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Swain commented about Fox Theatre on Mar 24, 2010 at 2:49 am

Ziggy,

I took persons that seemed to be appropriate from other photos that I didn’t use. I placed them in places where they might enhance the picture. PhotoShop was used to do this and to color them.

I am still working on a couple more photos that will be published later this year.

Bill Swain

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Swain commented about Fox Theatre on Dec 8, 2009 at 1:58 am

Richard Apple has kindly added some more of my pictures of the S.F. Fox, as it looked in 1929. It has been a labor of love to work on the original black and white negatives that were loaned to me. I hope anyone interested in the long lost Fox will enjoy looking at them. I am still working on two more that will be finished next year.

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Bill Swain San Francisco, December, 2009

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Swain commented about Fox Theatre on Feb 27, 2008 at 9:20 pm

Richard Apple most likely was not aware that I was the owner of Swain & Kates, Inc. I undoubtedly forgot to mention it to him. About 10 years ago, after almost 45 years, I turned the company over to my loyal employees, and they have continued it on in great fashion. I am proud of them and the quality of their church pipe organ work here in northern California.

For those of you who have been interested in my restoration and coloring of original 1929 photos of the Fox, I am preparing a new CD for Dick to add to his excellent web site.

Bill Swain

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Swain commented about Fox Theatre on Feb 23, 2007 at 11:09 pm

Recently, a dozen more high class negatives taken in 1929 of the Fox Theatre’s public rooms have been lent to me. Richard Apple has offered to post some of them on his web site, after the positives have been run through PhotoShop. They came from his father’s collection.

Bill Swain

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Swain commented about Fox Theatre on Feb 19, 2007 at 12:43 pm

Some of your viewers might be interested in Richard Apple’s excellent web site on the Fox Theatre.
He recently has posted a number of pictures that I reconstructed from old publicity photos, many of which were taken between May and July, 1929.

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More will be added from time to time, as they are completed. I would welcome your comments.

Bill Swain, San Francisco