[rollei_list] Re: The Studio Rollei

Marc,
Most everything correct, but the school was The Bronx High School of Science. (Of which Eric Goldstein was an alumnus). I came to La Jolla, California to get away from snow and to marry the beautiful and wealthy Dawn Rutherford. (who was instantly disinherited 
when we married).
The Studio Rollei was liberated from F&H by a Canadian soldier who rented a room in my family's apartment in NY. He offered me a Leica, an Automatic Rolleiflex and the lowest price one which was the 9x9 Studio. It took 122 film which was not readily available in 1945. I paid him $75 for it. The other cameras were $300 each! In 1945 dollars. 

Jerry Lehrer


Marc James Small wrote:
Jerry Lehrer and I have been discussing this, by now, for almost two decades.
Franke & Heidecke made a couple of "TLR's on Steroids" in the 1930's. These are acutely rare, to be polite. Jerry obtained one in the 1940's but shortly thereafter was chased to the West Coast for reasons which remain obscure, and which modesty forbids me from mentioning: perhaps it was merely filthy lucre or perhaps those rumors that he was to be hauled before the House Un-American Activities Committee might have some weight behind them? <he grins: my own fight with the Virginia State Bar trumps any of Jerry's problems in explaining his youthful membership in the Young People's Socialist League at the Brooklyn High School For Those With Special Needs, or whatever they are calling it noiw.)
In any event, Jerry has lost track of his Studio Rollei and I simply have to remind him on occasion that if he ever recovers it, I want the serial numbers. Shucks, Bob Pins has a standing offer of a grand for such a camera and you can trump that five or ten-fold today.
Jerry, I appreciate your membership on the List and I hope that you accept my ribbing you in the spirit in which it is given. You are our senior member, I believe, and your contributions are really worthy. 

Marc


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