1/10/00     8:35 pm

Barbara,

As a freelance historical researcher, I have worked on several museum
exhibitions, brochures and book projects where photographs (and video clips)
need to be tracked down, researched and permissions secured.

My suggestion (if the website owner has no idea where it came from) is to
contact a photograph collection specialist at the Franklin D. Roosevelt
Library in Hyde Park, NY.  Their web address is
http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/.  Who knows, maybe you'll see the image in
their on-line photo collection, but if not, they have over 130,000 still
photographs and other audio visual materials.  Send them a clear fax or mail
them a copy and see if they have it or know of the original source.

As I mentioned before, I work as a freelance researcher and have handled
multiple requests for research and securing permissions requiring constant
correspondence.  If your colleagues have a large amount of these requests,
perhaps I can be of assistance.  I suggest this because I know it is a
time-consuming task.  Please do not hesitate to contact me at the below
information if you would like to talk.

Best of luck with the image search.

Mark E. Speltz

Speltz Research
50 North Fourth Avenue, #9B
Minneapolis, Minnesota  55401
t 612-337-0733
f 612-332-3575
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