A wildfire burned down a couple's house in California in 1963. The couple, Chris and Lindy Date, were especially 1 to find their wedding2 gone with the flames.
"The photos are3 forever," Lindy thought, overwhelmed by a sense of loss. After careful research, 4, Mr Date decided to make a "longshot request" to the Cambridgeshire Collection, the county's archives (档案) service.
As they recalled, their wedding had been5 by Lettice Ramsey, of Ramsey and Muspratt.
"I did some online6 and found that the company had7 their negatives (底片) to the Cambridgeshire Collection in the 1980s," Mr Date said. "Ramsey and Muspratt was quite8 in Cambridge at the time, taking pictures of many of the city's best-known names."
He9 the archive "more in hope than expectation" to ask if the negatives had10
"They responded quickly to say they had photos which they11 were ours and sent three to me to12 ," Mr Date said. "The time I received them — I knew we would get our photos back! I was so13 to see them.
Steve Criswell, a local councillor, remarked, "We have a14 libraries and local studies team who are committed to helping the15, no matter how difficult it is to satisfy their requests.
