aussiejeff posted a photo:
IMAGE INFO
– This unique image of daily life in downtown Beirut during the early years of World War II was shot by my late father-in-law Tom Beazley, during his unit’s big convoy move from Julis re-training Camp, via Beyrouth, to Ras Baalbek operations camp in Syria (later North Lebanon).
– Spot the local civilians watching from rooftop level.
– The map location is a guess-timate only (somewhere within Beyrouth central city).
– Any local knowledge that might determine exactly where this is would be greatly appreciated!
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SOURCE INFO
– Original image captured by my late father-in-law, Driver Tom Beazley of the Australian Army 2/1 Anti Tank Regiment, 19 Brigade, 2 Australian Imperial Force, using a Kodak Six-20 Popular Brownie box camera with 120 roll film.
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PROCESS INFO
– Digitized using a Canon Canoscan 8800F scanner.
– Restored from the very dark, grainy, scratched & faded original B&W print quality, using Adobe Photoshop CS Windows (sepia duo-tone version).
