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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mirana, post: 9586702, member: 79705&quot;]In much sadder news, the Boston MFA images dept wanted a $50 fee to give me a jpg of the only photo they have of their JC King cameos, which is (according to them) very old (aka black and white) and in a group. I&#039;m assuming only the front. That&#039;s if they could find the hard copy to scan. I wrote back to clarify the fee, and to turn them down, hoping the museum would some day add images to their online collection. I thanked the lady for looking into it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Got back a response that scanning the image takes work (idk $50 seems like a good gig to me...except they just tried to form a union so I&#039;m guessing the scanning person doesn&#039;t get that $50). Also told me they were strictly forbidden from giving any &quot;large scale&quot; digital images at discount or for gratis. Which....I did not ask for? Felt unnecessarily harsh lol. I get that I&#039;m a Poor <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie17" alt=":bag:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> and not a Donor <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie76" alt=":pompous:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> geez guys.</p><p><br /></p><p>Lesson learned: I will not be finding the excited curators, happy to geek out about cameos, at the ritzy BMFA. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie51" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> It&#039;s fine, I&#039;ll make a donation to the Worchester Museum instead.</p><p><br /></p><p>Oh. And here&#039;s an image of the Horace Greely which I found in a very old article actually attributed to BMFA. Y&#039;all can have this one free on me. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie84" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]463425[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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