Thanks for posting the link. I'd been using Google for text searches but missed the option to search for images. Very handy for a current project looking for medical and occupational drawings to use in family tree box charts. Also found "tools of the trade" like a photo of tinsnips for an ancestor who worked as a tinsmith and various images for blacksmith. A chart ready to go to the genealogy conference this weekend has photo, occupation and medical (cause death) image for each person. Elizabeth ----- Original Message ----- > I guess I had forgotten one can search the Internet for pictures - what > a treat this morning. For those of you, who like me who have forgotten > - this is a fun search site for photos on the internet. > http://images.google.com/ > Kathleen Burnett

I finally have my really old photos organized and under control. But now I am faced with organizing all of my pictures & negatives from the 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, etc. I need to go through the old negatives to be sure I have prints for all of them. It is very hard on the eyes looking at the oldest negatives and even worse trying to look at 35 mm strips. I tried using an old light box designed for sorting slides, but that isn't much help. Is there any device with a light source that enlarges the negative image? Any suggestions for any way to make my task easier? I'm desperate. Phyllis in NJ

I used my scanner - no special attachments - and scanned the negative. Both my scanner and my photo/graphics manipulation software have a selection / filter for 'negative' which gave me, in most cases, a pretty good image. Then I could increase the image size (blow it up on the screen with the 'magnifier' tool) and view great detail. One photo had a blur where the number plate on a house was - I was actually able to get the address from it! Jen > -----Original Message----- > From: Phyllis Cloyd [mailto:pcloyd@earthlink.net] > Sent: Friday, October 26, 2001 8:42 AM > To: VINTAGE-PHOTOS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [VINTAGE-PHOTOS] Negatives -- viewing > > > I finally have my really old photos organized and under control. But > now I am faced with organizing all of my pictures & negatives from the > 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, etc. > > I need to go through the old negatives to be sure I have prints for all > of them. It is very hard on the eyes looking at the oldest negatives > and even worse trying to look at 35 mm strips. I tried using an old > light box designed for sorting slides, but that isn't much help. > > Is there any device with a light source that enlarges the negative > image? Any suggestions for any way to make my task easier? I'm > desperate. > > Phyllis in NJ > > > ==== VINTAGE-PHOTOS Mailing List ==== > If you wish to subscribe to or unsubscribe from the > Vintage-Photos list, use > Vintage-Photos -l-request@rootsweb.com. > To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1237 > >

I use a 10X loupe "Carson". It was purchased at a photo supply shop. By putting it on the 35 mm neg, with a white background I can even read a printed page. Phyllis Cloyd wrote: > I finally have my really old photos organized and under control. But > now I am faced with organizing all of my pictures & negatives from the > 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, etc. > > I need to go through the old negatives to be sure I have prints for all > of them. It is very hard on the eyes looking at the oldest negatives > and even worse trying to look at 35 mm strips. I tried using an old > light box designed for sorting slides, but that isn't much help. > > Is there any device with a light source that enlarges the negative > image? Any suggestions for any way to make my task easier? I'm > desperate. > > Phyllis in NJ > > ==== VINTAGE-PHOTOS Mailing List ==== > If you wish to subscribe to or unsubscribe from the Vintage-Photos list, use > Vintage-Photos -l-request@rootsweb.com. > To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1237 -- Clint Mailto:clintcrocker@home.com G.C.Crocker 3425 Kegley Meadows Court NE Olympia, WA 98506-2996 Ph/Fax (360) 438-6691 C rocker, B laylock, F etterley, S argent, T rinterud B ateman, I ler, G ladbach, S trong

Kathleen - Thanks for posting the URL for finding images using google. I did not know about it and was amazed at how many pictures it found for me this morning. It has been added to my list of bookmarks. You are a good List Mom. Sharon McKenzie Kathleen Burnett wrote: > > I guess I had forgotten one can search the Internet for pictures - what > a treat this morning. For those of you, who like me who have forgotten > - this is a fun search site for photos on the internet. > > http://images.google.com/ > > If you want pictures of anything on the Internet type in what you want, > you will be as surprised as I was. This works the same as Google search > engine for text, > > Kathleen Burnett > List Mom > > ==== VINTAGE-PHOTOS Mailing List ==== > List problems? Contact the Vintage-Photos -List Mom kathleenburnett@earthlink.net > Use Kathleen as the subject line for your post > To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1237

