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Archival Solution of the Week: Shredded Archival Tissue As you may already know, sheets of acid-free Archival Tissue or Archival Thin Paper are often used to interleave and protect both matted and unmatted images in storage and transport (see pix above). These museum-quality […]
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May is National Photo Month: 3 Hugely Important Thoughts! May is “National Photo Month.” OK, so what the heck does THAT mean??? Well, National Photo Month was created to… “…help people get even more joy out of photography and their pictures.” Yet there is a cautionary tale in […]
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Archival Solution of the Week: Short Top Box Often called an “Archival Shoe Box,” our Short Top Box is a general-purpose container that is perfectly suited for safely storing and protecting small flat items such as postcards (see pix above), antique photographic images (tintypes / cartes-de-visite / cabinet cards […]
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It’s Preservation Week!(Please click on each image for more information.) Hey folks, it’s Preservation Week! Time to take a hard look at what you’ve perhaps put off “preserving” thus far. First, though, a short quiz: Question #1: Do you […]
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Archival Solution of the Week: Permalife Acid-Free Paper Now, why on earth would anybody ever need to use acid-free Permalife 20lb Bond Paper??? From left to right: archival Drop-Front Boxes with acid-free mats / 4 x 6 Archive 900 Kit for photo […]
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Archival Solution of the Week: Newspaper & Magazine Storage Kits Old newspapers, news clippings and magazines are quite often found in collections and family archives. These include everything from complete newspapers with epic INTERNATIONAL headlines such as … “Men Walk on Moon”(1)or“Titanic Sinks”(2)or“New Wave of Elvis Sightings!”(3) (1 […]
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Archival Definitions: Acid Free / Buffered / Unbuffered (Please click on each image throughout this blog for more information.) The term Acid Free gets tossed around a lot! But … … just WHAT does “acid-free” actually mean??? First, a quick review: Remember 7th grade science class all those zillions […]
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Archival Solution of the Week / Custom Mat Cutting Saving time + saving money + expert archival craftsmanship = Archival Methods’ Custom Cut Mats! So folks, just what is THIS thing: Well, if you picked D) a […]
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Archival Solution of the Week: 1-1/2-Inch Drop Front Boxes Sometimes, a “standard” 3-Inch Metal Edge Drop Front Box—perhaps the the most popular and utilitarian archival box in the world (see left-hand pix, below)—isn’t quite right for what you’re looking to store or present. (Please […]
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Archival Solution of the Week: 35mm Slide Storage System So, in the age of “digital everything” (even my TOASTER has a computer in it!), just what are you supposed to do with THESE: 35mm slides, like old 8mm home movies discussed in one of […]
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