[rollei_list] Re: rollei hood - cap available? & the joy ofRolleigraphy
- From: Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2006 18:56:16 -0700
Richard,
If you had seen the website about that German photographer who
took those shots of the US in the '30's, you would have seen this
mechanical structure. Modern versions of that seem to be in
most Japanese cities that I visited in 1988-1990.
Jerry
Richard Knoppow wrote:
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> From: "Jerry Lehrer" <jerryleh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2006 4:35 PM
> Subject: [rollei_list] Re: rollei hood - cap available? &
> the joy ofRolleigraphy
>
> > Les.
> >
> > Oh, that Cord! Also, I had thought that the Elevator
> > Garage was invented
> > by the Japanese company Shin Meiwa after WW2, but I see
> > that it was used
> > in Chicago in 1936.
> >
> > Interesting photos.
> >
> > Jerry
>
> I don't know what sort of elevator parking garage may
> have been used in Chicago but there were at least two
> "automatic" multi-story parking garages in New York City
> c.1932. This type of garage was patented but I don't have a
> reference to the patent. I have a reprinted book called "New
> York: The Wonder City" a bit of boomerism of the time. It
> lists Kent Automatic Garages at 209 E. 43rd St., through to
> 44th street, 2 Columbus Circle Ave. (at 61st street). The
> blurb accompanying the pictures says:
> "Most ideal garaging facilities ever offered motorists.
> High speed double width elevators travel one floor per
> second. A motorist's car is driven in a groove into a "Kent
> Electric Parker" which tows cars on and off elevators and
> eliminates any chance of scratching, bumping, or other
> damage. Makes possible the delivery of a car from any of
> the floors without loss of time in starting the motor."
> The system must have been patented. It would be
> interesting to track down the patent.
>
> This little book is fascinating. It is pure propaganda.
> Everything is the biggest, costliest, grandest, fanciest,
> most elegant, etc., etc. Of course, with qualifications
> "almost as tall as the Chrysler building" & etc. Well, my
> house is the tallest structure at this address in Los
> Angeles.
>
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> Richard Knoppow
> Los Angeles, CA, USA
> dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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