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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... Color alk into any home and you'll see color photographs on display Weither standing in frames or hanging on walls . They are pictures of graduations , family vacations , and other events significant to the owner . What might not be ...
... Color alk into any home and you'll see color photographs on display Weither standing in frames or hanging on walls . They are pictures of graduations , family vacations , and other events significant to the owner . What might not be ...
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... color photographs . BACKGROUND Early photographers tried to invent a color photographic process but were unsuccessful . It wasn't until 1862 that the basic theory was developed that red , yellow , and blue are the basis for all other color ...
... color photographs . BACKGROUND Early photographers tried to invent a color photographic process but were unsuccessful . It wasn't until 1862 that the basic theory was developed that red , yellow , and blue are the basis for all other color ...
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... photograph and use that . Sunlight accelerates the deterioration process by attacking the dyes in the color film . Fluorescent light can emit high proportions of ultraviolet rays that can affect the color quality of color photographs ...
... photograph and use that . Sunlight accelerates the deterioration process by attacking the dyes in the color film . Fluorescent light can emit high proportions of ultraviolet rays that can affect the color quality of color photographs ...
Contents
Stories Worth Saving | 5 |
The Preservation Facts | 18 |
Cased Images Daguerreotypes Ambrotypes and Tintypes | 41 |
Copyright | |
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