Posted on 07/27/2010 12:45:30 PM PDT by Daffynition
It was a few years ago in D.C., and a work colleague (who was a veteran) stumbled on a site which mentioned that the Library of Congress was implementing *The Home Front* archives.
I had catalogued all the letters, got permission from the widow (Mrs. Milano) who was thrilled to release them to the LoC. She loved writing and her husband(Pacific Theatre) wrote in his letters that one day she would be *published*
Staffers from the LoC actually came to my building on Pennsylvania Ave. to pick them up.
It will be one of my favorite stories for the grandkids.
Post #41 tried to ping you;)
Nice thought but it was 10 years ago, he probably doesn’t remember where he bought them, especially if picking through garage sales was something he did regularly. I certainly wouldn’t.
Here’s my stab at it .... Since he owns the negatives, he owns the copyright. Someone with more legal knowledge may be able to enlighten us.
Up until now, the AA Foundation has been denying that they are authentic.
That is so wonderful! Saving them for posterity! Ya done good!
Very nice story. Thanks for sharing! I’m a history buff, so anytime part of our history is discovered and saved is a blessing to me.
As my father used to say, “That’s what makes horse races.”
Just a ruse to avoid the inheritance tax.
A capital idea! I shall do so at once! Have you any aglet-eers to whom you would be so kind as to recommend me?
Thanks for the kind words.
The best way to honor them is to follow in their footsteps.
The best thing I ever found at a yard sale about 20 years ago was a large “scrapbook” style portfolio, bound together with a ribbon, about 18” x36”, and interleaved within were
about a hundred old fullcolor comics pages from various New York and Philadelphia newspapers from the turn of the 20th century to about 1912. I think I got it for 5 or 10 bucks.
Included in them was a fullpage Little Nemo in Slumberland, one of the greatest of all American cartoons, by Winsor McCay. The revelation of most of these, though,was just how wonderful the artwork and draftmanship was in even the most humble of weekly ‘syndicated’ cartoons. They stayed in my basement for many years, then I sent them to my nephew, a musician, and now a painter, in New Orleans, to see if he could integrate them into his paintings. Gotta find out if he ever used them, it’s been about a year. He said he was going to be color Xeroxes made of all of them , rather than use the actual pages themselves.
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