ATDDTA(10) "Is That An East-Man Kodak In Your Pocket, Or.....?" [292]

[Keith]

Time stops to pose for a crew of Japanese choir boys entering the  
Cosmopolitan. Once they begin ordering exotic drinks, action resumes  
with pale eyes accompanying the movement of Bob's finger towards his  
hair-trigger. While he attempts to discern which Son of Nippon is the  
son of a bitch putting his lips on La Blanca, the mob of Asian look-a- 
likes arc around him with their photographick instruments popping  
out, the symbolism of which only fuels his ire. He commissions those  
eyes of Frank (not to mention his piece) for some back watching, and  
Merle offers linguistic cross-cultural mediation.

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[292:2] "enormous brand-new beaver sombreros"

Beaver Felt Sombrero with four pinch crown ($1500)
   http://www.nuevosantander.com/sombrero-JG9.jpg

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[292:3] "chirping and singing"

a double of Lupita "singing like a bird" [289:10]

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[292:4] "pocket Kodak"

Probably not this one because it has no bellows [292:32]:

First produced in 1895, these tiny wood box cameras were made for the  
amateur market. Historically significant for their popularity and  
boost to retail sales, they also made use of aluminum for the first  
time in camera construction (inside structures). The first models had  
sector shutters mounted on removable boards, round viewfinder  
windows, and as shown, some 1895 versions were finished in red  
leather instead of the more tradition brownish-black. After 1895,  
there were no red versions, the viewfinders were square, and  
permanently mounted rotary shutters were used. All models could use a  
tiny plate holder instead of roll film, but these are almost never  
found. The Pocket Kodaks were only made for five years, but were very  
popular. Few remain.
   http://www.pacificrimcamera.com/pp/kodak/1895.htm

Probably these:

The original Folding Pocket Kodak came out in 1897, and had brass,  
instead of nickeled struts. The brass-strut models are highly coveted  
prizes for collectors today, but in reality, all early FPKs are  
significant since these are the cameras upon which fifty or so years  
of pocketable folding bellows cameras were based.
   http://www.boxcameras.com/fpk1898.html

Also: http://www.boxcameras.com/no1afpk.html


[292:6-8] "the Hieronymous wheel stopped short, and the ball took a  
bounce and then hung there in midair"

A roulette wheel with Bosch's painting of the Seven Deadly Sins on  
the wheel? Or an identification of gambling with such seven deadly sins?
   http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/bosch/7sins/7sins.jpg

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[292:9] "Dieter the barkeep"

DIETER: "Warrior of the people." Old German name composed of the  
elements þeud "people, race" and hari/heri "army, warrior."

_The Castle in the Forest_ is the new novel by writer Norman Mailer.  
It is the story of Adolf Hitler's childhood as seen through the eyes  
of Dieter, a demon sent to put him on his destructive path.

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