You beat me to this question by about one day -- I, too, am eager to figure this out. I have tons of old photos from 1900-1935, all curled, and I can't think of a way to flatten them out that won't potentially damage them. Please post the answer here if you figure anything out. Thanks, Larry McQueary > -----Original Message----- > From: JB Wilson [mailto:designs@hevanet.com] > Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 1:05 AM > To: VINTAGE-PHOTOS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [VINTAGE-PHOTOS] Old Photos - Curled > > Hello list, > Does anyone know of a way to flatten or straighten out old photos which > have become curled up on the edges? These are on photographic paper circa > 1907, sepia colored small photos which have not been stored properly and > have become curled at the edges. I would like to straighten them out and > store in acid-free sleeves. Any suggestions? Thanks bunches. > JB Wilson, Beaverton, OR :-) > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > JB Wilson, Beaverton, OR, USA > "Searching for the Living, Honoring the Dead" > <designs@hevanet.com> > Researching: Kangas, Eskola, Mattson/Matson, Makkonen, Aho, Runtujärvi, > Barnes, Benedict, Crandle/Crandall, Miner, Ufford, Berry & Williams NY/PA > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > ==== VINTAGE-PHOTOS Mailing List ==== > Checkout the other lists being watched over by your List Mom; > http://mailing_lists.homestead.com/lists.html > To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237