A taste of the late q0s through the early '60s found in amateur stereo slides by Mark Willke I --- --- I One of his pastimes while not at I bonus is that fact that a few of the I Stereo at the Ball Game work was apparently going to the shots included stereo equipment! ball game with his buddies. He Our first image shows a couple he collection of stereo slides attempted to capture the action on of gentlemen enjoying the game, which was the source of last the field in stereo on several occa- or at least some beer. The man in issue's pair of barber shop T sions, but even though he was front has a Stereo Realist around views continues to provide this shooting from right near the front his neck, and since the photogra- column with fun images. The pho- of the bleachers, little depth is visi- pher was also shooting with a tographer was apparently a barber ble among the distant players. stereo camera, I'm guessing stereo in a suburb of Milwaukee, Wiscon- Fortunately though, he some- photography was a common inter- sin, and while many of the views times turned the camera toward est in that circle of friends. This in the collection were taken in or closer subjects-other fans attend- Kodachrome slide is mounted in a immediately outside of his shop, ing the games-and ended up with cardboard slip-in mount with no he also recorded other facets of his some wonderful portraits. An extra date noted, but other slides from life in stereo. this photographer show dates from 1952 into the later 50s. Our second slide (also unlabeled, in an older-style [gray with red edges] Kodachrome cardboard mount) shows possibly one of the same men from the first slide at what appears to be the same stadi- um but during a warmer time of year. He is displaying a (Revere?) stereo viewer, and while I'm not sure why he took it to the game, I would guess that perhaps he want- ed to show his friends some slides taken at previous games. 963 is column combines a love of stereo r'photography with a fondness for 1950s-era styling, design and decor by sharing amateur itprpo ilidpi ihnt in th~"aoMpn ao~"of the column, please send it to: Fifties Flavored Finds, 5610 SE 71st, Portland, OR 97206. As space allows, we will select a couple of images to reproduce in each issue. This is not a contest-just a place to share and enjoy. Please limit your submission to a single slide. If the subject, date, location, photographer or other details are known, please send that along too, but we'll understand if it's not available. Please include return postage with your slide. Slides will be returned within 6 to 14 weeks, and while we71 treat your slide as carefully as our own, Stereo World and the NSA assume no responsibility for its safety. 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