File this under “Imma need a bigger scanner”: I think it was the reissue of PiL’s “First Issue” that I really had to figure out a clever workaround to scan gigantic pieces. For that release, it was a huge subway poster that wasn’t just big, but also delicate. It was during that time that I realized that FedEx/Kinko’s had large format scanners. It worked, but in hindsight, at best, those scanners were average. While they can scan large pieces, the quality is dodgy and, well, the FedEx/Kinko’s don’t have a legion of qualified people to service equipment. So when I started the Plus 1 journey, I had to figure out a better way to skin that particular cat. Once I figured it out, I cockily said I could scan anything of any size. Well, that is, until THIS piece came into my possession. This here is the hand-drawn hype poster that sat behind the ticket taker at the Agora across from the Fox on Peachtree from 78 until they shuttered. My pal Justin told me somebody had this and of course I wanted it. However, it’s six feet long and over three feet wide. I’m showing what I was able to scan at the top and the bottom, but lordy, I’m gonna have to cash in a favor this digitized properly. Ideally, I’d like to get this piece to the Atlanta History Museum only because they have such an absence of this era of the city. Thank you to Randall for donating this to the non-profit and you can all point fingers and tee-hee amongst yourselves that I couldn’t scan this beast in my office. Sometimes I just can’t accept defeat and this is one such rare instance.
