David V. Tinder

I never laid eyes on Dave Tinder but we corresponded for many years, sharing our love of historic photographs. He was so sure that i would finish my book on Alabama photographers and get it published, that he made me sure. And lo and behold, in 2017 it was published. Now Alabama is a small state with a lot of poor people and not much spare cash, but his encouragement made me go that extra mile to winkle out the photos and the photographers. I miss him most every day and hope that wherever he...

I knew David though our mutual love of real photo post cards. We corresponded and he was very generous with his time and knowledge. He went out of his way to develop for me a spreadsheet of all the Michigan photos by Charles R. Childs, which was very helpful in developing a check list of towns he photographed and the numbers he assigned. We talked once on the phone, but unfortunately I never had the good fortune to meet him.

Rest in peace David.

I knew Dave for more than 20 years, from the time he had about a million dollars' worth of vintage photographs stuffed into his Dearborn flat. He was a generous, intelligent man who left a legacy for future generations of historians and researchers. I'll miss our conversations about a range of topics. Wherever you are now, Dave, I hope you're surrounded by boxes and boxes of RPPCs and cabinet photos, enough to last an eternity.

I am so sorry that Dave is dead. I only found out about it yesterday, and since then I have been mourning him and at the same time rejoicing that he was such a good email and letter friend to me. I research Alabama photographic history, and though I am not in Dave's class by any means, I have a book coming out on the subject in early 2017. Davd was very encouraging in every letter we exchanged. He and his friends sent me Alabama photographs that came their way in Michigan (not many), and I...

He was my dad's rock and I hope through memories ..he continues to be...