Today's edition of the Rutland Herald includes a great photo of a mint 1967 Chevy Camaro convertible on the front page, with a caption that in part, reads like this:
"While General Motors is spending the summer in bankruptcy, and shedding brands like Pontiac, Hummer, and Saab, we wanted to take a look at what Detroit steel has meant and what it still means to Vermonters, and we want to hear from you. We're starting a photo gallery of GM products we spot on the street -- new or old, mint or mildewed -- and encourage you to post your photos and comments about your memories of GM there as well."
The web address is : www.rutlandherald.com/gmcars
Note: While this project is cool, I don't hold the same opinion of the Rutland Herald in general, which if you're interested, you'll see here:
http://www.strike-the-root.com/91/knight/knight2.html
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These kinds of "share your memories with us" projects are proliferating all over the place in the Internet age. After the economic meltdown last fall, the NY Times started one called "The New Hard Times" that was designed to get young people to collect memories from their grandparents who had lived through the [previous] Depression. It's interesting to ask what this kind of "citizen collecting" adds up to - often it seems to be just about the collecting, without doing anything with the stories or images that are collected!
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