[QUOTE=spt]Anyone who has any interest in the historical record should care! How much of the aviation pictorial record that is extant was taken by professionals who took care to preserve their archive of images? My guess would be a small percentage only. Take a look at the premier UK published historical aviation magazine. The majority of the period image reproduced are apparently taken by people who happened to have a camera handy; keen amateurs. I doubt they took any real steps to ensure the subsequent survival of their pictures. Fortunately, many such pictures do survive against the odds, and are easily accessible. They just have to be looked at, even as negatives.
A question spt, who is actually going to want to take care of all these images when we pass away. The general nature of my own personal collection of aircraft images will not I’m sure be of interest to many. I know from personal experience how difficult it is to present an item (non photographic) into the care of a National museum.
A good friend of mine passed away a short while back and his personal collection of aircraft and airshow photographs dating back to the early sixties was offered free of charge to a well know archive but was declined.
So what are we to do with these carefully stored images beyond our own personal use.
Personally I feel these vast collections of images should be handed down to young enthusiasts who can enjoy them as much as we did. Otherwise as Roger said they will end up as garbage.
Septic.
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