[PRCo] Re: Roberta Hill

[Ken & Tracie]

Hi Bob,

Bob Rathke wrote:

> She took a lot of photos, but I don't think that she was
> conscientious about recording information about them. I also remember that
> she used a 120-film single lens reflex camera (Kodak or Ansco) - it's too
> bad that she didn't have a better camera to support all of her efforts, time
> and expense in covering the last days of PAT's North Side trolley lines.

She also used an Argus 120, model not known. She would sometimes carry two
cameras, one loaded with color, the other with black & white. Remind me to scan
the backs of some of her photos that did happen to have detailed accounts. She
had incredibly neat and small penmanship. She also did sketches of horses on
quite a few.  The first Pittsburgh car she rode was 1254. She managed to get the
gong from it when it was scrapped, but who knows what she did with it.

Some of her composition was very artistic and refreshing. I agree it's too bad
she didn't use better equipment.

K.