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oilman514
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LE ROY ROSELIEVE original photographs, also marked on back Columbus Photo Supply, New York City. Have looked but haven't been able to find any info on the photographer or the pictures. Any info is appreciated.
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Robert
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Hi oilman514!
Went looking and came up with a few things. But can they be related to the photos, I suppose?
Leroy Roselieve maybe has a French connection.
Born there in 1902 but died in New York in 1965?
Andes?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nesster/4383113993/in/pool-1618922@N23/
Captain in the US Air Force? Purple Heart, Presidential citation, served in South Pacific etc.
Wrote an article " COMPOUNDING A FINE GRAIN DEVELOPER" for a magazine March 1938 LEICA Photography Vol. VII No. 3.
One of his photos appears in LA REVUE PHOTO N° 4 1937 "Forte Brise".
The name Roselieve is the second part of Fink-Roselieve, or after 1945 simply FR, was a US manufacturer of photo products, mostly known for developing tanks and photo-chemistry products. A small spotlight, an accessory rangefinder, and other items were also sold. Around 1942, they briefly offered a press camera in 2¼×3¼" size, the FR Reporter. Apparently some Reporters were actually manufactured; but it is a rarely-seen model (not even rating an entry in McKeown's). By 1943, advertisements for Fink-Roselieve instead announced the company's manufacture of chemistry for WWII aerial reconnaissance.
FR became the US importer of Adox films. Around 1961 FR offered the Auto-Eye II 35mm camera, a rebranding of a model manufactured by Adox.
http://camera-wiki.org/wiki/Fink-Roselieve
Check out this camera made by FR. It's iconic!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nesster/4383113993/in/pool-1618922@N23/