I guess I had forgotten one can search the Internet for pictures - what a treat this morning. For those of you, who like me who have forgotten - this is a fun search site for photos on the internet. http://images.google.com/ If you want pictures of anything on the Internet type in what you want, you will be as surprised as I was. This works the same as Google search engine for text, Kathleen Burnett List Mom

unsubscribe ----- Original Message ----- From: Kathleen Burnett <kathleenburnett@earthlink.net> To: <VINTAGE-PHOTOS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2001 1:42 PM Subject: [VINTAGE-PHOTOS] From List Mom - 3rd Quarterly Report 2001 > Dear List Members, > > Here it is the end September and time for the Third Quarterly Report for > > 2001. This past month has been a difficult time for all of us, but we > made it through it and each of us are trying to get back to normal, or > as normal as we can again. Part of that getting back to normal is our > quarterly reports. Again, for your information, the VINTAGE-PHOTOS > Mailing List has 264 members, 174 on the Regular list and there are 90 > members on the Digest List. > > If you are interested in knowing about other mailing list out there, one > of the very best inventories of genealogical mailing lists is John > Fuller's Genealogy Resources on the Internet located at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/gen_mail.html > > If you ever need to unsubscribe from this list or any rootsweb list all > you need to do is visit Password Central located at > http://passwordcentral.rootsweb.com/ Follow the instructions and you > will received an e-mail of all lists you belong to and from it you can > unsubscribe from the ones you want to. Always know that I will be more > than happy to help you if you are having problems unsubscribing, you > only need to ask. > > If you would like to visit the Archived messages of this list, go to > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ and type in the name of the list you would > like to search. > > There are a few items I would like to suggest for the benefit of each of > us. > > 1. If someone posts a message to the list that should not have been > posted, please just delete it. Know that I am taking care of the > problem. If you post your unhappiness, then you just continue on the > problem. I know it is hard when your heart has been offended, but for > my sake, and the sake of the list, please just delete it. Rootsweb has > a wonderful Spam Detective and it stops most of it. You should see what > comes across my screen. I have to look at each of them to make sure > that what was stopped was truly Spam. Once in a while, one slips by > though and if this happens, just delete it and go on with what we all > love, genealogical research. > > 2. If you would put the subject of your posting in the subject line it > might give you a better chance to attract the attention of someone who > has the information you are looking for or the attention of someone who > is searching for the information you are posting. > > 3. Remember to change the Subject line when you change the topic of the > posting. It is confusing to me and the member when your subject line > has nothing to do with your posting. Most likely it will get deleted > and you will not get the response you are looking for. > > 3. Please remember to delete the tags and un-needed words when you > re-send a message to the list with your answer. If you don't check > this, your responses can become quite large and may cause problems with > some of our member's servers. This member who might not be able to > receive your message because of its > size, just might be your long lost second cousin with all the answers > you are looking for. > > 4. The wonderful relationship that develops between list members is > also one of a Mailing Lists Problems. I encourage you to respond to > the entire list with genealogical responses, you never know who your > response will help. In the same thought I would like to ask you to not > respond to the entire list with personal responses. Such as, the first > message from a member says "Happy Birthday Mary" and then Mary says > "Thank you" and then about 60 of our members also > send "Happy Birthday Mary". Mary then sends out 60 more "Thank You" > messages. This is what I mean by personal messages. Just keep in mind > anything is ok to be posted as long as it has to do with the subject of > the list. If you have a doubt ask me. KathleenBurnett@earthlink.net > > 5. Remember to keep your Virus protection up to date and never open any > attached file unless you are 100% sure what it is and even then you are > taking a chance. > > > Please remember, so that this list is better for each of us, the posting > of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political > announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, > flames, etc., in other words Spam is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for > removal. Consideration for exceptions, contact > me at KathleenBurnett@earthlink.net If one of these items come across > the list, just delete it, do not respond to it. I am taking care of the > problem, quietly behind the scenes. > > I want to thank each of you for your continued support of me and your > willingness to help make this list the success it is. > > Kathleen Burnett > List Mom > KathleenBurnett@earthlink.net > > > > ==== VINTAGE-PHOTOS Mailing List ==== > The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen, > or even touched. They must be felt with the heart. > To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library > >

