When I was in high-school, I'd buy (what I presumed were) factory-seconds Penney-loafers from the guy across the street who worked at the shoe "mill", who always had a selection in his car trunk.

Also got my first 35mm camera from him.
With which I took the only photos I've ever sold!

America once was Art Deco.

This is the Boston Avenue Methodist Church.

Fiend, Crusader or Historian? What is the true function of the camera? #photography #photohist #books #camerafiend #cameraashistorian #cameracrusade

Sometimes the 'camera fiend' is depicted as an obsessive, so focused on his picture taking that he is oblivious to all other needs #camerafiend #photohist #postcards

Sometimes the antics of photographers reflect attitudes towards other countries, cultures and people #camerafiend #photohist #Egypt @photograph_tut @chrisnaunton

Naturally, the language of photography provided the postcard makers with plenty of opportunity for puns, a staple of seaside humour #camerafiend #photohist #postcards

In general, the behaviour of male photographers in female company is not portrayed in a positive light, at least at the seaside... #camerafiend #photohist #postcards

In most cases the photographer making a nuisance of himself on the beach is a man... #camerafiend #photohist #postcards

The financial possibilities of capturing a private moment provided the theme for a great many early photography postcards #camerafiend #photohist

The cover of the new PPM magazine, containing my article on 'The Curse of the Camera Fiend' #Postcards #photohist #photography #camerafiend

Looking forward to the imminent publication of my article 'The Camera Fiend in Postcards and Popular Culture' #photography #camerafiend #oldpostcards #postcardcollecting

Here's another one from my collection #camerafiend #Postcards #photography