We’ve been working on a new documentary for the Alleghany Historical – Genealogical Society, about Minnie Lou Edwards Irwin.
The negative, above, was made by Thelma Davis, at her studio in Sparta, NC on October 26, 1945. It’s one of the first we have copied from her extensive collection, which she gave to the Historical Society a few years back.
Imaging Specialists is honored to be involved with the television project to memorialize Mrs. Irwin and the project to archive the photography of her friend and colleague, Mrs. Davis.
This backlit, projection setup will allow us to copy a large number of negatives faster and more efficiently than we could with a scanner. The low resolution images will be ideal for internet access.
In this way, the Historical Society (and anyone with an idea for an online archive) can share low res images quickly and easily. Anyone needing larger files can order high resolution scans or prints to be made and proceeds from those sales can help pay for the access site and storage of the data.
