HOW IT WORKS.......THE ANATOMY OF AN EXHIBIT !!
SUPPOSE YOU HAVE AN INTERESTING CHECKER/DRAUGHTS ITEM YOU WOULD LIKE TO
DISPLAY ON THE SITE, THIS COULD BE A PHOTO, A CHECKER BOARD, A RARE BOOK, AN ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT.......ANYTHING THAT YOU OWN
THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH THE REST OF THE CHECKERS/DRAUGHTS COMMUNITY.......MAKE A PHOTO OF THE ITEM AND SEND IT TO
US.
YOU CAN SEND IT VIA E-MAIL, OR TAKE A PHOTO AND SEND IT TO US
VIA POSTAL SERVICE.....EITHER WAY, GET US AN IMAGE OF THE ITEM !!
FOR EXAMPLE, HERE IS A PHOTO THAT WAS SENT TO EARL HANGEN BY R.W. DAVIES FOR USE IN EARL'S
"WOOD'S LADDER REPORT" THAT I (JAY HINNERSHITZ) HAVE IN MY POSSESION. (IN THIS CASE, THIS IS NOT AN ORIGINAL
PHOTO, BUT A COPY OF A PHOTO)
STEP # 1
YOU WOULD SEND THIS TO US.....ALONG WITH ANY PERTINENT INFORMATION ON THE ITEM.
WHAT IT IS, IT'S HISTORY, ANY PERSONAL ATTACHMENT OR RECOLLECTIONS, ETC.
STEP # 2
THIS INFORMATION WILL BE CHECKED FOR ACCURACY AND HISTORICAL CONTENT BY "THE STAFF" HERE AT THE MUSEUM.
( IN THIS CASE, THE IMAGE HAS BEEN USED BEFORE, IN WILLIE RYAN'S "CHECKERGRAM", AND IN JIM REED'S
"KEYSTONE CHECKER REVIEW")
STEP # 3
THE IMAGE WILL BE REFORMATTED INTO SOMETHING THAT IS VISUALLY APPEALING, AND THAT CAN BE PRESENTED ON THE
SITE. THIS MAY INCLUDE CROPPING, ENHANCING WITH A PROGRAM, ADDING A BORDER, ENLARGING, ETC. AS SEEN BELOW.
LEFT TO RIGHT; NATHAN MATUS, ALLEN McLAUGHLAN, CHARLES HOLLOW, LOUIS GINSBERG, E.J. REES, JOHN McLAUGHLAN
STEP #4
THE ITEM WILL THEN BE ISSUED AN EXHIBIT NUMBER. THIS WILL BE DONE IN NUMERICAL SEQUENCE AS THE SUBMISSIONS
ARE RECEIVED, ALONG WITH YOUR INITIIALS.
FOR EXAMPLE, IF THIS IMAGE WAS SENT TO US BY R.W. DAVIES, AND IT WAS THE 49TH SUBMISSION WE RECEIVED
FOR DISPLAY ON THE SITE, IT WOULD BE ISSUED WITH ....
EXHIBIT 049RD
STEP #5
THE ITEM WILL BE TITLED. WE WOULD UTILIZE YOUR TITLE, OR SOMETHING APPROPRIATE. IN THIS CASE,....
"1920'S PHOTO OF GINSBERG, HOLLOW, REES, MATTUS AND MCLAUCHLIN"
....OR SOMETHING SIMILIAR....DEPENDENT UPON THE ITEM ITSELF.
STEP #6
THERE WOULD THEN BE ADDED A DESCRIPTIVE TEXT TO BE PRESENTED WITH THE EXHIBIT.
AS AN EXAMPLE FOR THIS IMAGE, IT WOULD BE SOMETHING AS SUCH....
"ABOVE IS A 1920'S ERA PHOTO TAKEN AT THE HOME OF MR. PENNELL, WHO ALLOWED MANY CHECKERIST'S
TO STAY WITH HIM AT THE TIME. PICTURED ARE FROM LEFT TO RIGHT...ETC., ETC..
THIS HISTORIC PHOTO IS FROM THE COLLECTION OF R.W. DAVIES ,SHROPSHIRE, ENGLAND(WHATEVER
CITY THE ITEM IS IN) ".
SUBMITTED BY R.W. DAVIES
AND THUS, THE FINAL IMAGE AS IT WILL APPEAR WHEN ON DISPLAY.....
EXHIBIT 049RD
"1920'S PHOTO OF GINSBERG, HOLLOW, REES, MATTUS AND MCLAUCHLIN"
ABOVE IS A 1920'S ERA PHOTO TAKEN AT THE HOME OF MR. FLOYD PENNEL, WHO ALLOWED MANY CHECKERISTS
TO STAY WITH HIM AT THE TIME. PICTURED ARE FROM LEFT TO RIGHT ARE, ETC. ETC.....
THIS HISTORIC PHOTO IS FROM THE COLLECTION OF R.W. DAVIES SHROPSHIRE, ENGLAND
SUBMITTED BY R.W. DAVIES
IT IS AS EASY AS THAT....YOU SEND US SUBMISSIONS, WE
WILL DO THE REST !!!
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