Who is Burklely Barb? On 9/21/05, WILLIAM SCHILLEREFF <frwilliam@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > > I remember back in the 1960's possessing a press card from the infamous > "Burkley Barb." It was issued by the paper and the police decided not to > recognize the press card of the free press paper. The issue was settled in > court with a decision indicating the police dept could not decide who was > a > member of the press and their card was for id only. the PD could not > abridge > the rights of any reporter to work and it has gone down hill after that. > For a time we were ridding high. With my Rollie no one ever looked further > than the camera and made room for me. Later some small newspapers gave me > card and others issued through the local PD. More important is having the > pin to file pictures or stories. > > There are some rally funny stories about crime scene and getting the shot. > I like BW for this work but the switch to hi res color in the paper and > the > advent of developing machines at the paper and AP ran bw out of the news > media. TXP 400 ... what a film! > > _________________________________________________________________ > Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! > http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ > > --- > Rollei List > > - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' > in the subject field OR by logging into > www.freelists.org<//www.freelists.org> > > - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with > 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into > www.freelists.org<//www.freelists.org> > > - Online, searchable archives are available at > //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list > > -- Peter K Ó¿Õ¬