My pop was on the first flight over after Hiroshima and was the highest rank of the crew. He was told not to take photos but did anyway. No one was there to tell him not to and no one else took pictures. I'm wanting to get a professional opinion on what to do with them.
I acquire these photos on the 27th of March and want to make a compelling argument as to why I should take and do something with the photos rather than have them sit in storage.
Thanks!
Well, you're going to need to prove the authenticity of the photos for anyone to really care about them. Can you prove where they came from and when they were taken? Or is it just the word of your grandfather? Not that his word isn't worth anything - it is - just that verification would help.
Are you interested in doing this in hopes of selling the photos? Or are you more interested in donating them to a museum or archive? if the latter, I would suggest contact NARA. They do accept donations and if the items wouldn't fit in their collection, they can suggest repositories that would be more suitable. See here.
Would you be willing to share these photos? My grandfather was an interpreter for the US Army right at the end of the war. He was a Swedish cit zen married to a Japanese women and stayed in Japan throughout the war. He was also with some of the first teams to go out to Hiroshima in late '45. Link to the image I have: http://imgur.com/a/tpyP5
Anything you could share would be awesome!