Stan, I share your suspicions that it is a low priority for 'officialdom'. I was hoping the PDML might help with the connection. Regards, Bob S.
On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 11:43 PM, Stan Halpin <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > -- 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.
