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Originally Posted by CrimsonTide4
The photos had been in a box marked: "Keep. Do Not Sell." But at the time they were taken, the newspaper didn't want to draw attention to the racial discord of the 1950s and 1960s, news photographers from the period said.
"The editors thought if you didn't publish it, much of this would go away," said Ed Jones, 81, a photographer at The News from 1942 to 1987. ......
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Interesting story - thank you for sharing.
What I think is interesting is that these were
kept when they could have easily been destroyed & no one would have been none the wise.
I wonder if whoever wrote, "Keep. Do Not Sell." had an inkling that these might have historical value down the road? Or just could not bear to destory them, but did not want them to "get out" into the public (at the time) either?? Things that make you go hmmmm......
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