Re: Photograph gift to Oakland Museum of Ca (fwd)

[robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>]

You should just scan all of your pictures and photos, not just this.

 > From: Noelle <noelle>
 > Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2025 16:28:59 -0700 (PDT)
 >
 >  > From: Ryder Diaz <http://www.museumca.org/~rdiaz>
 >  > Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2025 16:06:38 -0700
 >  > 
 >  > Hi Noelle,
 >  > 
 >  > My sincere apologies for my delay. I went on some work travel
 >  > and when I returned, I got very ill, so I am just now getting my
 >  > response to you.
 >  > 
 >  > I sent the images of the photograph that you shared with me to
 >  > our expert conservation team to assess the condition and to hear
 >  > their assessment on if it would be appropriate for us to
 >  > consider accepting it into the collection. As you know, the
 >  > museum has a responsibility to care for and preserve everything
 >  > we bring into the OMCA collection, in perpetuity.
 >  > 
 >  > Unfortunately, the condition of the object that you wish to
 >  > donate is in too damaged of a condition for us to be able to
 >  > display it in the museum in the future. Because there is no
 >  > possibility of exhibition, I can not make an argument to accept
 >  > the item for the collection.
 >  > 
 >  > However, I do think that the history and the subject matter is
 >  > very compelling and I am interested to see it shared more
 >  > widely, as I assume you also do. I wonder if you might consider
 >  > taking your photo to a digitizing service to have the object
 >  > professionally scanned (at least 300 dpi). Then you could put
 >  > the scan under a Creative Commons license that would make the
 >  > image accessible to an even broader range of people than just
 >  > this museum.  There are likely a number of ways that you could
 >  > do that. One would be making a wikipedia page that includes the
 >  > scanned image as well as the information you shared with us
 >  > about the history behind the image. Another easy way would be to
 >  > upload the high-quality scan to Flickr (if you use that website)
 >  > and adjust the Creative Commons permissions to whatever you
 >  > would like. I'm sure that there would be other ways to go about
 >  > it, but having a quality scan is step #1.
 >  > 
 >  > I regret that the museum can't accept the item based on its
 >  > condition, but please do let me know if you do end up scanning
 >  > the object and making it more widely available.
 >  > 
 >  > Wishing you all the best,
 >  > Ryder
 >  > 
 >  > On Tue, May 13, 2025 at 6:05 PM Noelle <http://dummy.us.eu.org/noelleg> wrote:
 >  > > Thank you!
 >  > >
 >  > > On Tue, 13 May 2025, Ryder Diaz wrote:
 >  > >
 >  > >  > Hi Noelle,
 >  > >  > 
 >  > >  > My apologies for the delay. I also ended up being out of
 >  > >  > town last week and I am just now catching up on my emails
 >  > >  > and messages.
 >  > >  > 
 >  > >  > I sent your photos along to our museum conservation staff
 >  > >  > today. They will most likely assess the photos sometime
 >  > >  > next week and let me know their thoughts about the
 >  > >  > condition of the photograph.
 >  > >  > 
 >  > >  > I will contact you when they let me know their
 >  > >  > assessment. Most likely in two weeks. Thank you so much for
 >  > >  > your patience with this process.
 >  > >  >
 >  > >  > All the best,
 >  > >  > Ryder
 >  > >  >
 >  > >  > On Wed, May 7, 2025 at 9:24 AM Noelle <http://dummy.us.eu.org/noelleg> wrote:
 >  > >  > > Ryder: I hope my previous email did not get into the spam
 >  > >  > > folder.  I'm out of town until Saturday. I don't have
 >  > >  > > much scheduled next week so looking forward to
 >  > >  > > interacting with you.  Noelle
 >  > >  > >
 >  > >  > > On Mon, 5 May 2025, Ryder Diaz wrote:
 >  > >  > >
 >  > >  > >  > Dear Noelle,
 >  > >  > >  > 
 >  > >  > >  > Thank you again for your patience and persistence. I
 >  > >  > >  > regret that your emails ended up in my SPAM box, but
