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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Thank you, Layne!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I really enjoyed this bit of history. I had no idea of the age of this technology. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Only thing I didn't see (my age perhaps), was some discussion of the stability of the "plasticky" film. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Certainly that has been a problem (the film, and the emulsion on the film) in the motion picture industry.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Pat Dunford<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Tucson, AZ<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt'><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> or-roots [mailto:or-roots-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us] <b>On Behalf Of </b>SAWYER Layne G<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, June 28, 2016 3:32 PM<br><b>To:</b> or-roots mail list (or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us) <or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us><br><b>Subject:</b> [or-roots] the history of microfilm<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Or-Rooters,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>For those of a certain generation of genealogical researchers you might find this short article interesting. Long live microfilm!!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-strange-history-of-microfilm-which-will-be-with-us-for-centuries?utm_source=Boomtrain&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20160623&bt_email=layne1920@yahoo.com&bt_ts=1466678646416">http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-strange-history-of-microfilm-which-will-be-with-us-for-centuries?utm_source=Boomtrain&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20160623&bt_email=layne1920@yahoo.com&bt_ts=1466678646416</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Layne <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>(List Mom)<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></body></html>