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This blog was written for the Association of Personal Photo Organizers. Archival Methods is an APPO 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 […]
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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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Archival Mounting: 4 Easy Steps for “Floating” an Image in a Mat One of the more dynamic archival mounting techniques involves “floating” an image in the center of a window mat so that the entire piece can be seen. Here we’re going to cover 4 steps for accomplishing this by using […]
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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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Archival Binders: NEW Designs from Archival Methods Our NEW Binder with Tab & Slipcase (on left) and Collector Grade Legal Binders (on right).(Please click on each image for more information.) Archival Methods is pleased to announce the availability of two newly designed archival binders: • Binder with Tab & […]
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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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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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Archival Storage & Presentation:Our Top 10 Most Popular Blogs of 2017 Here is Archival Methods’ list of the 10 most popular blogs we’ve posted this past year in our 6 archival storage & presentation categories. (see photos above). Whether you’re a photographer / an artist / a collector […]
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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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Hinging Mats:Archival Methods Expert How-To Guide Hinging Mats: The Tools You’ll Need On the left are some of the tools you’ll need for hinging mats: a pair of sharp scissors for cutting your hinging tape / a Burnishing Bone in the size that suits you […]
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