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♪♫ Count Basie - Corner Pocket 1962 ♪♫ I have been treasure hunting in my basement a few days ago and stumbled over a negative pouch with approximately 30 shots of a concert by the Basie Band given in Hamburg's Musikhalle. If memory serves the shots were taken with a Leica 3f and the Elmar 90/f4 (but I may be mistaken here) on an Agfa IF Rekord 32° (ISO 1250!!). I'm working on the personnel, left on the flute is Frank Wess and between the two trumpets we see the bald head of Marshall Royal and his alto sax. Next to Frank Wess is most likely Thad Jones. The other trumpet may be Joe Newman or Sonny Cohn. On the drums is Sonny Payne. Right of the solist group Frank Foster with his tenor sax.

This is a slide scan of a photo taken by my dad in Summer 1944.

This is a slide scan of a photo taken by my dad in Spring 1944.

This is a slide scan of a photo taken by my dad in spring 1944.

Eins meiner frühesten Fotos, das die Zeiten überdauert hat und das mir bis heute gefällt. One of my very early pics which has survived until today and which is still one of my personal favs. Bilora Radix / KB14: ixquick-proxy.com/do/spg/show_picture.pl?l=deutsch&rais=1&oiu=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kameramuseum.de%2F0-fotokameras%2Fbilora%2Fradix-4.jpg&sp=0358d751c5373fe6d248259877c6737b

Enlarge for plenty of details and compare! The panorama of 1950 has been stitched from 6 old prints, taken by my dad mid April 1950, shortly after the tower had been opened to the public again. The rubble from the allied bombing raids of 1943 to 1945 has been cleared already but 70% of the buildings of the city are still in ruins. The panorama of 2014 has been taken on April 11th, 2014. It shows a booming city with all scars from the war removed and all the gaps finally closed. See the full 360° panorama here: Hamburg 360°

Enlarge for plenty of details and compare! The panorama of 1950 has been stitched from 2 old prints, taken by my dad mid April 1950, shortly after the tower had been opended to the public again. The rubble from the allied bombing raids of 1943 to 1945 has been cleared already but 70% of the buildings of the city are still in ruins. The panorama of 2014 has been taken on April 11th, it shows a booming city with all scars from the war removed and all the gaps finally closed.

Enlarge for plenty of details and compare! The panorama of 1950 has been stitched from 6 old prints, taken by my dad mid April 1950, shortly after the tower had been opended to the public again. The rubble from the allied bombing raids of 1943 to 1945 has been cleared already but 70% of the buildings of the city are still in ruins. The panorama of 2014 has been taken on April 11th, it shows a booming city with all scars from the war removed and all the gaps finally closed. However, one of the two big Bunkers still stands unimpressed ... See the full 360° panorama here: Hamburg 360°

Almost 5 years after the end of WW 2 most of the rubble has been cleared and the rebuilding has started, but 70% of the city is still in ruins. View at full size for lots of details. Photos taken by my dad. Compiled from 6 prints

This shot was taken from the tower of the St. Michaelis Church (Michel) in spring 1950, showing the still heavily destroyded harbor and the living quarters close to the river. However, the white "Banana Carrier" is some evidence of the slowly regained port activity. Photos taken by my dad. Compiled from 2 prints

Almost 5 years after the end of WW 2 most of the rubble has been cleared and the rebuilding has started, but 70% of the city is still in ruins. View at full size for lots of details. Photos taken by my dad. Compiled from 6 prints Compare with today's view Hamburg Now and Then - View from the Belltower of St. Michaelis - East

Photo by my dad

Für den beschwerlichen Abstieg bei Gluthitze und inmitten eines "Hornissen-Siedlungsgebietes" wird man belohnt mit dem Blick auf das St. Georgs Kloster, das sich hier im Wadi seit Jahrhunderten verbirgt (PIPs). Und hinterher muss man auch wieder hoch :-/. Trotzdem, ein lohnender Ausflug auch wenn man damals nicht ins Kloster konnte! de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kloster_St._Georg_(Wadi_Qelt) de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wadi_Qelt September 1971

On the way to Eilat early morning on Yom Kippur 1971, long story, far too long to tell here ....

HFF everyone, enjoy the weekend and stay safe. Slide scan

Happy Fence Friday, (Happy Fenstersturz Friday (by cp_u, fits the location)) dear friends, enjoy another drab and dull November weekend. Stay well and safe, open a bottle of fine red, light a candle and be nice to your family and friends. Today a photo from a very distant past. Slide scan, Leica 3f