Dear List Members, Here it is the end September and time for the Third Quarterly Report for 2001. This past month has been a difficult time for all of us, but we made it through it and each of us are trying to get back to normal, or as normal as we can again. Part of that getting back to normal is our quarterly reports. Again, for your information, the VINTAGE-PHOTOS Mailing List has 264 members, 174 on the Regular list and there are 90 members on the Digest List. If you are interested in knowing about other mailing list out there, one of the very best inventories of genealogical mailing lists is John Fuller’s Genealogy Resources on the Internet located at http://www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/gen_mail.html If you ever need to unsubscribe from this list or any rootsweb list all you need to do is visit Password Central located at http://passwordcentral.rootsweb.com/ Follow the instructions and you will received an e-mail of all lists you belong to and from it you can unsubscribe from the ones you want to. Always know that I will be more than happy to help you if you are having problems unsubscribing, you only need to ask. If you would like to visit the Archived messages of this list, go to http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ and type in the name of the list you would like to search. There are a few items I would like to suggest for the benefit of each of us. 1. If someone posts a message to the list that should not have been posted, please just delete it. Know that I am taking care of the problem. If you post your unhappiness, then you just continue on the problem. I know it is hard when your heart has been offended, but for my sake, and the sake of the list, please just delete it. Rootsweb has a wonderful Spam Detective and it stops most of it. You should see what comes across my screen. I have to look at each of them to make sure that what was stopped was truly Spam. Once in a while, one slips by though and if this happens, just delete it and go on with what we all love, genealogical research. 2. If you would put the subject of your posting in the subject line it might give you a better chance to attract the attention of someone who has the information you are looking for or the attention of someone who is searching for the information you are posting. 3. Remember to change the Subject line when you change the topic of the posting. It is confusing to me and the member when your subject line has nothing to do with your posting. Most likely it will get deleted and you will not get the response you are looking for. 3. Please remember to delete the tags and un-needed words when you re-send a message to the list with your answer. If you don't check this, your responses can become quite large and may cause problems with some of our member's servers. This member who might not be able to receive your message because of its size, just might be your long lost second cousin with all the answers you are looking for. 4. The wonderful relationship that develops between list members is also one of a Mailing Lists Problems. I encourage you to respond to the entire list with genealogical responses, you never know who your response will help. In the same thought I would like to ask you to not respond to the entire list with personal responses. Such as, the first message from a member says "Happy Birthday Mary" and then Mary says "Thank you” and then about 60 of our members also send "Happy Birthday Mary". Mary then sends out 60 more "Thank You" messages. This is what I mean by personal messages. Just keep in mind anything is ok to be posted as long as it has to do with the subject of the list. If you have a doubt ask me. KathleenBurnett@earthlink.net 5. Remember to keep your Virus protection up to date and never open any attached file unless you are 100% sure what it is and even then you are taking a chance. Please remember, so that this list is better for each of us, the posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, etc., in other words Spam is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. Consideration for exceptions, contact me at KathleenBurnett@earthlink.net If one of these items come across the list, just delete it, do not respond to it. I am taking care of the problem, quietly behind the scenes. I want to thank each of you for your continued support of me and your willingness to help make this list the success it is. Kathleen Burnett List Mom KathleenBurnett@earthlink.net

