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Old Photographs, Recognition, Handwriting Deciphering => Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs => Topic started by: TropiConsul on Tuesday 23 October 12 04:17 BST (UK)
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I have this newspaper clipping from "The Erie County Reporter" and on the back it says Huron Ohio Volume 86, Number 39 February. I believe the girl is my grandmother Helen Marian McDonald who graduated Oberlin University, and taught high school in Ohio, but left the state to take up a position with the YWCA in San Antonio, Texas where she met and married my grandfather. I can name one or two other women who were relatives and schoolteachers in Huron, Ohio but they all lived and died in Huron, a small farming community on the banks of Lake Erie.
My mother, the remaining survivor of her generation, does not know how this clipping made its way into the family collection she inherited. I have tried to obtain information on the volume and number of The Erie County Reporter but that newspaper died in the 1950's and I have not found a source on the Web for archives or an index to their issues.
I have tried a scanner and a digital camera with and without a background of black construction paper but I still do not have a good recording of the image which is quite distinct and legible to my naked eye. I'd welcome suggestions on how to obtain a superior digital image for preservation in my files. From the quality and aging of the newsprint I would estimate that the clipping dates from a printing no earlier than the 1920's and it could be as late as the 1930's. I think the printing process for news papers in the USA in the 1940's, particularly in the case of photos, would have been noticeably better. Any suggestions for further research?
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here is a link to the library of congress site.. they have archives to newspapers ..they have ask a libraian section also.. they have an enormous amount of archives there..maybe that might help in your search.., tommy http://www.loc.gov/index.html
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Thanks for your suggestion and the link, Tommy. I submitted a query.
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:) Tried to clean it up a little for you, hope you don't mind
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In case you can't find one this might be a tad better
Cheers
Maureen
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one from me
Irene
Just a tip...always scan in color even if its a B/W photo.
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My mother, the remaining survivor of her generation, does not know how this clipping made its way into the family collection she inherited. I have tried to obtain information on the volume and number of The Erie County Reporter but that newspaper died in the 1950's and I have not found a source on the Web for archives or an index to their issues.
This picture is from a series the Erie County Reporter ran from mid 1962-1965 called "Do You Remember?..."
This particular picture is from the 21 Feb. 1963 edition of the Erie County Reporter.
Link to that edition & Page: http://www.rootschat.com/links/01kq0/
Here are few others with school kids and teachers.
http://www.rootschat.com/links/01kq1/
http://www.rootschat.com/links/01kq2/
http://www.rootschat.com/links/01kq3/
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Thank you, RJ137.