[PRCo] Re: PSSST - WANNA BUY LOUSY PICTURES?

[John F Bromley]

Yet again, not a criticism of Gwinn - my only gripe is the audacity of
"bcponder" - for $8.00 he could at least provide an 8x10.  The "tone" of the
original comment was more poke-fun-at - lighten up, guys.

And to Ed, remember those lousy color pix I donated to the museum a few
years ago?  I didn't think they were then, but as the electronic technology
improves (and mine sure has) I look back at my copies of those photos and
hold my beak firmly between thumb and index finger.  I', gradually redoing
them, and PTM will get replacements.  I'm currently re-doing, by request of
others, the series at Dookers Hollow.  Night and day...  And, I've devised a
second sticker that'll go on only the PTM copies.  You'll see what I mean
when eventually they show up.

As I re-do the Pittsburgh early stuff, an extra for each will be done for
PTM and they'll be mailed from time to time.




----- Original Message -----
From: "Edward H. Lybarger" <twg at pulsenet.com>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 4:51 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: PSSST - WANNA BUY LOUSY PICTURES?


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> Bill Gwinn's negatives are largely "mapping grade," but every now and
again
> a relatively sharp one shows up.  Sometimes, too, he aimed the camera 180
> degrees from all the other fans (90 degrees in the case of the West Penn
> crossing at McClellandtown) and got a wonderful alternate view that no one
> else bothered with.
>
> Bill's house in Bridgeport recently disappeared...whether it collapsed or
> was taken down for safety reasons, I'm not sure.  I was there after he
died,
> to acquire the collection for the museum.  It stank, not unlike other
homes
> of the elderly.  Yes, Bill lived spartanly.  We should be grateful that he
> took what he took and use it for what it's worth (which is NOT $8!).
>
> Ed
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
> [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org]On Behalf Of Fred
> Schneider
> Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 3:35 PM
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: PSSST - WANNA BUY LOUSY PICTURES?
>
>
> Were you fishing for commentary, John?
>
> For the most part, Bill Gwynn's photos were marginal.  This is
> characteristic.  It's a good 10 cent picture that somebody thinks is
> worth $8.00.
>
> However, Gwynn did have some nice material.  Bill worked in the teens for
> Ohio Valley Electric Co., Huntington, West Virginia, and took
> a lot of pictures of cars and the people with whom he worked.  They are
box
> camera negatives but some print up rather nicely.  This is
> especially nice because, disregarding Bill's photos, I think I've never
seen
> more than three OVE pictures.  During his years with
> Wheeling Traction / Cooperative Transit he had access to the company photo
> files and there are some fair quality copy negatives of those
> views.  Sadly, bus drivers are not the world's wealthiest people,
> particularly in a small city.  He economized by having two or three or
> four pictures copied on one 4x5 negatives which tended to materially
reduce
> sharpness and increase grain.   And where are these
> negatives?  Well, your donations to PTM will help to maintain them.
fws
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> John F Bromley wrote:
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> > Step right up ladies and germs getcha hot pix while they last - only $8
> plus postage or most of this 616 print of 1415 on Crosstown.
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http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2156191735&category=1445
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> > Thanks to Bob Rathke I can ignore this "gem".
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