Hello All, First, I apologize to those who may receive this more than once because I am cross-posting to get the best answers. I have many old photos and newspaper clippings from the 1800's and early 1900's which have been passed down stored in shoe boxes and the like. I was thinking of storing them in 3-ring binders inside of Avery page protectors. I will not be pasting or taping them, just placing them in loose. I am concerned that the page protectors may stick to the faces of the pictures and possibly damage them. Does anyone know if this is the case? Thanks. Alan Buckingham

Others may know more about this than I but I use them all the time for filing old paper articles. Just be sure it is acid free and they do have them readily available today. If you use any paper with the insert make sure it is also acid free. All page protectors are not acid free but the ones that are will list it on the front of box or package. Joy Alan Buckingham wrote: >Hello All, > > > >First, I apologize to those who may receive this more than once because I am >cross-posting to get the best answers. I have many old photos and newspaper >clippings from the 1800's and early 1900's which have been passed down >stored in shoe boxes and the like. I was thinking of storing them in 3-ring >binders inside of Avery page protectors. I will not be pasting or taping >them, just placing them in loose. I am concerned that the page protectors >may stick to the faces of the pictures and possibly damage them. Does >anyone know if this is the case? Thanks. > > > >Alan Buckingham > > > >==== QUAKER-ROOTS Mailing List ==== >Quaker-Roots Archives - Search List Messages From 1996 On >http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > > > > >

Alan, you should make sure that they are acid free pages that you are putting them on. Wendy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan Buckingham" <a.d.buckingham@verizon.net> To: <QUAKER-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2004 1:39 PM Subject: [Q-R] Storing Old Photos, etc. > Hello All, > > > > First, I apologize to those who may receive this more than once because I am > cross-posting to get the best answers. I have many old photos and newspaper > clippings from the 1800's and early 1900's which have been passed down > stored in shoe boxes and the like. I was thinking of storing them in 3-ring > binders inside of Avery page protectors. I will not be pasting or taping > them, just placing them in loose. I am concerned that the page protectors > may stick to the faces of the pictures and possibly damage them. Does > anyone know if this is the case? Thanks. > > > > Alan Buckingham > > > > ==== QUAKER-ROOTS Mailing List ==== > Quaker-Roots Archives - Search List Messages From 1996 On > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > >

Yes, it can be. I have had that happen. I would look for acid free pages, both to set them on and cover them. Also the experience I had was it got hot where I had them stored and that did not help. And you can't get the plastic off the pictures without raising the print itself. At least, that is what happened to me. Doesn't that place in Logan Utah have those products? gayle > Hello All, > > > > First, I apologize to those who may receive this more than once because I am > cross-posting to get the best answers. I have many old photos and newspaper > clippings from the 1800's and early 1900's which have been passed down > stored in shoe boxes and the like. I was thinking of storing them in 3-ring > binders inside of Avery page protectors. I will not be pasting or taping > them, just placing them in loose. I am concerned that the page protectors > may stick to the faces of the pictures and possibly damage them. Does > anyone know if this is the case? Thanks. > > > > Alan Buckingham > > > > ==== QUAKER-ROOTS Mailing List ==== > Quaker-Roots Archives - Search List Messages From 1996 On > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >

The archival discussion has died down, and I think that we've probably said enough on the subject. Dan and I are inclined to be tolerant in ways that Cheska, our predecessor, never would have, but I think that we're all sufficiently informed now. Tom Hamm