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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... surface without damaging it SHOULD YOU CLEAN YOUR PICTURES ? As you begin going through your images , you are going to be tempted to clean off the surface dirt and grime that has collected with time . Stop ! There are ways to safely ...
... surface without damaging it SHOULD YOU CLEAN YOUR PICTURES ? As you begin going through your images , you are going to be tempted to clean off the surface dirt and grime that has collected with time . Stop ! There are ways to safely ...
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... surface and an ambrotype is glass , it was obvious that the manager had never seen the various types of cased images . Fortunately , daguerreotypes have a distinctive appearance . Their reflective mirrorlike surface makes them easy to ...
... surface and an ambrotype is glass , it was obvious that the manager had never seen the various types of cased images . Fortunately , daguerreotypes have a distinctive appearance . Their reflective mirrorlike surface makes them easy to ...
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... surface of all types of cased images make it difficult to assess how damaged an image really is unless you are a professional . With these cautions in mind , the best rule to follow is , leave all restoration to a professional . Special ...
... surface of all types of cased images make it difficult to assess how damaged an image really is unless you are a professional . With these cautions in mind , the best rule to follow is , leave all restoration to a professional . Special ...
Contents
Stories Worth Saving | 5 |
The Preservation Facts | 18 |
Cased Images Daguerreotypes Ambrotypes and Tintypes | 41 |
Copyright | |
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