Sunday Afternoon Rocking A Nation of Heroes (from the Sunday Afternoon Rocking series) Tuesday "someone" thought to weaken us. Instead, our strength, the strength "they" do not possess, is shining across a nation. We have seen heroes this week. Heroes that will forever go nameless, heroes that will never grace the pages of history books or a newspaper, heroes that we will never be able to personally shake the hand of or thank. Heroes that were not trained at West Point, or any other prominent institution. Heroes that left home one morning with no intention of ever being one. Heroes that dropped in a moment purses and briefcases, bags of groceries and the threads of their lives and rushed to help in whatever way they could. Some quite literally dropped the threads of their lives and never emerged from the moment they reached out. Some survived their time of reaching out, and returned home, but will never proclaim themselves heroes. Heroes emerged on the scene and in short order, heroes emerged all over the country. Heroes began to line up to give blood, to send money and help in any form needed. If they could not be on the streets of the tragedy, they would be heroes just the same, unsung, unlauded. For a hero has no thought of glory, but only of the compassion and caring that instigates the act. And the amazing thing? Those heroes were from all walks of life. They were of all ages, all races, all creeds, all cultures, all socioeconomic levels, all religions. They had to be, for we are a melting pot of all of them, and yet representatives of all of them responded. No one stopped to ask another what their personal beliefs were before they went scrambling through the rubble to find a living body, any living body. No one stopped to ask those victims who their God was or what political party they belonged to, before they pulled them from the rubble and began to bind their wounds. It did not matter. All that mattered was the response to pain around, the need for help. And that is amazing. Or perhaps not. For over two hundred years we have proven that a blending of cultures and beliefs is possible, that whatever our internal bickerings over differences, the bottom line is that we all believe in what was built in this country. America took in us all. She opened her arms wide and promised a nation big enough to hold all of the cultures, the creeds, the religions, the races. All she asked in return was commitment to that concept, and willingness to preserve it. And so it has been, and so it is. We have been underestimated. It seems this terrorist attack may have been from sources that can't get past the idea of "differences" being able to cohabitate in the same country, under the same stars, within the same boundaries of land and sea, and caring about one another. It seems those folks, who ever they are, don't understand that idea any more than they understand the folks of their own religion who do not espouse their violent ideas. They may never understand it, but if they sought to divide us, they found out this week that we don't just pay lip service to our beliefs. And they found out that the symbolism of the buildings they sought to bring down are just that: symbols. In reality the heroes of our country are across this nation, in folks they never suspected, in beliefs so deeply entrenched and a part of who we are, that they cannot ever root it out. We are a culture who seems to outsiders to "have no heroes", for we are very open about the leaders we choose. We are open with their flaws, their faults, our criticism. We seem to worship no man and we don't hang great wall size posters of any man. We still choose them, and chips down, we will be right behind them. If "someone" thought that we had no heroes, were not capable of deeply entrenched beliefs, "someone" was wrong. You see, our heroes are of quite a different caliber. We may belong to different walks of life, we may worship differently, some may choose not to worship at all. We may be of different colors, we may celebrate different holidays, we may back different political parties. But bottom line, when America is attacked, the man and woman on the street is going to drop everything and come running. Yes, we have been underestimated, all right. We have countless heroes, millions of them. Those terrorists, whoever "they are", forgot to study our history books. We have always had countless heroes, men and women on the streets, and when the chips are down they remember they are Americans, and that means all of us, differences go by the wayside. Tuesday "someone" thought to weaken us. Instead, our strength, the strength "they" do not possess, is shining across a nation. Just a thought, jan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Note: Afternoon Rocking messages are meant to be passed on, meant to be shared...simply share as written without alterations...and in entirety. Thanks, jan) Sunday Afternoon Rocking columns are distributed weekly on the list Sunday Rocking. This is not a "reply to" list, and normally only one message per week will come across it, that being the column. To subscribe send email to Sundayrocking-subscribe@topica.com Comments about the content of these messages can be sent to unicorn@sun-spot.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ _________________________________________________

1921 “The Record” June Class,West Philadelphia High School For Boys , Philadelphia,Pa .has been added to Dead Fred's Genealogy Photo Archive http://www.deadfred.com To see all the pictures in the album type PHILLY in the photographers slot in “Detailed Search” ..for close up scans of any of these photos email Joe@deadfred.com or Histroy101@aol.com Here is a full list of all the Year Books I have added to DeadFred.com to date... to access any particular Yearbook go to http://www.deadfred.com click on “Detailed Search” then type the keyword into the “Photographers Slot” 1916 Cornellian ,YearBook for Cornell University ,Ithaca ,New York , Keyword CORNELL 1916 University of Maine YearBook Orono Me , Keyword : UM 1918 Maroon, Elgin High School ,Elgin ,Ill Keyword : ELGIN 1920 “Modulus” Huntington High School ,Huntington,Ill Keyword : HHS 1921 “The Record” June Class,West Philadelphia High School For Boys , Philadelphia ,Pa . 1922 Year Book * The Netherlands* Rio Vista Joint Union High School ,Rio Vista California , Keyword : RV 1923 West Lampeter Vocational School ,West Lampeter ,Lancaster co, Pa Keyword:WLVS 1930 Troubadour,School Annual Hendrix- Henderson College ,Conway,Arkansas Keyword” HH 1932 The TOM TOM YearBook ,Tulsa Central High School,Tulsa Keyword: TT 1928 YearBook “The Belfry” New Hampton School for Boys New Hampton, New Hampshire . Keyword: BELFRY Joe Bott DeadFreds Genealogy Photo Archive http://www.deadfred.com

Kathleen, what a wonderful message. Thanks for making this special request. Marilyn

