[pure-silver] Re: Sad news
- From: Eric Nelson <emanmb@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 11:07:14 -0700 (PDT)
Man I leave Chicago and everything goes to hell. Well it was probably headed
there anyway.
I spent a lot of money there over the years too esp. on photo paper. This
leaves Chicago without a retail camera store except for Central Camera which
has been in business since 1899. They stayed small and survived. Not sure if
they can fill the void but nowadays w/so much being ordered online, they may
just keep cruising for another 115 years staying just as they are.
On Friday, March 14, 2014 12:22 AM, Eric Neilsen
<ej@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I recently saw that BWC, one of the photo processors here in Dallas has
discontinue E6 processing. The times are a changing folks.
Eric Neilsen
214-827-8301
www.ericneilsenphotography.com
SKYPE ejprinter
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On Behalf Of Marvin
Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2014 11:59 AM
To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [pure-silver] Re: Sad news
Sad indeed. I just bought a 16 X 20 Leedal tray ladder from them a couple of
months ago. It was a special order, which took some time. No one else listed
this item and, although Leedal is still in business, it's not on their website,
so no one would know about it. I may have got the last one available in the US.
On Mar 13, 2014, at 12:31 PM, Les Myers wrote:
Over the years, I ordered a lot of stuff from Calumet. This note is from The
Online Photographer:
Thursday, 13 March 2014
Calumet Photo Closes In the U.S.
Calumet Photographic Inc., now headquartered on Bliss Street in Chicago,
Illinois, USA, just announced the closing of its U.S. stores. The announcement
appeared on its Facebook page this morning, and its extensive website is no
longer online.
As near as I can figure, the announcement affects Calumet's 12 U.S. stores,
whereas 20 European locations will continue in business. (But don't quote me on
those numbers—they're derived from the Wikipedia page.)
Calumet Photo, which was founded in 1939 by Kenneth Becker, was for many years
based in a large combined office/retail complex in Bensenville, Illinois,
northwest of Chicago. It began by catering to large format photographers, and
made its own line of large format cameras until 1983. It also marketed a
well-known line of rebranded view camera lenses called Caltars. The stores were
active in photographic education, hosting classes and demonstrations. Most
stores had classroom space, where the public was welcomed at no charge.
Calumet had previously absorbed a number of stores orphaned by the bankrupcies
of once-well-known chains such as Ritz Camera, and Penn Camera in the D.C. area.
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