First thing I scanned last week was Kodak Park in War Time. During World War I Kodak hosted the US School of Aerial Photography at Kodak Park. Two courses were offered, one in photography and one in camera repair. Kodak made this booklet as a keepsake for the soldiers. In the picture some soldiers are …
Last week I scanned 3 booklets and 3 stereoviews. First was Promote Your Home with Shrubs, Fruits and Flowers (1931) by Chase Brothers Company. Rather than being a plant catalog, it was a a nice booklet telling how your home would look better with some plants and trees on your property. Many houses at that …
Last week I tried scanning some newspapers in my collection. I borrowed the rig that Rochester Genealogical Society used to scan old church records. It has a very heavy deck and a tower with lights on poles that open out to about 6 feet across. The first newspaper I scanned was The Pipeline; The Magazine …
Second Reformed Church (1946) is a history of the church written for their 60th anniversary. It used actual photographs pasted into the booklet. All those photos were dark and I was able to correct the photos and give them better definition. The church was on the corner of Scio and Lyndhurst Streets. In 1953 they …