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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Reilly (Care and Identification of 19th Century Photographic Prints) says that this is caused by low humidity and is a serious problem. He doesn't say how to resolve it though. I suggest getting the photos into proper humidity (Reilly says 30 to 50%) and leaving them there for a while. The curl may go away and if not the photos will be better able to take straightening. Do not be in a hurry! Date forwarded: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 00:03:43 -0700 Date sent: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 23:04:51 -0900 From: JB Wilson <designs@hevanet.com> Subject: [VINTAGE-PHOTOS] Old Photos - Curled To: VINTAGE-PHOTOS-L@rootsweb.com Forwarded by: VINTAGE-PHOTOS-L@rootsweb.com Send reply to: VINTAGE-PHOTOS-L@rootsweb.com > 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 >