Tim, Bingo - just what I was looking for! When I get the shots together, I'll let you know. Regards, Bob S.
On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 11:59 PM, Tim Bray <[email protected]> wrote: > I have quite a few readers in Japan. If you scanned and posted a few > I could shoot off some flares and see if any expressions of interest > came in. -Tim > > On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 9:43 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. > -- 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.
