Photos from 2002 Chicago Show

[georged]

2002 is not a typo. This is for old-school pipe show fans.

I encountered two pages by accident, while looking for something else:

Chicago 2002

(Click at the bottom pf page one to see page 2)

 

[geopiper]

A cool glimpse into the past from a time before I got into the hobby. Nice to put faces to names. Thanks for posting.

 

[brian64]

Hard to believe '02 is 23 years in the rearview mirror.

 

[daveinlax]

Is that @Briarcutter in the foreground? I’m in the background with NASPC’s John Tolle and the late Bill Unger RIP looking at a pipe. I had just gotten fat but still had a full head of brown hair. Seems like yesterday. Seem like yesterday. I think that was our first year back at Pheasant Run. The place just had a top to bottom renovation and was probably the nicest place I stayed at.

 

[Dave760]

Hard to believe '02 is 23 years in the rearview mirror.

Nah. '02 was about five years ago. Right? RIGHT?!?

 

[brian64]

Nah. '02 was about five years ago. Right? RIGHT?!?

It sure seems like it.

 

[npod]

THANK YOU GEORGE!!!
These are great pictures and a wonderful set of documentary shots for the community.

 

[Epip Oc'Cabot]

Hard to believe '02 is 23 years in the rearview mirror.

Uh, yeah…. I agree completely. When it was suggested 2002 was the “past”…. Making it seem “old”, I thought about it being 23 damn years ago! I am OLD….. (sigh), for me the “past” suggests the 1950s or early 1960s!

 

[BlueRidge]

where are the hipsters?

 

[woodsroad]

This was Martin Steinthaler's page.

Does he still make pipes?

 

[woodsroad]

where are the hipsters?

Kindergarten.

 

[brian64]

Kindergarten.

I'm picturing Kindergarteners in Hipster garb with fake beards.

 

[Richmond B. Funkenhouser]

That's the year I started smoking.

23 rich and flavorful years.