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This little experiment was performed to see if camera copied microfilm reader images of the Wilton Bulletin could be obtained of sufficient quality to provide a search and read capability. If so, a historical research tool of some value might result. Even after restricting the effort to just the front pages, it became evident that the task was too labor intensive to record the sixty some years of microfilm images in existence. More automated approaches exist at low cost and are the obvious way to go. Still, what is presented here, although of inconsistent quality and limited search capability, may be of some interest. It pictures the Wilton of the later depression era (1937 - relief payments for the town were $3000/month), the town's very active response to Pearl Harbor (1941 - one man contributed the bumpers off his car to the scrap drive) and the events of the following year (1942). So, this is a baby step towards digitization of the town's history, (if 1937 qualifies as history). Hopefully, we'll soon find a way to take giant steps. Al Wood agewood@optonline.net. |