Digital BW, The Print

Yes... I know a part of that story. I ordered one of those washers, it didn't arrive for a long time, then I heard he'd gone bankrupt and could file a claim to get my money back. Never got the money but years later, on a CompuServe forum (dating myself again!) I mentioned this incident. Lo and behold, Henry was a member of that thread and offered to send me a free copy of his book, and did so! I thought it was very decent of him, I have no hard feelings.

And - as a matter of fact, I did have Earth Shoes! Horribly uncomfortable, got rid of 'em. No herbs though... but my wife does that to this day! And I do have a ponytail :)

Paul W.

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "john" <deanwork2003@...> wrote:
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> You hippie. I bet you and Henry wore Earth Shoes too and grew your own herbs.
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> There is a funny bio video on the Luminous Landscape site with Wilhelm where he discuses how he got started selling those archival print washers out of his house where he put them together. The police in Grinell Iowa hauled him off to jail for running a business out of his home. He took it to court finally and won, citing the evidence that if people could give music lessons out of their homes he should be able to make and sell print washers. So he won and kept selling them.
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> We think of him as establishment now, but in his early days he was a rebel, and willing to go to jail for print washers :- )). 
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> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "paulmwhiting" <paulmwhiting@> wrote:
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> > Sorry, John, I really don't know. I do know that Henry Wilhelm advertised an archival printer washer (for the darkroom!) back in the 70's in the Whole Photography Catalog! I still have my copy of that publication, btw. So evidently he's had a long history of concern for archival issues.
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> > Boy, I'm dating myself!
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