"Michelle, Sabrina's Mom" <michelles.other.email@nospamgmail.com> wrote in message news:CMPhj.10$ib7.5@trndny04... > Hi, > > I have a problem with a project that I started and don't know how to > finish.. I want to do the right thing but I am not sure what the right > thing is. The project involves a scrapbook that belonged to my mother > from the early 60's. This scrapbook contains a lot of photos, some movie > ticket stubs and a few newspaper clippings. Alot of the photos are > attached to the pages with small staples, some of the photos that were > attached at one time have fallen off as well as the movie theater tickets > and newspaper clippings. I was wondering what is the best way to approach > this. I already scanned each page that has pictures on it as is and saved > the images in tif format.. But now what should I do with the loose > pictures and other items, Should I reattach them and then scan or should I > take all of the pictures off the pages and then reattach everything in a > way that will preserve them safely. I was thinking acid free mylar film > for everything but I am not sure.. I want to keep everything in the > original scrapbook, but the staples are issue. I can see what seems to be > rust spots forming around them. Please help. I want to finish this and put > it away in a safe place. > > Thank you, > > Michelle : ( I can upload a picture of one of the scrapbook pages so you can see what I am dealing with.