At 09:46 AM 6/14/2002 -0400, you wrote: >From: "Alan Zinn" > >> I'd like to have some control over their use if >> possible. I'd like to show them to PF folks without expecting them to >be >> sucked into WWW public domain. > >Alan, >You should know better...! -:)) >Anything that one puts on WWW becomes public domain, >whether ones likes it or not... <grrrrrrrrrrrrr...> > >I've got quite a few "found" pictures also, coming from a 20lbs lot >which I bought on eBay some three years ago. There was a mixture of >things, some good, some bad, from a variety of sources. > >The best was a picture of Stalin, Truman and Attlee with their advisors >at the Postdam conference. I'm not sure who did it and whether I can >sell it (do I own the copyright after almost 60 years?). Included in >that group was also a series of pictures at the Roosevelt funerals, a >rather nice picture of Lord Mountbatten with Bevin and someone who might >be Sergo Beria. There was also a great picture of a scientific with a >lot of mathematicl formulae on a blackboard in the back who'se name I >still have not been able to determine. All by the same photographer, >obviously an american photojournalist. >I'm still wondering where I can unload these at a fair price... -:)) > >I've also got a few wonderful pictures coming from old unprocessed films >in various ancient cameras I bought, including a very faint picture of a >TV screen showing Neil Armstrong walking on the moon, coming from a >Russian camera... What interesting speculations can be made on this and >the other cameras (and their owners) as to why the films were never >completed and processed. > >Someday, if I ever find the time, I'll try to do something with all >these pictures. > >Best, > >Guy > Guy, Sounds like a facinating collection. I just stumbled on to an autographed 8 x 10 of Alben Barkley. Only real political wonks will know who he was - no peeking on Google! There's probably an Albin Barkley web site - I'm afraid to look. I'm reminded of your latent image project where you were collecting un-processed film. What became of that? AZ Maker of Lookaround panoramic camera. http://www.panoramacamera.us or keyword.com lookaround
