Re: Photo Archive

Posted by BH On 2009/3/1 21:19:49

Kev -

Glad to see wagons have been assimilated by year. Since they didn't make them for very many years, one folder for "Packard Trucks" should be manageable.

Thanks for guidelines for handling gray areas.

Now, 1955, 1956 and 1957-58 are, to the best of my tired old eyes, cleaned of advertisements, but there's a bit more to the story.

1957-58 was pretty easy, but when I began digging into the 1956 folder, one particular contributor's ID kept turning up quit frequently. So, I ran a list by that contributor. Many, though not all of his contributions were ads, and since they appeared to be properly IDed by year, I dove in and started refiling them. I came into this after a late supper and a bit too early to go to bed, after others had already start combing by year, but kept at it until well past midnight for a couple of hours. After some other work today, I put a couple more hours in, while others were still at it by year. I hope I didn't undermine anyone's effort.

So, this evening, I went back to 1956, caught a few more ads, contributed by others, and did same for 1955.

Separating the advertisements from photos of actual vehicles makes sense. Some months ago, a member asked me about contributing additional advertising images, but now it will be easier for them to avoid duplicating what the archive already has. Hopefully, they will follow the naming convention that worked so well.

Meanwhile, I'd say we still need volunteers to step up and go check the remaining folders for any remaining ads. However, it should be a bit easier now - just go through the year one page at a time and wait for the thumbnails to load - to spot what needs to be refiled.