tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890523669575867377.post1901076716919407332..comments2024-03-23T16:51:22.303+05:30Comments on Amusing Planet: Killed Negatives of The Great DepressionKaushik Patowaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15000427721236718033noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890523669575867377.post-60117452207158499172018-06-04T02:31:44.712+05:302018-06-04T02:31:44.712+05:30I have a friend that told me a much worse story. ...I have a friend that told me a much worse story. He worked for a company 20 years ago or so that handled estate sales. People from California and New York who had moved away from their families would hire them. Their parents, uncles or aunts would pass away and the family would not want to deal with the house or farm. This company would be hired to liquidate the whole thing. My friend worked for them for two years and was shocked when he first started that all the photos and negatives were tossed into the garbage (Lots got tossed. If it would not sell really quickly it was in the trash). At first he kept all the photos he could find. Hundreds of boxes. His original goal was to sift through them and keep the best photos. It took too long to make it through the horde. It did not take long before his garage was filled and his parents made him clear it all out. Soon he just kept the boxes that seemed really special and by the time he was out of school he had given up altogether and just trashed them all. Apparently his company was not unusual. All these people pass on and most of the time no one cares about any of these memories. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890523669575867377.post-11777254352660052272018-05-30T07:20:48.808+05:302018-05-30T07:20:48.808+05:30many would be easy to repair and print with modern...many would be easy to repair and print with modern computer imaging and it might be well worth it. some are very good. he was too picky.paul fredinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03181584515031288527noreply@blogger.com