Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Thu, 06 Dec 2001 08:58:21 -0600 "SonC (Sonny Carter)" <sonc@sonc.com> wrote: > > Guess what? The vast majority of researcher's requests go right past > the pro stuff, and want to see snaps of people, how the village looked > in 1927, and stuff like that. > > In the 1930's one woman got all of her friends to bring their > home-made quilts to her home. They hung them on the clothesline and > took pictures of them. Simple idea, huh? Dumb subject? Those pics > are on our high request list, and have been featured in three national > publications in the last two years. > Hi, Sonny....yeah, I'm not surprised...I've been asked dozens of times over the years to copy/restore/reprint vintage "snapshots",, once a THOUSAND at one time!!!......but I've never been asked to copy and archive any "art"...outside of work, of course (since that's what we "DO" here...!!!) Walt - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html