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carefully turning the yellow, almost crumbling pages of “The Old Flag” newspaper that she had clipped to acid-free paper so as not to destroy this voice from the past.
“It’s much too fragile to scan or photocopy,”

Too fragile for light to pass over it, but not too fragile to clip to other pieces of paper? Really?

5 posted on 11/30/2013 6:45:12 AM PST by Teacher317 (Obama is failing faster than I can lower my expectations.)
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To: Teacher317

I photograph old newspapers....Certain research facilities have that capability.


7 posted on 11/30/2013 6:50:15 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: Teacher317

That’s just selfish double speak for “we don’t want anyone to have a reasonable facsimile of this because we haven’t milked it for all it’s worth yet”.

Of course it could be photographed, etc.


8 posted on 11/30/2013 6:50:40 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: Teacher317

“It’s much too fragile to scan or photocopy,” Knott added.

Scan the photo.


17 posted on 11/30/2013 10:07:12 AM PST by Hostage (Be Breitbart!)
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To: Teacher317

“It’s much too fragile to scan or photocopy,” Knott added.

Scan the photo.


18 posted on 11/30/2013 10:07:12 AM PST by Hostage (Be Breitbart!)
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To: Teacher317
Fujitsu Launches ScanSnap SV600: digitize entire books and newspapers with ease. Only $600 at Amazon.
20 posted on 11/30/2013 10:34:15 AM PST by JohnBovenmyer (Obama been Liberal. Hope Change!)
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