Dear List Members. Ancestry is down. They are working on it. I was just sent a temp addresses - I am not even sure if it will work for you - but try it if you have been trying to get on. This is the message that was sent.... "The connection problem for ancestry.com has been fixed. Ancestry expects it will be another day maybe two before the corrected information is globally propagated. You can connect use http://216.10.103.21/ to connect to ancestry.com Thank you for your patience during this crisis." PLEASE do not post to the list if it does not work and PLEASE do not post to the list that Ancestry is down. If you have a concern or a question you can contact me personally KathleenBurnett@earthlink.net - but I am not even sure I can answer it, but will try. :) I appreciate each and every one of you who are helping me keep our list confined to postings regarding the topic of our list. Kathleen Burnett List Mom

-----Original Message----- From: Fraser Dunford [mailto:fraser.dunford@sympatico.ca] Sent: 01 September 2001 00:38 To: VINTAGE-PHOTOS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [VINTAGE-PHOTOS] Scanning Photographs - Technical Query So my question is: is there any way to convert a 600 dpi file to a 100 dpi file? Or am I condemned to scanning every photo twice, once at 600 dpi and once at 100 dpi? ********* suggest you download FREE file IRFANVIEW an excellent phot manipulation prog. It will do what you want - and more! Vist one of these sites to download http://members.chello.at/irfan.skiljan/ http://www.ryansimmons.com/users/irfanview/ http://www.irfanview.com/ John Parker Researching LAWRENCE - Canterbury - 1812 onward HUELIN - Jersey & London PARKER - East London BURNS - Glasgow (Lanarkshire) & Ayrshire Photo's of HUELIN'S and LAWRENCE'S at http://homepages.about.com/saracen/parker_lawrence_huelin/ Family Tree at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~parhuelaw

Hello I agree with Jen. In my opinion the Tiff format would be much better if you going to use that much space. I would recommend you visiting http://www.scantips.com/ Sam ----- Original Message ----- From: Jenny To: VINTAGE-PHOTOS-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, August 31, 2001 7:16 PM Subject: Re: [VINTAGE-PHOTOS] Scanning Photographs - Technical Query I'm sure there's more than one way to do it, but in PhotoShop, I can go into 'Edit' and 'Image Size'... there, I can change both the physical dimensions of the file as well as the dpi. Look for something in 'Edit' or 'Image'... not familiar with JPEG Wizard, though. Sorry. You might also look into saving in some format other than BMP... it's always been my understanding that that format is the worst of the lot for archiving. Jen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fraser Dunford" <fraser.dunford@sympatico.ca> To: <VINTAGE-PHOTOS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 31, 2001 6:38 PM Subject: [VINTAGE-PHOTOS] Scanning Photographs - Technical Query > I hope this is on topic. If not, I apologize. > I scan old photos -- part of a conservation program. I scan at > 600 dpi and save as .bmp. As you can imagine, the files are huge - > - up to 30 Meg -- but since I'm doing this for the future, I want as > much info as I can gather. They do print at near perfect > reproduction and future printers will do an even better job. > But I'd also like to have some of these photos on my computer > to show on my monitor, where anything over 100 dpi is a waste. I > can convert the .bmp to .jpg and I have a wonderful program (JPEG > Wizard - and it's free!!) to bring the .jpg down in size without losing > quality. But the file is still about 250 K. If I scan the photo at 100 > dpi I can get the file down to around 10 K. > So my question is: is there any way to convert a 600 dpi file to > a 100 dpi file? Or am I condemned to scanning every photo twice, > once at 600 dpi and once at 100 dpi? > > > ==== VINTAGE-PHOTOS Mailing List ==== > NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political > announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, > etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. > Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett kathleenburnett@earthlink.net > To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB > > ==== VINTAGE-PHOTOS Mailing List ==== Checkout the other lists being watched over by your List Mom; http://mailing_lists.homestead.com/lists.html To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett ============================== Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 Source for Family History Online. Go to: http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB

