I went to Flickr and typed in "school" in the search bar. I found this picture and why I chose this picture to use it is because the kids in the picture had no idea that one day that picture would be available for viewing by the entire world! They had no idea what an amazing future they would see in the next 40 to 50 years in regards to technology.
It makes me wonder how our pictures that we take today will be seen in 50 years. Will Flickr be like Polaroids or even disposal cameras at that time in the future? Will we even view pictures on laptops or will laptops be as outdated as shoe boxes full of pictures? When was the last time you asked someone to see a picture of their children and they actually pulled out a picture that you could hold? Don't we all use our cell phones as instant photo albums now?
I just wonder if you had told the kids in this picture, "Just wait. Some random college student will be blogging about this very picture of you one day on a thing called a laptop using a thing called the Internet." I wonder what they would say. Probably, "What on earth is blogging?!?!"
Link to Photo
William Fox School Title:
William Fox School
Creator: Adolph B. Rice Studio
Date: 1960 Apr. 26
Identifier: Rice Collection 2818B
Format: 1 negative, safety film, 4 x 5 in.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Virginia, Prints and Photographs, 800 E. Broad St., Richmond, VA, 23219, USA, digitool1.lva.lib.va.us:8881/R
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