{"id":30470,"date":"2020-12-31T08:07:28","date_gmt":"2020-12-31T13:07:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=30470"},"modified":"2020-12-31T08:07:28","modified_gmt":"2020-12-31T13:07:28","slug":"new-years-eve-1988-springfield-union-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/new-years-eve-1988-springfield-union-station\/","title":{"rendered":"New Year&#8217;s Eve 1988\u2014Springfield Union Station."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On this day 32 years ago I exposed this frame of Kodachrome 25 slide film using my old Leica M2 rangefinder with  an f2.0 50mm Summicron lens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"325\" data-attachment-id=\"30471\" 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