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Subject: [Leica] The hair book
From: sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter)
Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2010 20:11:09 -0500
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On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 8:07 PM, <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote:

> Sonny Carter offered:" <sonc.hegr at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Leica] The hair book
>
>
>
>  I'm not sure how many people here know that my day job is at The Cammie G.
>> Henry Research Center, one of the major Archives in Louisiana.
>>
>> One of our more obscure pieces is the Hair book.  Several years ago, I put
>> together an album of it. I thought I'd share it with you.
>> http://www.sonc.com/hair/
>>
>
> Hi Sonny,
> That is so neat! I realize some folks will think it's nothing, their loss!
> But touches of history and stories that go with it like this, I get a real
> charge out of and want to learn more. There are so many small things in the
> lives of people in mankind's past that are simple, yet create questions...
> "Why was this started and who were the families involved? And what was 
> their
> role in the community and whatever else they might have been involved in 
> day
> to day and year after year?
>
> Well done in preserving this for others to enjoy during a quiet moment of
> peace and quite.
>
> So who were these folks?
>

The collection was donated by a family here in Natchitoches.  Nice tangible
treasure, and it is chilling to look at, because you can touch people who
lived here before us.


>
> cheers,
> ted
>
>
>
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-- 
Regards,

Sonny
http://sonc.com/look/
Natchitoches, Louisiana

USA


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