Hi folks,
I’ve never thought much about posting pictures, but … My Dad was a Sgt. Major in the Canadian Rocky Mountain Rangers during WW II. I found an entire album with probably well over 100 pictures. He took an awful lot of pictures with his little Bullet Camera and I’m wondering if I have the right to publish any of them? He left them to my Mom. She passed them on to me.
They’re old – circa [phone number removed] (he was D-Day+2), many are yellowed, faded, some more like sepia tone, but there’s some interesting pictures of where they were and what their camp life was like. The pics are very small, almost ACEO size, some even smaller. I have the original pics,but not the negatives.
Is it possible to publish/market these online somehow? Like on here? Here’s a couple that really caught my [URL removed]
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Please let me know your opinions. I legally own them, but not sure if I should be putting up images of people, although 70+ years have passed. Or should I just ‘donate’ them somewhere? Totally unsure what to do.
Thanks,
Marge
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MKDesigner Reputation: 39 See MKDesigner's booth |
you own them and can put them online to sell…
Doing genealogy, generally anything over 70 years is considered okay..
personally I would check on ancestry.com or some other archive site to see if identifications could be made.. (History.com maybe)
And then there are several sites where people have just posted the pictures to for identification or for historical informational value…I found a picture of my dad in Korea on one such site..and here is another site from Viet Nam where my dad was also stationed
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It really is up to you and I do know there are lots who collect such things
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CindyBear Reputation: 3068 See CindyBear's booth |
Do you have a Museum in your area for this type of war memorabilia they might be able to direct you. You might want to check with Legions they might be able to help too. History buffs and collectors of all type out there and who knows someone might see a relative in the background.
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Reader Reputation: 51 See Reader's booth |
I think it would be perfectly fine to sell them, or do whatever you want with them. People often think a museum is a great place for this, but in reality, most museums don’t have room for more stuff and it would waste away in a box in the basement. This is certainly true for our museum, and I would never bother donating stuff to them because of it. I’ve even heard of a museum director telling people they don’t have room, but then directing them to an antique dealer to sell (who just happens to be related to them).
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BookbinEtc Reputation: 1322 See BookbinEtc's booth |
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