I've been digging in some old family items -- many have not been disturbed form 50 years. There are many old newspapers with family items, but they have been creased or folded and I'm afraid to try to straighten them out. I would like to copy and scan these originals, to share with others on the net and put copies in a notebook to share with my family. But first they have to be fairly straight. If I put them under the lid of a copier/scanner as dry as they are--they would crack, crumble and fall apart. Any iteas on how to straighten old newspapers and other items? I heard once that old newspapers could be rinsed with clean running water and then left to dry. H E L P! --John ------------------------------------------------------------------ John D. Stone [email protected] Las Vegas, Nevada ------------------------------------------------------------------ "I've got vision and the rest of the world wears bifocals." -- Butch Cassidy (In the motion picture Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid) ------------------------------------------------------------------
John, There are agencies who specialize in document "reclamation". I suspect they are fairly expensive. A less expensive may be to use a hand held scanner, allowing you to scan the creased places with minimal unfolding. I saw your post on another list and one of the responses was to add humidity to the equation. Your situation, as I recall, was that you live near the western desert and probably cannot create the humidity needed. If you can find a way to do it, that is the best advice. I have recovered several old books by putting them in a refrigerator for a couple of days. Good luck, Jim Winfrey ----- Original Message ----- From: "John D Stone" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2001 4:15 PM Subject: [GARDNER] Old newspapers, help in straightening > I've been digging in some old family items -- many have not been disturbed > form 50 years. > > There are many old newspapers with family items, but they have been creased > or folded and I'm afraid to try to straighten them out. > > I would like to copy and scan these originals, to share with others on the > net and put copies in a notebook to share with my family. But first they > have to be fairly straight. If I put them under the lid of a copier/scanner > as dry as they are--they would crack, crumble and fall apart. > > Any iteas on how to straighten old newspapers and other items? > > I heard once that old newspapers could be rinsed with clean running water > and then left to dry. > > H E L P! > > --John > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > John D. Stone [email protected] Las Vegas, Nevada > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > "I've got vision and the rest of the world wears bifocals." > -- Butch Cassidy > (In the motion picture Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid) > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > ==== GARDNER Mailing List ==== > To contact the list administrator, send mail to > [email protected] > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp >