Gary Smith served many years as a photographer at the Advocate. After he read my entries here about the sale of Clarence White's photographs by the Licking County Historical Society, his comment nailed the significance of the problem:
"The Clarence White photo sale is sad. If his photo originals get sold off, we might as well leave ours to Hall & Son or Duff’s Smorgasbord."
Exactly, because leaving anything of lasting local value (though my photos wouldn't be likely contenders) in the care of local Historical Society curators would be no more secure than leaving them to a business that could cease to exist at any time, as have Hall & Son and Duff's.
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
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