Leica LTM New Find - Leica II Sleeping Beauty

[Pál_K]

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The leather case and the inside of the baseplate have the name "A. R. Apgar" a
10.14.4.6.2. ALBERT REMSON APGAR, JR., b. 5 Jul. 1906 Lancaster, PA., d. 2 Mar 1983 Anacortes, Washington. unm. He attended the University of Pennsylvania and during W.W. II he enlisted in the US Navy. He served in Europe and England. After the war he went to work for the Government in Washington, DC, in the office of Procurement in the Bureau of Standards. After his retirement in 1967, he moved to Friday Harbor, Washington. He was an active member of the San Juan Historical Society and the San Juan Yacht Club…

Fascinating. Where were you able to find all this information?

 

[cassel]

Online research - the Apgar family genealogy is pretty well recorded and the info he wrote inside the camera case and inscribed on the baseplate helped connect all the dots!