When a wildfire burned down their home in California in 1963, Chris and Lindy Date thought some of their valuable things were gone forever. The couple, who married1Cambridge shire(剑桥郡) before moving to California in the 1970s, were especially 2 to have lost their wedding photos.
3, Mr. Date decided to make a "long shot request" to the county's archives service (档案服务处).
Their wedding was at Mrs. Date's parents house in Land beach, a few miles north of Cambridge and it 4 by Ramsey and Mus Pratt.
"I did some online research and found that the company had donated their negatives(底片) to the Cambridge shire Collection 5,"Mr. Date said. "Ramsey and Mus Pratt was quite famous in Cambridge at the time, 6 pictures of many of the city's best-known names."
He wrote to the archive "more in hope than expectation" to ask 7 the negatives had been kept.
"They replied quickly and said they had photos 8 they believed were ours and sent three for me to check,"Mr. Date said." I was so pleased and amazed 9them."
Steve Criswell, 10 local councilor, said, "We have devoted libraries and a local study team who are trying hard to help the public no matter how difficult it is to satisfy their requests."