 >  > >  > >  > flagged them as NOT spam, so hopefully that will get
 >  > >  > >  > routed correctly from now on.
 >  > >  > >  > 
 >  > >  > >  > I appreciate you sending along what you know about the
 >  > >  > >  > photo.
 >  > >  > >  > 
 >  > >  > >  > Would you be willing to take a photograph of the back
 >  > >  > >  > of the object as well to email to me? It looks as
 >  > >  > >  > though the front has had damage and deterioration over
 >  > >  > >  > time and it would be good to also get a sense of what
 >  > >  > >  > the back looks like as well. The condition of the
 >  > >  > >  > object may determine whether or not we can accept it.
 >  > >  > >  > 
 >  > >  > >  > If we do wish to see the photograph in person, can you
 >  > >  > >  > let me know where you are located?
 >  > >  > >  >
 >  > >  > >  > All the best,
 >  > >  > >  > Ryder
 >  > >  > >  >
 >  > >  > >  > On Fri, May 2, 2025 at 4:43 PM Ryder Diaz <http://www.museumca.org/~rdiaz> wrote:
 >  > >  > >  >
 >  > >  > >  > > Dear Noelle,
 >  > >  > >  > > 
 >  > >  > >  > > Thank you so much for your phone call this
 >  > >  > >  > > morning. I really appreciate you following up. I
 >  > >  > >  > > don't know why but your emails were sent to my SPAM
 >  > >  > >  > > folder and I did not see them. I just listened to
 >  > >  > >  > > your message and searched for them.
 >  > >  > >  > > 
 >  > >  > >  > > My apologies for that computer error. I'm on my way
 >  > >  > >  > > out of town, but please let me review what you sent
 >  > >  > >  > > me and I will get back to you next week.
 >  > >  > >  > >
 >  > >  > >  > > All the best,
 >  > >  > >  > > Ryder
 >  > >  > >  > >
 >  > >  > >  > > On Tue, Apr 22, 2025 at 11:53 AM Noelle <
 >  > >  > >  > > http://dummy.us.eu.org/noelleg> wrote:
 >  > >  > >  > >
 >  > >  > >  > >> All I know is that my great-great grandfather 
 >  > >  > >  > >> Garcia wasfrom Spain, moved to Cuba to learn the
 >  > >  > >  > >> cigar trade. Then he moved to San Francisco and
 >  > >  > >  > >> worked in the cigar trade and started his own cigar
 >  > >  > >  > >> factory. The girl on the cigar box is from another
 >  > >  > >  > >> photo I have, which was a photo of my great
 >  > >  > >  > >> grandmother Marie Garcia' sister(probably
 >  > >  > >  > >> Louise Garcia). My father said when he visited his
 >  > >  > >  > >> grandmother at the family home 1113 Park Avenue in
 >  > >  > >  > >> Alameda they had one of the cigar boxes. It's been
 >  > >  > >  > >> lost since.
 >  > >  > >  > >>
 >  > >  > >  > >> On Tue, 22 Apr 2025, Ryder Diaz wrote:
 >  > >  > >  > >>
 >  > >  > >  > >>  > Dear Noelle,
 >  > >  > >  > >>  > 
 >  > >  > >  > >>  > Thank you for reaching out to the Oakland Museum
 >  > >  > >  > >>  > of Ca regarding * A. Garcia,
 >  > >  > >  > >>  > International Union Cigar Factory No. 481, San
 >  > >  > >  > >>  > Francisco, Ca*. We appreciate you
 >  > >  > >  > >>  > thinking of us for the gift of this photograph
 >  > >  > >  > >>  > to our museum's collection. It does take us some
 >  > >  > >  > >>  > time to move through offers like these, so we
 >  > >  > >  > >>  > appreciate your patience in us responding to
 >  > >  > >  > >>  > your inquiry.
 >  > >  > >  > >>  > 
 >  > >  > >  > >>  > We are interested in learning more about the
 >  > >  > >  > >>  > photograph and the story that you shared. Please
 >  > >  > >  > >>  > let us know if the photograph is still available
 >  > >  > >  > >>  > or if you have already found a different home
 >  > >  > >  > >>  > for it.
 >  > >  > >  > >>  >
 >  > >  > >  > >>  > All the best,
 >  > >  > >  > >>  > Ryder Diaz
 >  > >  > >  > >>  >
 >  > >  > >  > >>  > --
 >  > >  > >  > >>  >
 >  > >  > >  > >>  > Mr. Ryder Diaz  |  Natural Sciences Curator  |  he/they
 >  > >  > >  > >>  > 
 >  > >  > >  > >>  > Oakland Museum of Ca | 1000 Oak Street |
 >  > >  > >  > >>  > Oakland, CA 94607
 >  > >  > >  > >>  >
 >  > >  > >  > >>  > o: 510-318-8492 | museumca.org