It can be very difficult to remove photos that are adhered to pages. If not done by an experienced professional, the potential to incur irreversible damage is high. The American Institute for Conservation (AIC) provides a free conservator referral service where you may select the type of conservation service you need, identify your geographical area, and receive a list of local conservators. For more information about the care and storage of your photographic collections, refer to the Library of Congress publications Caring for Your Photographic Collections and Care, Handling, and Storage of Photographs. Other useful resources include Preserving Photographs from the National Archives and Record Administration and Care of Photographs from the Northeast Document Conservation Center. Alice kay -----Original Message----- From: Bill Dillon <[email protected]> To: roots <[email protected]>; norcal <[email protected]>; casanjoa <[email protected]> Sent: Sun, Jul 10, 2011 3:51 pm Subject: [CASANJOA] Old pictures - two questions I have an old musty photo album that I got from my dad who got it from his dad. I've only been able to get about 5-10 pictures out of the album without tearing the pictures. I tried "sawing" the pictures out with sewing thread but that doesn't seem to work very good. I'm hoping that something is written on the backs but nothing is on the few I've been able to remove. Any ideas how to get the pictures out of the album? In most cases, all four corners of the pictures are flush with the heavy paper of the album. Most of these pictures, I think, were taken in/around Stockton, CA just before WW I, then some pictures in/near Ft. Lewis, WA during the war and finally back in Stockton after the war. In a very few pictures I'm able to identify my grandfather, my grandmother and a couple other people. Most of the people go unidentified. Any suggestions for posting them somewhere for others to see and try to identify. Again, these pictures are of people mostly in/around Stockton, San Joaquin County, CA. I know this is a shot in the dark. Thanks in advance Bill Dillon in MD ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message