Preserving Your Family Photographs: How to Organize, Present, and Restore Your Precious Family ImagesGenealogists and non-genealogists alike love old photographs and many people have photo collections of their ancestors. Preserving Your Family Photographs shows them how to organize and store these photos so that future generations can also enjoy them. Readers will learn how to care for family photos, identify different types of damage, learn basic conservation techniques, buy the proper storage materials, then organize the family photo archive and safely display it for all to see. * Photo preservation and display techniques appeal to both genealogist and non-genealogist alike * the book provides instruction through the use of beautiful sample photos Maureen Taylor is the author of Uncovering Your Ancestry through Family Photographs. She is a regular contributor to Family Tree Magazine and is a former picture research coordinator and photo curator. She is a frequent lecturer at genealogical conferences and workshops across the country on the subject of photograph identification, organization and preservation. She lives in Westwood, Massachusetts. |
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... every day . Most chapters end with a series of commonly asked questions ( FAQS ) and their answers . This book also • Provides a set of safe scrapbooking guidelines . • Furnishes a list of basic conservation supplies . Teaches you how ...
... every day . Most chapters end with a series of commonly asked questions ( FAQS ) and their answers . This book also • Provides a set of safe scrapbooking guidelines . • Furnishes a list of basic conservation supplies . Teaches you how ...
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... everyday activities , such as eating a holiday meal . A large piece of chocolate in a small child's hand is apt to cause a smile . In addition , the contrast between the size of the candy and the child's hand provides additional infor ...
... everyday activities , such as eating a holiday meal . A large piece of chocolate in a small child's hand is apt to cause a smile . In addition , the contrast between the size of the candy and the child's hand provides additional infor ...
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... every day as a photo opportunity . Remember that whatever you decide to do with your family photographs , take steps to preserve them for the future . Follow the instructions offered by preservationists and librarians , and give your ...
... every day as a photo opportunity . Remember that whatever you decide to do with your family photographs , take steps to preserve them for the future . Follow the instructions offered by preservationists and librarians , and give your ...
Contents
Stories Worth Saving | 5 |
The Preservation Facts | 18 |
Cased Images Daguerreotypes Ambrotypes and Tintypes | 41 |
Copyright | |
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abrasion acid airbrushing ambrotype Appendix archival Audio tape number basic carte de visite CHECKLIST chemicals clean collodion color photographs color prints copy Creating Keepsakes cyanotype daguerreotype deterioration digital images Digital Photography digital restoration documents E-mail eeeeee Notes Emison emulsion exposure fading family collection family history family members family photo family photographs film frame glass negatives graphs handling Historical Society identify individuals Information Science Internet Kodak Library and Information lignin lignin-free look Magazine magnetic albums Nord-Trondelag organize P.O. Box paper prints Paul Messier Phone photographic conservation photographic materials photographic process pieces plastic plate Polaroid polypropylene portrait preservation Professional Photographers programs protect purchase scanner Scanning School of Library scrapbook sleeves slides staining storage suppliers surface techniques temperature and humidity tintype tion types of damage University Workshops School