[PRCo] Re: Insanity Reigns

Kenneth Josephson kjosephson at sprintmail.com
Tue Jun 5 22:33:24 EDT 2001




Donald Galt wrote:

> On 5 Jun 01, at 12:54, Kenneth Josephson wrote:
>
> >
> > Mind you, I might pay $205.00 for an authentic postcard of
> > Sprague's 1888 Richmond operation.......or would I?  :-)
>
> For a full-colour photo, maybe.

Gotcha! :-) Like that "5-Bedford" car Roberta was posing with! I guess I
would pay for an authentic 19th Century photograph....hee-hee-hee!

Seriously, wasn't color slide film available starting aroung 1928 or
'29? Ed? Fred? John?

To get back on topic, here's a trivia question I do not have the answer
to:

What is the oldest known color photo of a Pittsburgh trolley?

Ken J.







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