If you’d like to store your vintage photos like the pros - I’ve got advice from the Smithsonian...
Lots of old photos are in magnetic photo albums – and should really come out. Those pages leach acids into the photos, changing the colors and making them brittle. Sometimes they come off easy – but if they’re still sticky, it’s tricky. I found a Smithsonian Archives Conservation Fellow to help:
• You’ll need rubber gloves, some dental floss and a few paper weights.
• After you peel back the top cover, weight the page so it doesn’t slide around.
• Starting at one corner of the photo, gently slide some dental floss side to side under the image, without lifting up.
Write as much information as possible on the back of the images in pencil – and store them in photo safe Mylar sleeves so you can see both sides without getting finger oil on them. Put those into labeled envelopes and the envelopes into labeled photo archiving boxes – and they’ll be Smithsonian worthy.
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