I forwarded the query to the best expert I know on Buffalo photographers and here is his reply. He focuses on photographer working before 1930. --- DTRossi@aol.com wrote: > Hi Cynthia, > > I only know of Gene Laverne from seeing his stuff on eBay. > This is because he started working in Buffalo after my 1940 > cutoff date. I didn't know as much as she already knows. As > far as his negatives, if his story turns out like every other > photographer I have researched, someone put the stuff out to > the curb in the 1970's. Perhaps even after they offered it to > the Historical Society and were turned down. I hope this is > not true if only because it would be worth a lot to a > collector on eBay today, which is another problem for her. If > I had the stuff and wanted to sell it, it wouldn't go cheap. > > I would encourage her to carry on with her quest and I wish > her luck but If it were my project, I would be expecting to > research for many years or even decades with a low probability > of successfully finding a treasure trove. I have become > satisfied and even excited with finding information and > objects usually come to me one at a time, usually at retail > prices. > > Sorry I couldn't help. > > Dale -=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=- Webmaster: Cynthia Van Ness, MLS -- roots AT bfn DOT org Buffalo Roots: Genealogy & Family History in Buffalo, NY http://www.buffaloresearch.com/roots.html