Marilyn, Fascinating! But still don't know what camera :-) Now I'm curious! I got a word doc file of about a page and a half - would like the URL source - couldn't get to the home page for some reason. Thanks, AZ Build a Lookaround! The Lookaround Book, 4Th ed. Now an E-book. http://www.panoramacamera.us > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: What Camera? 1901 Russia? > From: Marilyn <marilyn@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Sat, December 17, 2005 9:26 am > To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students > <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > It's abslutely incredibla what information one can find on the internet! > > www.surrey.ac.uk/lcts/lvmg/Photcat1.doc > > THE WORD AS IMAGE: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RUSSIAN LITERATURE AND ... > > Marilyn > ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ > Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you will help them > become what they are capable of becoming. > > Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe > ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ > > > > Anyone know what sort of camera people would have used for *Snapshots* > > in 1901 Russia? > > I'm guessing it would be a Kodak Brownie. > > > > What would have been the best film speed back then? > > Would it have worked for hand-held indoor portraits? > > > > It's for a Chekhov play .... > > > > Bob > > > > > >