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South Park

November 30, 2002 11:38AM

Been wondering for a long time, at a time when steam RR operations were nothing out of the ordinary, guys like Mac Poor, Dick Kindig, and Otto Perry traveled huge miles on bad roads to photograph trains and equipment - something we all owe them an enormous debt for. My question is more directed at what these people were like. What did they do for a living to pay for this odd pastime? Did they have families? I have read that Otto Perry was quite quirky/eccentric. Any more than the rest of us? What were these pioneers like?

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Early RR photographists	South Park	November 30, 2002 11:38AM
Re: Early RR photographists	rdmstr	November 30, 2002 07:26PM
Re: Early RR photographists	Ron welch	December 01, 2002 09:14PM
Re: Early RR photographists	Greg Scholl	December 02, 2002 07:02AM
A Description of Otto Perry...	Rick Steele	December 02, 2002 07:47AM
Re: Early RR photographists	Jim Armstrong	December 02, 2002 07:54AM
Re: Early RR photographists	Rick Steele	December 02, 2002 08:16AM
Re: Early RR photographists	South Park	December 02, 2002 07:20PM
Re: Early RR photographists	Rick Steele	December 03, 2002 11:50PM
Re: Early RR photographists	Jim Adams	December 06, 2002 08:48PM

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