I'm sure there's more than one way to do it, but in PhotoShop, I can go into 'Edit' and 'Image Size'... there, I can change both the physical dimensions of the file as well as the dpi. Look for something in 'Edit' or 'Image'... not familiar with JPEG Wizard, though. Sorry. You might also look into saving in some format other than BMP... it's always been my understanding that that format is the worst of the lot for archiving. Jen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fraser Dunford" <fraser.dunford@sympatico.ca> To: <VINTAGE-PHOTOS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 31, 2001 6:38 PM Subject: [VINTAGE-PHOTOS] Scanning Photographs - Technical Query > I hope this is on topic. If not, I apologize. > I scan old photos -- part of a conservation program. I scan at > 600 dpi and save as .bmp. As you can imagine, the files are huge - > - up to 30 Meg -- but since I'm doing this for the future, I want as > much info as I can gather. They do print at near perfect > reproduction and future printers will do an even better job. > But I'd also like to have some of these photos on my computer > to show on my monitor, where anything over 100 dpi is a waste. I > can convert the .bmp to .jpg and I have a wonderful program (JPEG > Wizard - and it's free!!) to bring the .jpg down in size without losing > quality. But the file is still about 250 K. If I scan the photo at 100 > dpi I can get the file down to around 10 K. > So my question is: is there any way to convert a 600 dpi file to > a 100 dpi file? Or am I condemned to scanning every photo twice, > once at 600 dpi and once at 100 dpi? > > > ==== VINTAGE-PHOTOS Mailing List ==== > NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political > announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, > etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. > Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett kathleenburnett@earthlink.net > To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB > >

I hope this is on topic. If not, I apologize. I scan old photos -- part of a conservation program. I scan at 600 dpi and save as .bmp. As you can imagine, the files are huge - - up to 30 Meg -- but since I'm doing this for the future, I want as much info as I can gather. They do print at near perfect reproduction and future printers will do an even better job. But I'd also like to have some of these photos on my computer to show on my monitor, where anything over 100 dpi is a waste. I can convert the .bmp to .jpg and I have a wonderful program (JPEG Wizard - and it's free!!) to bring the .jpg down in size without losing quality. But the file is still about 250 K. If I scan the photo at 100 dpi I can get the file down to around 10 K. So my question is: is there any way to convert a 600 dpi file to a 100 dpi file? Or am I condemned to scanning every photo twice, once at 600 dpi and once at 100 dpi?

What a fun site! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kathleen Burnett" <kathleenburnett@earthlink.net> To: <VINTAGE-PHOTOS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 7:10 PM Subject: [VINTAGE-PHOTOS] From List Mom - Great Timeline site - Please Try it :) > Dear List Member - this is such an neat Timeline site. You can custom > design printable timelines for your ancestors. > > Take a look at it and I hope you enjoy it as much as I am. > > http://www.ourtimelines.com/create_tl_2.html > > Kathleen Burnett > List Mom > > > ==== VINTAGE-PHOTOS Mailing List ==== > We have over 223 members of the Vintage-Photos Mailing List. Posting back > to the list helps the whole group, not just one person. If we work as a team, > we'll succeed as a team. > To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett > > ============================== > Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate > your heritage! > http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog > >

Dear List Member - this is such an neat Timeline site. You can custom design printable timelines for your ancestors. Take a look at it and I hope you enjoy it as much as I am. http://www.ourtimelines.com/create_tl_2.html Kathleen Burnett List Mom

Thank you to all of you who have offered me advice on dealing with my precious tintype photo. All advice will be carefully considered. Regards, JB Wilson :-) --------------- > >The photo is very dark. I tried scanning it, with only mediocre results in >the final print copy. > >Are there photo processing places out there that can reproduce tintype >photos in such a way that one could have a good quality print from the >tintype? > >Thanks again. JB Wilson, Beaverton, OR :-) > > > > > >==== VINTAGE-PHOTOS Mailing List ==== >Checkout the other lists being watched over by your List Mom; >http://mailing_lists.homestead.com/lists.html >To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett > >============================== >Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ JB Wilson, Beaverton, OR, USA "Searching for the Living, Honoring the Dead" <designs@hevanet.com> Researching: Kangas, Eskola, Mattson/Matson, Makkonen, Aho, Runtujärvi, Barnes, Benedict, Crandle/Crandall, Miner, Ufford, Berry & Williams NY/PA Proud to be a Contributing Sponsor of RootsWeb ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

JB, I've had good results by copying a tintype onto black & white film using a 35mm SLR camera. These were tintypes with very poor contrast but the copies showed great improvement. I'm sure you could also get them copied at any photo shop which specializes in copy work. Many of these old tintypes will have cracks or scratches in the emulsion or there may be rust stains if it was not well cared for. There is not much help for these defects, but copying onto B&W film will often do a remarkable job of restoring contrast. Robert E. Lewis ----- Original Message ----- From: JB Wilson <designs@hevanet.com> . . The photo is very dark. I tried scanning it, with only mediocre results in the final print copy. Are there photo processing places out there that can reproduce tintype photos in such a way that one could have a good quality print from the tintype? Thanks again. JB Wilson, Beaverton, OR :-)