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Snapshots Make Way To Fine Art Museum

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Some of us have dusty boxes filled with fading family snap shots. Sift through and there’s a chance you’ll find pictures of strangers. Mystery photos can be amusing and perplexing.

Collector Peter Cohen has rescued 50,000 “found” vintage photographs, and now about 300 are on display at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Andrea Shea of  Here & Now contributor WBUR reports on Cohen’s quest to secure the snapshot’s place in history.

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