Tag: Keystone XR308

  • Everyday life, half a world away

    Memories of everyday life in Germany, in the summer of 1984.

  • Keystone XR308

    A retro review: the frankly lousy Keystone XR308 110 camera, with pictures I made with mine from 1984-1986.

  • Captured: You are now leaving West Berlin

    It was hard to go far in Berlin in 1984 without the Wall hemming you in or blocking your way. My tour group followed it across the heart of the city to the Brandenburg Gate, which in those days stood just inside East Berlin. The white railing was the actual border between east and west;…

  • Captured: Inside the Olympic stadium

    I spent the summer of 1984 in Germany on an exchange trip with other Hoosier high-school German students. While the trip’s purpose was to immerse us in the German language and culture, we did travel around Germany a little. We spent most of a week in Berlin seeing the sights, including a stop at the Olympic…