I have a wad of some 20 early 1900's photo's that have been held
together with a rubber band which caused them to curl. It looks like
some of them are of real value to my family history.
How do I go about flattening them to a point where I can scan them?
curled photographs
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Hugh Watkins
Re: curled photographs
David Rowell wrote:
slowly by placing them individually between some pages of acid free
paper or in a book and weighting it down
a bit like pressing flowers
ask a museum or an archive for advice
I don't know enough to give advice about heat or dampening
if in doubt DO NOT
newspapers for example may be ironed
Hugh W
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I have a wad of some 20 early 1900's photo's that have been held
together with a rubber band which caused them to curl. It looks like
some of them are of real value to my family history.
How do I go about flattening them to a point where I can scan them?
slowly by placing them individually between some pages of acid free
paper or in a book and weighting it down
a bit like pressing flowers
ask a museum or an archive for advice
I don't know enough to give advice about heat or dampening
if in doubt DO NOT
newspapers for example may be ironed
Hugh W
--
new phone = new daily blog
http://upsrev622.blogspot.com/
family history
http://hughw36.blogspot.com
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Charles Ellson
Re: curled photographs
On Thu, 26 Oct 2006 15:02:31 +0100, Hugh Watkins
<hugh.watkins@gmail.com> wrote:
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Times.
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newspapers for example may be ironed
Cue old jokes involving the butler and this morning's copy of The
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singhals
Re: curled photographs
David Rowell wrote:
Spread them out individually on the dining room table, by
preference on cooling racks; pray for a couple rainy days or
run a child's cool-steam humidifier for 24 hours in the
dining room.
place each photo on a piece of plain white archival quality
paper, fold paper over it, place this bundle in an OLD book,
staggering the photos between the pages. close book, and
weight it down with 5 to 10 pounds of heavy...canned goods,
sugar bags, whatever. Wait a week or two.
Remove one photo for checking -- has it flattened enough to
scan? Has it flattened at all? If both are NO repeat from top.
HTH
Cheryl
I have a wad of some 20 early 1900's photo's that have been held
together with a rubber band which caused them to curl. It looks like
some of them are of real value to my family history.
How do I go about flattening them to a point where I can scan them?
Spread them out individually on the dining room table, by
preference on cooling racks; pray for a couple rainy days or
run a child's cool-steam humidifier for 24 hours in the
dining room.
place each photo on a piece of plain white archival quality
paper, fold paper over it, place this bundle in an OLD book,
staggering the photos between the pages. close book, and
weight it down with 5 to 10 pounds of heavy...canned goods,
sugar bags, whatever. Wait a week or two.
Remove one photo for checking -- has it flattened enough to
scan? Has it flattened at all? If both are NO repeat from top.
HTH
Cheryl
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cecilia
Re: curled photographs
David Rowell wrote:
Sorting some school archive stuff a few years ago, I half unrolled
some tightly rolled school photographs. Putting them back, I rolled
them round a tube 2 or 3 times the diameter of the original roll.
This year, I came across them again. They are now at the new, looser,
roll size. So I moved them up to a larger roll object . Eventually I
expect them to be loose enough to put on display at reunions. It
takes time.
I have a wad of some 20 early 1900's photo's that have been held
together with a rubber band which caused them to curl. [...]
How do I go about flattening them to a point where I can scan them?
Sorting some school archive stuff a few years ago, I half unrolled
some tightly rolled school photographs. Putting them back, I rolled
them round a tube 2 or 3 times the diameter of the original roll.
This year, I came across them again. They are now at the new, looser,
roll size. So I moved them up to a larger roll object . Eventually I
expect them to be loose enough to put on display at reunions. It
takes time.
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cameraqueen
Re: curled photographs
Are these small prints or fairly large? I know that early photographers
used a harder in the fixer.
Few years back, I came across the same as you did only, the photos I
found where 16x20 and were printed back in 1895-1901. I soaked them in
room temp water for 30 minutes (fiberbase-double weight-print paper)
and laided them flat (face down) and allowed them to dry for 48 hours.
It got rid of the curl and are now perfectly flat and in a frame.
Just don't rub the print itself. Some of the silver may come off.
On Oct 26, 5:11 am, David Rowell <djrpub...@cfl.rr.com> wrote:
used a harder in the fixer.
Few years back, I came across the same as you did only, the photos I
found where 16x20 and were printed back in 1895-1901. I soaked them in
room temp water for 30 minutes (fiberbase-double weight-print paper)
and laided them flat (face down) and allowed them to dry for 48 hours.
It got rid of the curl and are now perfectly flat and in a frame.
Just don't rub the print itself. Some of the silver may come off.
On Oct 26, 5:11 am, David Rowell <djrpub...@cfl.rr.com> wrote:
I have a wad of some 20 early 1900's photo's that have been held
together with a rubber band which caused them to curl. It looks like
some of them are of real value to my family history.
How do I go about flattening them to a point where I can scan them?