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I hope you enjoy it.<\/p><h3>Original image scanning<\/h3><p>Every original photograph on this site was scanned by Greg Robble, Gary Robble and the fine people at Wolf Camera in Nashville, Tennessee. Sonny kept his photos in large &ldquo;big book&rdquo; albums; each original was carefully removed from its page, scanned, and returned to its place before the books went back to Sonny.<\/p><h3>A gift of love and appreciation<\/h3><p>The site&rsquo;s design, content, hosting and related services were given freely to Sonny and Doris as a small gift of our love and appreciation &mdash; for their friendship, their kind hearts and their unwavering witness. Sonny and Doris spent countless hours answering our requests for photos and information, and we can&rsquo;t thank them enough. We hope this site reflects their commitment and their wish to share so much of their lives together with you.<\/p><p>Sonny and Doris have both since gone home, and no fund, sponsor or estate supports this work. 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