Readers of the blog will know that an ongoing project in conjunction with HALS has been the re-photographing of all pictures that appeared in the Herts Advertiser between 1912 and 1960. This has become necessary now that the newspaper's original photographic archive no longer exists. Part one of the project has been completed while the condition of many of the issues have not deteriorated beyond the point where they can no longer be handled.
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Herts Advertiser has always sold photographic quality prints of the photographs its staff have taken, even if they were not published. The first photograph is an example, submitted by Mike. It is, of course, superior in definition to that which appeared in the newspaper. Compare it with the smaller version below right. Two other HA original prints are also shown here, below left and bottom left.
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Competition winners at the former
Odeon Cinema |
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Scouts (group not known) with the
Mayor.
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If, therefore, you have a photograph which you, or a member of your family, purchased from the Herts Advertiser more than twenty years ago, would you be willing to share it with us? It would enable at least a small proportion of the pictures to remain in high-definition format rather than as newsprint dots. A scan at 300 dpi and saved as a .jpg or .tif can be sent via email to saoee@me.com. Try to add as much detail as possible, such as year, event, and the people in the picture. You will be doing local history a favour!
The Herts Advertiser has always sold photographic quality prints of the photographs its staff have taken, even if they were not published. The first photograph is an example, submitted by Mike. It is, of course, superior in definition to that which appeared in the newspaper. Compare it with the smaller version below right. Two other HA original prints are also shown here, below left and bottom left.
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