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<p>[QUOTE="smallaxe, post: 3816228, member: 13430"]You are right [USER=602]@Aquitaine[/USER]. They don't want everything, and that applies to more than just photos. They may need to be even more selective with things that take up space. I don't bother them with random photos. For the old photos I have, if I think the photos are historically useful, and pertain to the area, I contact the historical society and ask if they want scans of them. So far, all that I've approached have seemed pretty happy to get them, and have, in return, helped me by providing additional info on what's in the photos, and helped me pin down exact locations of a few in the group that I wasn't completely sure of.</p><p><br /></p><p>The point I was raising with New Jersey was that they shouldn't become black holes that suck up historical material, and then hide it away forever.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="smallaxe, post: 3816228, member: 13430"]You are right [USER=602]@Aquitaine[/USER]. They don't want everything, and that applies to more than just photos. They may need to be even more selective with things that take up space. I don't bother them with random photos. For the old photos I have, if I think the photos are historically useful, and pertain to the area, I contact the historical society and ask if they want scans of them. So far, all that I've approached have seemed pretty happy to get them, and have, in return, helped me by providing additional info on what's in the photos, and helped me pin down exact locations of a few in the group that I wasn't completely sure of. The point I was raising with New Jersey was that they shouldn't become black holes that suck up historical material, and then hide it away forever.[/QUOTE]
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