So I needed these large-format aerial photos for our work on the Nooksack River. I borrowed them from a Whatcom County agency. They were the only photos available for that river from 1961 and 1986. 38 bound volumes, each filled with 21" X 17" sheets of heavy photographic paper. I selected and removed around 200-plus sheets that cover the river channel, and sent them to be professionally scanned, at considerable expense.
I practically had to give a DNA sample to get permission to borrow them. And I think I sort of implicitly promised to return them this Monday, but the scanning is going to take longer than that. I may have to flee the country. I wonder who else will take in an American these days.
Posted by Charles on March 23, 2003 10:41 PM