1960 Convention items

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Wed Oct 9 19:23:40 EDT 2019


Mike - That sounds great! Glad you found the negatives. While it sounds
like overkill, you never know when that extra resolution might come in
handy. Go ahead and Scan at 1200 dpi, and save as TIFF. We can always drop
back to JPG for whatever reason down the road.

Stephen Warren

On Wed, Oct 9, 2019 at 9:28 AM NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
wrote:

> Happy to report I have located the negatives of the Labor Day 1960 doings
> in Saltville. I have the ability to scan them at 1200 dpi and to get
> satisfactory positive images thereafter. I could then save all onto a CD
> (along with a print-out giving details) to mail to Salem Ave. if that works
> for your archives. I usually do everything in JPEG but could save as TIFF
> if necessary.
>
> Regarding the excursion ride, which I photographed crossing Tin Bridge
> trestle near Plasterco, I would need members input as to where it
> originated.
>
> Mike Pierry, Jr.
>
> On Wed, Oct 9, 2019 at 7:04 AM NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List <
> nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
>
>> Thanks Mike Pierry Jr. for sharing this great contact sheet of history.
>> Glad to see a branch line of the least-photographed line of the steam-era
>> N&W get some overdue attention. Keep ‘em coming, please.
>> Now if some steam-era shots of Glade Spring yard would just turn up! LOL.
>>
>> Andre Jackson
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>>
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 8, 2019 at 3:31 PM NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >
>> >  John Gardner asked if I had other photos made of the convention at
>> > Saltville on Labor Day, 1960. It took me awhile but I did find my
>> contact
>> > sheet of the 2-1/4 X 2-1/4 negs (Rollieflex) that I shot. The lone man
>> in
>> > the white shirt was my father-in-law, Sanders Frye, who was a
>> supervisor at
>> > Olin Mathieson and had responsibilities for No. 11.
>> >    I remember making several 8?X10? prints of this series. If any of the
>> > frames are of interest I could dig out that box and might have
>> enlargements
>> > that I would gladly send to the Society.
>> >
>> > Mike Pierry, Jr.
>>
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