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Life Magazine 1941 Yanceyville Article Correspondence

 


Dear Sandy:

Thank you so much for researching our request and getting back to me. However, the Caswell County Historical Association is a non-profit organization operating in one of the poorest counties in North Carolina. $500 to them might as well be $1 million.

Although the CCHA is over fifty years old, it did not have a website until this summer when I (from Florida) built one for them.

Is there any way Life Magazine could see fit to waive the fee? We would give full attribution and be very grateful.

We also could place a link to any site that you wish in an effort to generate more business for you.

That link would go at:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ncccha/

Otherwise, we will just quote a short part of the article under the fair-use rule, still of course citing the source and giving full attribution.

Thanks and best personal regards.

Rick

Richmond Stanfield Frederick, Jr.

PS I have not been successful in finding anyone who claims any copyright in the Walter Sanders photographs.

PPS I now have two copies of the December 8, 1941 issue, with one in mint condition. It was a very collectible issue because of the date and the fact that Douglass MacArthur was on the cover. The issue obviously went to press before the events of December 7, 1941.

-----Original Message-----

From: sandy_green@timeinc.com [mailto:sandy_green@timeinc.com]

Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 4:04 PM

To: rfrederi2@comcast.net

Subject: LIFE magazine article 12/8/41

Rick: I have just researched the article you requested to use on your CCHA website, "The Yancyville Card Game is Ended By Law" on page 59.

First, the photos do not belong to LIFE. They were taken by Walter Sanders who worked for the Black Star Agency. You have to contact them for permission to use.

Second, the text belongs to LIFE and there will be a $500 fee to use this on your website. Please let me know if you want to proceed.

Thanks.

Sandy

Sandy Green

EA to Andy Blau

President LIFE Magazine

212-522-2729

212-467-0944 fax

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file:///C|/Users/Rick/Desktop/Walt%20Sanders%20Potographs.txt[11/16/2008 3:23:38 PM]

Dear Jessica:

Thanks you for the information; and I will continue to look for the Walt Sanders photographs of Yanceyville.

In the meantime, I have obtained a copy of the 8 December 1941 edition of Life that contains the Yanceyville Card Players article and would like authorization to reprint the article (with the accompanying photographs) on the CCHA website. Do you know to whom I should address the request for permission?

Best personal regards.

Rick

Richmond S. Frederick, Jr.

CCHA Webmaster

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From: Jessica Bush [mailto:jessica@iphotoart.com]

Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 1:04 PM

To: 'Rick Frederick'

Subject: RE: Walt Sanders Photographs

Dear Rick,

Thank you for your inquiry. I checked the LIFE archives that we access and these images are not there. Walter Sanders was not a LIFE staff photographer in 1941, therefore we do not have access to his negatives to print. We are only licensed to print from the negatives of LIFE STAFF photographers who were actually on staff during the years 1936 – 1972.

Walter Sanders became a LIFE staff photographer in 1944.

I am not sure how to advise you further, unless Walter Sanders has someone who handles his negatives and estate.

Kind regards,

Jessica Bush

National Sales Manager

iPHOTOART, Inc.

800.417.7625

f: 845.353.0086

jessica@iphotoart.com

www.iphotoart.com

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-----Original Message-----

From: Rick Frederick [mailto:rfrederi2@comcast.net]

Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2005 12:30 PM

To: info@iphotoart.com

Subject: Walt Sanders Photographs

Greetings:

In the fall of 1941 Life Magazine photographer spent some time in Yanceyville, N.C., taking photographs for an upcoming article that used the Yanceyville Card Players as a theme to showcase the village of Yanceyville and surrounding Caswell County. He captured over 200 images.

file:///C|/Users/Rick/Desktop/Walt%20Sanders%20Potographs.txt[11/16/2008 3:23:38 PM]

The article did run in the 8 December 1941 Life Magazine, but the events of 7 December 1941 forced the Life editors to cut the Yanceyville story short.

I am looking for these 200 images. Can you help?

I am the webmaster for the Caswell County Historical Association, and we would very much like to post these images.

See: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncccha/

Thanks and best personal regards.

Rick

Richmond Stanfield Frederick, Jr.

CCHA Webmaster

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