Otto Perry Photos

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I completely agree. I guess most of us are old enough to remember real
magazine stands / stores. In my case it was a long narrow shop in downtown
Newport News near the shipyard. In the late '60s and early '70s that dingy
place must have stocked thousands of titles. I would save up my allowance
for weeks to spend it there, and would return home with a big stack of
magazines and comic books. I love magazines. My attitude is that if you like
a magazine at all, buy a subscription to it if you can afford to. 

The public library was a big part of my youth too. My parents were avid
readers and they taught me to read before I started first grade. My Dad took
me to see a silent movie at the Main Street branch library when I was maybe
12 and that spurred a life long obsession with silent films. That's why the
guy on eBay selling prints of Otto Perry photos annoys me. The Denver Public
Library's digital collections web site is quite clear that their photos can
be licensed for commercial use for a fee but proper credit must be stated.
Maybe the eBay seller is legit, or maybe he's ripping off the library, I
don't know. But an alternative to buying from eBay is purchasing a digital
file from the Denver library and having your local Staples make a high
quality print. 

Rob Doorack
Guilford, CT

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Rob Doorack,

Thank you very much for your multiple, extremely clear, post to this list
regarding the Otto Perry photo collection at the Denver Public Library.

I appreciate all post to the NWHS lists, but I would really encourage
members to purchase books and magazines on the N&W (think NWHS Commissary,
etc.). There is great joy in learning from a book vs. the internet. I've
found that I retain what I've learned from a book far longer. Keep studying.

Best to all.

John Garner
Newport, VA.
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