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This blog was written for the The Photo Managers. Archival Methods is a Photo Managers industry partner, and a sponsor of their annual Save Your Photos Month. Why do these terms matter? Photo-safe. Archival. Acid-free. These are just some of the terms that are used when describing products in the photo industry…but what do […]
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Old Photos & Heirlooms: Safe Alternatives to Basement & Attic Storage Archival Binder Pages & Collector Grade Binders are perfect for elegantly storing old photos on shelvesin your home or office, avoiding the many risks associated with storage in basements & attics. (Please click on each image for more […]
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Scanning Photographs: Why these 8 Steps for Family Archiving are Important! The answers to the questions posed in the photo above are in fact some of the most important things you can do when it comes to family history . . . . . . scanning photographs, old & new […]
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Tintypes: 5 Steps to Archivally Preserve Your Family Photographs Have you ever wondered about those curious photographs in your family archive that appear to be printed on a thin sheet of metal? Well, these are tintypes, a popular 19th-century photographic process—actually on a piece of lacquered iron, not tin—used extensively for studio […]
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Cabinet Cards & Cartes-de-Visite: 5 Steps to Archivally Preserve YOUR Family Photographs Two of the most popular forms of 19th century photography you may have in your family archive are cabinet cards and cartes-de-visite (the latter is French for “visiting cards,” and will be shortened to cartes throughout […]
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Light Damage: Protecting Framed Artwork / Photographs / Collections While in the midst of working on blogs covering a completely different topic, we recently came across truly stunning examples of the significant & immediate threat caused by light damage. We’re sharing some of the photos we took of this light damage in the […]
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Preserving Photographs:5 Steps to Rescue Snapshots from Old Family Displays Recently I was asked for advice from a friend who had come across a forgotten example of what is today perhaps the most common occurrence of “tape on your photographs”—the family snapshot display (see photos above). […]
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Preserving Family Photographs: 7 Steps to Secure & Share Your History Our friend Florence Smithson at 83 years old / and at 7 years old (see red box) in this large photo of kids playing “helping the wounded soldier” from 1941. Today we’re going to use the fantastic 11 x […]
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Preserving Digital Images: Archival Storage & Presentation Solutions For a very long time “standard photograph sizes” (i.e. 4 x 5″ / 8 x 10″ / 11 x 14″ / 16 x 20″ / etc.) dictated the size of archival storage & presentation materials. Yet all this changed with the digital […]
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Archival Solution of the Week: New & Improved Museum / Solander Case So, there is a reason these top-of-line archival boxes are called MUSEUM Cases, as should you walk into practically ANY major museum, archive, or gallery – anywhere in the world! – you will find them in everyday use, full of valuable […]
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