Where to Find Bill and Mary's Photos and Legacy Website

Bill and Mary's curated photos are on Flickr at flickr.com/photos/mack-finkelstein, and their pre-2009 legacy site is at pre-2009.williamfinkelstein.com. The Flickr account is the better choice for browsing photos; the legacy site is an archive that the site itself warns may contain broken links and low-resolution images, and it is not SSL protected.

Photo Collections: Flickr

The Flickr account linked from williamfinkelstein.com is described as a set of curated photos, making it the primary place to view their photography. Use it when you want a clean, current collection rather than a historical archive.

Legacy Website: pre-2009.williamfinkelstein.com

The legacy site covers material from before 2009, including photos from their first digital camera in 1999 and videos from the pre-smartphone era. The site's own description sets expectations:

Because the legacy site is not SSL protected, avoid entering any personal or sensitive information there. Treat it as a read-only historical browse.

Background on the Site

williamfinkelstein.com is the personal website of Bill Finkelstein and Mary Mack. It recounts their meeting on a SCUBA trip to Belize in 1992, their retirement (Mary in 2000, Bill in 2004), and their roughly seven years of cruising aboard the Valiant 50 Raptor Dance—over 25,000 miles from San Francisco through Mexico, British Columbia, and Washington and back. After returning to the San Francisco Bay in late 2010, they traveled extensively on land and on Celebrity and Oceania cruise ships. The site also notes Bill's 2024 "Tiger of the Year" award from the Chaffey High School Alumni Association, with a link to his presentation at the ceremony.

Quick Reference

• Curated photos: https://www.flickr.com/photos/mack-finkelstein/
• Legacy archive (pre-2009): http://pre-2009.williamfinkelstein.com — broken links possible, low-resolution media, no SSL