I suspect that that sort of personal history would be quite low on the priority scale for most of the Sendai "officialdom" but a potentially useful anchor for those in the photos. Which is probably what you are thinking as well. The only way I could imagine to make a connection would be via an American living in Japan, a true test of the six-degrees-of-separation notion. Our friend from sunny Brighton moved to Japan to be closer to his wife's family as I recall, but I have no idea how to contact him. There must be other links like those that could be pursued. Is there a Japanese consulate or Interest Section in Chicago? You could contact them. One other thought - if you have contact information for those your father served with, if any survive, maybe one of those maintained connections with the people they worked with?
As part of our moving process I have been trying to downsize. As part of this I have gone into the boxes of stuff that came from my father or from my mother when they passed away. I have thrown away numerous photos my dad took, mostly related to his work; every time I feel a twinge of regret, knowing that someone out there in Greece or Bolivia or Argentina or Nigeria or wherever might be thrilled to have a copy of the photo. But he was terrible at taking notes, and he didn't need to since he knew who the people were . . . Because it is Sendai I would put a bit more effort into it, but the potential benefit is so low, with the potential "cost" (time investment to chase down connections, etc.) so high, that I would probably write it off pretty quickly as a nice but horribly impractical notion. And I hope to hear a report back from you that you were able to connect the dots and find a receptive and appreciative new home for your photos. stan On Apr 25, 2011, at 9:03 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: > We went to dinner at my sister's yesterday. > She showed me pictures that my dad took in 1946. > He was a dentist in the US Army and spent most of '46 in Sendai. > I haven't seen the pictures since childhood, but wonder what could be > done with them. > The pictures of his buddies and fellow doctors are nothing special, but > the pictures of people and places might be interesting. > I suspect some of these folks are still living, especially the children. > Any suggestions? > Regards, Bob S. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
