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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by exPalaceDog</i> <br /> <br />Hey SpaceMouse, those initials JA brings up a matter that has tthe Old Dog as a veteran so mad that I can not see after killing a twelve pack. <br /> <br />Let's ask now it was financed. From what the Dog has heard, it seems that during WWII John Allen was in the portrait business taking photos of young GI's during training. Apparently, he did quite well, after the war, he basically retired. But since he was able to retire, it would appear that the cost of his work was well above the cost of production. <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />Mr. Dog, <br /> <br />That's not only unfair, but factually inaccurate. John Allen and his two brothers were orphaned and separated to live with three different families of relatives at a young age. The brothers received an inheritance when their Grandparents died. The third brother died in 1940. John's brother Andrew was apparently a shrewd investor and the two surviving brothers made a large amount of money in stock investing. By all accounts, this brought John Allen the majority of his wealth. <br /> <br />John's heart condition would not allow him to enter the service himself, but he attempted to obtain a military job in aerial phtography during WWII to help with the war effort as he could. He was turned down, but apparently moved to Monterey for the weather, having discovered it on visits to his brother who was stationed in Northern California. John opened a photography studio in Monterey with a partner and they had a branch office at the Presidio in Monterey where they did offer portraits for servicemen. <br /> <br />I have met a number of people who knew John Allen personally and from their anecdotes and everything I've read, he was a generally a gracious man with friends and guests and lived fairly frugally. <br /> <br />Much of the _factual_ information posted above comes from the book Model Railroading with John Allen. <br /> <br />Jon
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