You might try some of the methods you mentioned but I don't think you will get the copies you want. If the photos are good and clear and lie flat you might be able to scan them if you have someone knowledgeable enough to adjust everything to make them good. (This can be done in you computer and then printed out on photographic type paper We did some that were over 50 years old.) If you do decide to take them to a photographer, be sure to take them to someone who specializes in copying old pictures. A photographer ruined one of my friends old pictures trying to make it lie flat. He told her he could do this but did not have the skills. I would ask to see work the photographer has done. I just read your second post and don't believe the copier will get the results you want. Take a computer and a scanner to the reunion and scan the photographs. these can be adjusted to get clear copies later. We have several that are better than the originals after my granddaughter worked on shadowing, etc. (I wish I knew how.) Marianne Crews mjcrews@cimtel.net