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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... exposure to chemical pollutants in our environments . This includes not only the dirt and soot present in air pollution but the materials present in common household cleansers and tobacco . Exposure to these substances can corrode the ...
... exposure to chemical pollutants in our environments . This includes not only the dirt and soot present in air pollution but the materials present in common household cleansers and tobacco . Exposure to these substances can corrode the ...
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... exposure to abrasive substances will remove the image and scratch the plate . In fact , photographers could reuse ... exposure to air pollution or high humidity . Depending on the amount of exposure to pollutants and the quality of the ...
... exposure to abrasive substances will remove the image and scratch the plate . In fact , photographers could reuse ... exposure to air pollution or high humidity . Depending on the amount of exposure to pollutants and the quality of the ...
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... EXPOSURE - Failure to set shutter , or failure to press button or lever , or something in front of lens , DOUBLE EXPOSURE - Fallure to turn key or pull tab between exposures . Always set your camera for the next exposure after making a ...
... EXPOSURE - Failure to set shutter , or failure to press button or lever , or something in front of lens , DOUBLE EXPOSURE - Fallure to turn key or pull tab between exposures . Always set your camera for the next exposure after making a ...
Contents
Stories Worth Saving | 5 |
The Preservation Facts | 18 |
Cased Images Daguerreotypes Ambrotypes and Tintypes | 41 |
Copyright | |
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