[PRCo] Re: Army recruiting

[Fred Schneider]

And best described as railfan roster shots ... even the builder would not have
stood that close to produce an image to advertise the product.  Charlie's
negatives were all 616 (or 116) size (2 3/4 xc 4 1/2 inches) with scarcely ever
more than 1/8 inch beyond the front and rear of the car.  If the negatives
leaned a little bit, you could not crop them to straighten in enlarging; the
only option was the air-brush and paint brushes (computer software today) to
rebuild that wasn't there after you straighten it.

"Edward H. Lybarger" wrote:

> The WAC car was 1417, but it was painted in February 1944 rather than 1947.
> We have both a PRCo color print of it and a Dengler 616 black & white
> negative.  A lot of Charlie's material is at the Library, but he sold off
> hundreds, if not thousands of other images.  They're liable to turn up
> anywhere.
>
> A display featuring Charlie's photos would not work with the public...he
> rarely put any background in the shots, and they're essentially all 3/4
> views of cars.  It's a roster, not an interpretation!
>
> Ed
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
> [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org]On Behalf Of
> Harold Geissenheimer
> Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 6:15 PM
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> Subject: [PRCo] Army recruiting
>
> Greetings to all
>
> LETS GIVE CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE
>
> A recent issue of the Army Times weekly newspaper carried
> a feature story on Army History about recruiting.
>
> The article carried a photo of a Pgh Rys PCC car in 1947
> advertising joing the WACS.  The Times credited "army photo"
>
> PRC may have had more public service & patriotic cars then most
> other systems.  Many places had War Bond cars, etc but few
> had the multiyear campaigns on the 22 Crosstown.
>
> Charles Dengler photographed them all.
>
> To Ed Lybarger
>
> A question?  What was the car # of the 1947 WAC car?  Does
> Arden have a list?  Cant read the # on the photo.
> Looks like a 1400 or 1500 series car.
>
> Where are Dengler's photos now?  At the museum?
>
> How about a display at the museum?
>
> But we can leave out the late 1970's army car.  Its not something
> to be proud of.
>
> My favorite commercial advertising car was the Mohawk Airlines car.
>
> Mohawk had an interesting campaign.  Fly their system Saturday, comeback
> Sunday before 1PM.  All flights via Syracuse.  The fare?  $25!  I did this
> twice.
>
> Harold Geissenheimer
>
> Harold Geissenheimer