There is a fairly strong interest in vintage photos at the moment, particularly of the late 1800's - early 1900's. If you wanted to take the time to do it you could very likely sell any photos the museums aren't interested, either online or possibly to an antiques dealer.
For example: http://www.etsy.com/search/vintage?ref=auto&q=antique+photos On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 2:09 PM, Land of Oz <[email protected]> wrote: > > > The photos, however are a treasure. I have one large rubbermaid tote full > of albums going back to the 1870s - most of the people are identified, and > there is at least one photo of a child in a coffin. O.o There aren't too > many dates on the actual photos, however. There is a story inscribed on the > flyleaf about how that album was the only thing rescued from a house fire > when the dad broke a window from outside and reached in to get it off a > bookstand.. > > What does a person do with this kind of stuff? I don't have infinite > storage. My brother kept it all, but didn't do anything with it either. I > doubt much of it has a lot of value to people who aren't related to the > family in some way. > > Denise > Iowa > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
