Re: The Moon Is Not Your Trash Bin


"Jack Linthicum" <jacklinthicum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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On Jun 3, 11:47 pm, "Peter Jason" <p...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I think the organization ought to pay for a cultural
resource
investigation of the site. It should only take a few
archaeologists on
the moon to map, photograph, measure and inventory
the
cultural
elements (footprints, flag, rover, etc.)

I'd be willing to sign up for that bit of rescue
archaeology!

You could finance such a mission by selling copies of
the
first step.

Such a copy would be priceless, since the first
footprint
no longer
exists. It was obliterated by all the foot traffic
during
the mission.
However, I'm sure you could find several like it where
they only walked
once. Most people wouldn't know the difference.

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There's no need to wish for the moon.
In my peregrinations around auction houses and even
dumpster
bins I have seen tons of old photos and notebooks trashed
and wasted. All that info gone for ever. One example I
remember there were several large cartons stuffed with the
stock of an old photographer's firm, all large-frame
photos
of superb quality of weddings and family shots, buildings
and God knows what else. These ordinary images are
priceless because it's the sort of thing nobody records.

I have a large collection of those photo postcards that seem
to have
been popular in the late 19th Century. Most of the people I
don't
know, many have the obvious in the message section "us" or
"John and
Margaret". I have some shots my father took in the 1917 era
of Taos
and Ranches of Taos, tourist stuff. I sent his collection of
pics when
he was in the Forest Service at a station near Flagstaff AZ
to that
operation several years ago. They put them on their web
site. The
trick is finding someone who appreciates the information and
wants to
use the images.

There are many good hi-res images here of the USA in the
early 20th century:
In some photos the detail is fantastic.
http://www.shorpy.com/

Many of these photos relate to labour reform before WWI and
others seem candid shots of ordinary life.





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