Nowadays, for example, MOHAI can post an official archival photo of the Space Needle on the museum’s Facebook page along with some facts about its design construction. In retrospect, Roger’s idea – and all those willing participants – helped MOHAI create a pre-Facebook Facebook post: MOHAI “posted” its official Frederick & Nelson photos MOHAI’s “followers” “posted” their photos and, finally, other people viewed and then “liked” those photos and added “comments” in real life. ![]() The personal photos made the gallery glow, and thousands of people toured the holiday exhibit that year, with countless hundreds pausing to view each photo. When it was all said and done, more than 200 people had dropped off their precious Seattle Frederick & Nelson Santa photos, dating from the 1940s to the 1980s. The museum … was packed, with people laughing and smiling at the photos.” The photos had spread throughout the whole museum. ![]() ![]() “People came in droves, pictures in hand - it just grew and grew,” wrote Roger van Oosten in an email earlier this week. MOHAI staff thought maybe a dozen families would take part, but local newspapers, radio, and TV picked up on the story – again, this was in the days before social media – and helped spread the word of the museum’s call for photos far and wide.
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