If you’ve taken the correct steps to archivally store your artwork, photographs, family history artifacts, and collections can you locate a specific item when you…
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This ledger dates from 1832—when Andrew Jackson was President and Abraham Lincoln was only 23 years old! It has been in the owner’s family for…
We all have old film negatives—either in our family archives or as part of our photographic portfolios—that often come in a variety of shapes and…
The other day I was prepping a post on the Archival Methods Twitter feed and I noticed a tweet regarding The Franklin Institute in Philadelphia…
Let’s take a look at the ways old photos of your family’s homes can help you identify and visualize your family history, while providing clues…
How to Document Your Old Photographs This blog post outlines best practices for safely writing on photographs and archival sleeves and storage enclosures. Documenting your…
This large albumen print is mounted onto cardboard that is definitely not acid-free, and to make matters worse it was framed—for over a century—in a…
Our Archival Mat & Presentation Kit will let you professionally present, exhibit, and archivally preserve prints, photographs, and other flat artwork or documents you have,…
Our archival Crystal Clear Bags are a great solution for safely storing and protecting matted and unmatted prints, photographs, artwork, documents, letters, genealogy materials, magazines,…
There are many wrong ways of marking materials in your collection. These can permanently damage old photographs and other items in your family archive. Collections…