a slide show of my Pittsburgh Rwys from
> > the 1960s but I was never able to work anything out with PTM.  If
> > there's interest perhaps I'll try to resurrect the idea for 2001.
> > Both FWS and Bob Rathke know the quality that my collection
> > possesses, so I think the idea worthwhile. We need to select a date
> > at a central location, presumably Pittsburgh, possibly the museum
> > itself, where everyone interested can come together.  There are
> > about 800 views of the appropriate period.  No date earlier than
> > June would be suitable for me.  I don't drive highways in the winter
> > months, and we'll be in Florida at the end of April and into early
> > May, culminating with a visit to the East Penn meet before traveling
> > home.  East Penn?  There's a possible time. Thoughts and/or
> > encouragements? John Bromley