Re: Sendai, Japan - 1946

2011-04-26 Thread Bob Sullivan
for the buddies.  Maybe just nice prints for a photo album of your dad's experience for your own family.  Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com To: PDML pdml@pdml.net Sent: Monday, April 25, 2011 8:03 PM Subject: Sendai, Japan - 1946 We went

Re: Sendai, Japan - 1946

2011-04-26 Thread Bob Sullivan
Stan, I share your suspicions that it is a low priority for 'officialdom'. I was hoping the PDML might help with the connection. Regards, Bob S. On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 11:43 PM, Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote: I suspect that that sort of personal history would be quite low on

Re: Sendai, Japan - 1946

2011-04-26 Thread Bob Sullivan
Tim, Bingo - just what I was looking for! When I get the shots together, I'll let you know. Regards, Bob S. On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 11:59 PM, Tim Bray tb...@textuality.com wrote: I have quite a few readers in Japan.  If you scanned and posted a few I could shoot off some flares and see if any

Re: Sendai, Japan - 1946

2011-04-26 Thread Bob Sullivan
Joe, I hadn't considered that avenue. I'll keep it in mind. Regards, Bob S. On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 12:18 AM, Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com wrote: There are still quite a few media representatives over in that area, though I suspect more interest from the documentary crowd. You'll

Sendai, Japan - 1946

2011-04-25 Thread Bob Sullivan
We went to dinner at my sister's yesterday. She showed me pictures that my dad took in 1946. He was a dentist in the US Army and spent most of '46 in Sendai. I haven't seen the pictures since childhood, but wonder what could be done with them. The pictures of his buddies and fellow doctors are

Re: Sendai, Japan - 1946

2011-04-25 Thread Christine Aguila
Maybe do a blurb book for the families if you know how to contact them. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com To: PDML pdml@pdml.net Sent: Monday, April 25, 2011 8:03 PM Subject: Sendai, Japan - 1946 We went to dinner at my sister's

Re: Sendai, Japan - 1946

2011-04-25 Thread Christine Aguila
@pdml.net Sent: Monday, April 25, 2011 8:03 PM Subject: Sendai, Japan - 1946 We went to dinner at my sister's yesterday. She showed me pictures that my dad took in 1946. He was a dentist in the US Army and spent most of '46 in Sendai. I haven't seen the pictures since childhood, but wonder what could

Re: Sendai, Japan - 1946

2011-04-25 Thread Stan Halpin
I suspect that that sort of personal history would be quite low on the priority scale for most of the Sendai officialdom but a potentially useful anchor for those in the photos. Which is probably what you are thinking as well. The only way I could imagine to make a connection would be via an

Re: Sendai, Japan - 1946

2011-04-25 Thread Tim Bray
I have quite a few readers in Japan. If you scanned and posted a few I could shoot off some flares and see if any expressions of interest came in. -Tim On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 9:43 PM, Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote: I suspect that that sort of personal history would be quite

Re: Sendai, Japan - 1946

2011-04-25 Thread Joseph McAllister
There are still quite a few media representatives over in that area, though I suspect more interest from the documentary crowd. You'll notice few if any news broadcast of late that used new images. But, if you would try to contact CNN, MSNBC, BBC, or the like, they may be able to help you get