Lake St Clair 1953

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GeoffR
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Lake St Clair 1953

Sun 13 Jul, 2014 9:22 am

Some more of my late father in law's slides, this time around Lake St Clair in 1953 ....
Coal Hill, Mt Cuvier & Mt Byron from Byron Gap
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Lake St Clair & Mt Olympus from Acropolis summit
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Mts Olympus Hugel & Byron from Acropolis
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Narcissus Hut with Mt Olympus behind
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Re: Lake St Clair 1953

Sun 13 Jul, 2014 12:24 pm

Thanks for sharing!

Bushwalkers fashion still hasn't changed much...
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Re: Lake St Clair 1953

Sun 13 Jul, 2014 2:34 pm

Awesome pictures, thanks for sharing :)
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Re: Lake St Clair 1953

Wed 16 Jul, 2014 10:36 am

Nice to see old photos. The first one looks more like Horizontal Hill, the Guardians and Gould taken from south east of these peaks. The distant peak between Horizontal Hill and the Guardians is probably Nereus.
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Re: Lake St Clair 1953

Mon 28 Jul, 2014 6:52 am

Lovely to see these old photos
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Re: Lake St Clair 1953

Mon 28 Jul, 2014 10:39 pm

I love shot two :)

Do you know what kind of camera these were shot on?
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Re: Lake St Clair 1953

Fri 01 Aug, 2014 4:46 pm

A Voigtlander I believe, but no idea what model.
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Re: Lake St Clair 1953

Sat 30 Aug, 2014 8:14 pm

lovely historical shots
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Re: Lake St Clair 1953

Sat 30 Aug, 2014 9:32 pm

Sweet.
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