Slides and negatives

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Yes, we still get non-digital slides and negatives donated. There are two negatives of an identified man holding his infant son in the backyard in summer. The slides are of  buildings, street scenes, and trees, some in winter, in Millbrook, Michigan, where the man lived. There are also slides of a goat. Many of the images are dated with a year, which is helpful for anyone researching the village's history.  During archival processing I will withdraw duplicate images, of which there appear to be many, and images of the goat. It's cute, but has no long term research value. 

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  1. Hugo ZayasSeptember 8, 2021 at 7:14 AM

    Wow! It sounds this is very interesting material. It is very important people do these donations to historical libraries such as the CHL not only because it has the resources to preserve these sorts of materials, but also because they contribute to keeping MI history and memory saved. Congrats!!!

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