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<blockquote data-quote="Analoguesat" data-source="post: 864055" data-attributes="member: 176362"><p>In a storage unit somewhere in Philadelphia, 140,000 VHS tapes sit packed into four shipping containers. Most are hand-labeled with a date between 1977 and 2012, and if you pop one into a VCR you might see scenes from the Iranian Hostage Crisis, the Reagan Administration, or Hurricane Katrina.</p><p></p><p>It's 35 years of history through the lens of TV news, captured on a dwindling format.</p><p></p><p>It's also the life work of Marion Stokes, who built an archive of network, local, and cable news, in her home, one tape at a time, recording every major (and trivial) news event until the day she <a href="http://articles.philly.com/2012-12-21/news/35955478_1_television-show-philadelphia-chair-son" target="_blank">died</a> in 2012 at the age of 83 of lung disease.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Full story:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/3022022/the-incredible-story-of-marion-stokes-who-single-handedly-taped-35-years-of-tv-news" target="_blank">http://www.fastcompany.com/3022022/the-incredible-story-of-marion-stokes-who-single-handedly-taped-35-years-of-tv-news</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Analoguesat, post: 864055, member: 176362"] In a storage unit somewhere in Philadelphia, 140,000 VHS tapes sit packed into four shipping containers. Most are hand-labeled with a date between 1977 and 2012, and if you pop one into a VCR you might see scenes from the Iranian Hostage Crisis, the Reagan Administration, or Hurricane Katrina. It's 35 years of history through the lens of TV news, captured on a dwindling format. It's also the life work of Marion Stokes, who built an archive of network, local, and cable news, in her home, one tape at a time, recording every major (and trivial) news event until the day she [URL='http://articles.philly.com/2012-12-21/news/35955478_1_television-show-philadelphia-chair-son']died[/URL] in 2012 at the age of 83 of lung disease. Full story: [url]http://www.fastcompany.com/3022022/the-incredible-story-of-marion-stokes-who-single-handedly-taped-35-years-of-tv-news[/url] [/QUOTE]
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