Re: My uncle's photos. Longish.

From: Stan Halpin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi, Stan! Good points. I wonder - no dates imprinted on the borders of the slide mounts? Standard practice for most processors here in the states... Later slides, from early 60s onward do have month and year imprinted on the borders. However those from

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From: mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Lasse Karlsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Not by profession - he was a radio-telegraphist (literally translated from Swedish - if you know what his profession would be called in English, please report (or in German, French, Spanish and Italian too).

My uncle's photos. Longish.

Hi all, Sorry, this got much longer than intended. Two years ago my uncle (my mother's brother) passed away. Peacefully, at around 84, I believe. He was a photographer. (Not by profession - he was a radio-telegraphist (literally translated from Swedish - if you know what his profession would

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Fascinating story, Lasse! Do keep us updated on how things progress. And of course I'd love to see some of the photographs. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and

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I wrote: ...I have been helping her cousin Please read ...I have been helping her... Thanks, Lasse - Original Message - From: Lasse Karlsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 5:31 PM Subject: My uncle's photos. Longish

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Fascinating story, Lasse. Good to hear from you. I hope we get to see some of your uncle's photography when yo u've sorted it out and made some scans. Happy holidays, Paul -- Original message -- From: Lasse Karlsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi all, Sorry, this got

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Lasse, It fascinates me to go thru past family photos. I haven't been able to lately but I have this continuous desire to find all of my fathers photos at the old homestead. John --- Lasse Karlsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, Sorry, this got much longer than intended. Two years

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Lasse - You likely have more to think about than this suggestion, but I'll toss it out there as an idea. The detective work might make an interesting community project. You might consider scanning a number of the photos that are representative of places and times. Putting those on a public web

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- Original Message - From: George Sinos [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 10:17 AM Subject: Re: My uncle's photos. Longish. Lasse - You likely have more to think about than this suggestion, but I'll toss it out there as an idea

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I will state the obvious, he did not need to do that, he knew all those people and places. We tend to think our work is so valuable today. Except for pros who hoped to make more money from the images over the years, photos used to be purely personal things. Usually the best you can hope for is

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From: Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fascinating story, Lasse! Do keep us updated on how things progress. And of course I'd love to see some of the photographs. Thanks, Mark. I will keep you updated and post some pictures as well. Lasse -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

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From: George Sinos [EMAIL PROTECTED] The detective work might make an interesting community project. You might consider scanning a number of the photos that are representative of places and times. Putting those on a public web site where community members can offer comments as to the

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fascinating story, Lasse. Good to hear from you. I hope we get to see some of your uncle's photography when yo u've sorted it out and made some scans. Happy holidays, Paul Thanks, Paul. Yes I will soon post a few samples for you all to see. I already have started

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From: Lasse Karlsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Not by profession - he was a radio-telegraphist (literally translated from Swedish - if you know what his profession would be called in English, please report (or in German, French, Spanish and Italian too). Radio-telegraphist is OK but

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From: John Bailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lasse, It fascinates me to go thru past family photos. I haven't been able to lately but I have this continuous desire to find all of my fathers photos at the old homestead. John Hi, John, Make that desire come true, as soon as possible. You won't

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From: Christine Aguila [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lasse- maybe a big family gathering--a bit of a photographic wing-ding somewhere in addition to the web site suggestion below. You may not get all your answers, but you just might minimize the detective work you talked about. Best of luck with

Re: My uncle's photos. Longish.

Lasse - interesting project you have inherited! I wonder - no dates imprinted on the borders of the slide mounts? Standard practice for most processors here in the states... Two separate thoughts. 1. Long ago and far away a friend and I assembled a best of the year slide show based on slides