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One of many boxes brought down from the attic contained a number of magazines and books. I recognized some of them from my childhood, and when I had a chance later in the morning I went through the books in search of lost memories.
I found so much more: a stack of Life magazines from the 1940s and 1950s, mostly intact.
History in a box....
Only our car wax has the "Simoniz Secret", which is why it's different.
Boy that's a compelling argument. What's the secret?
From reenactor Dan Inouye's collection. The Life Magazine article describes the Tule Lake Internment Camp in California for Japanese-American citizens during World War II.
LIFE Magazine
A Commemorative
IN THE LAND OF THE FREE . September 11 - And After
Elvert Barnes Magazine Collection
OR "That's what she said"
Just make sure your eyelashes don't go up in flames...Lucky Filter advertisement ~ June 14, 1968 Life Magazine.
DDD left, Mydans right.
In June 1950 a young Japanese photographer, Jun Miki, was working at the Tokyo office of “LIFE” magazine. He took some snap shots of LIFE staff photographer David Douglas Duncan with his Leica and a lens that he had borrowed from a friend. Duncan was at first not interested, laughing at what he thought was just a Japanese Sonnar copy.
“LIFE” magazine photojournalists David Douglas Duncan and Horace Bristol had a guided visit to Nikon’s Ohi Plant in Japan. They were able to inspect and compare the lenses of Leitz and Zeiss with the Nikkors and concluded that the Nikkors were actually better.
The Korean war broke out that month and Duncan went to the front with a brace of Leica IIIc’s equipped with 5cm f1.5 and 13.5cm f4 Nikkors. His acclaimed book “This is War” was first published in 1951 with photographs taken with this Leica/Nikkor combination. The book with its images is still regarded as a classic.
Fellow “LIFE” staff photographer Carl Mydans was also sent to cover the war and on Duncan’s recommendation visited Nikon in Japan. They modified their new Nikkor 8.5cm F2 and 13.5cm f3.5 lenses for Mydans’ Contax. He later changes his camera to a Nikon.
A series of their pictures were published in “LIFE” during 1950 winning “US Camera magazine Achievement Awards”.
Hank Walker also changed his camera to a Nikon M with Nikkors and during the severe winter in Korea they found that he Nikon cameras still worked well whilst other cameras froze up.
In the USA the cameras and lenses were scrutinised by experts and the “New York Times” carried articles praising the quality and consistency of the Nikon cameras and lenses.
Nippon Kogaku was officially praised for its contribution toward rebuilding of its country’s economy.
Duncan had a long and eminent photographic career including his photographs of Picasso and was inducted into the international Photography Hall of Fame in 2021. He lived to the age of 102.