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Post by epeanymous on Jul 5, 2023 5:23:22 GMT
I am going to post in GS too.
My inlaws are selling one of their houses and asked if we wanted their photo albums. We are talking about maybe 12-15 very large 1970s and 80s sticky albums.
What if anything do I do at this point? The photos have been in the albums for 35-50 years--do I remove them, is damage being done, help! It's daunting.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Jul 5, 2023 5:59:14 GMT
I would first scan them. Or at least a few before you try pulling that wonderful stuff off. I did some years ago and there were lines on the photos as well part of the backs stayed stuck. Scanners were not a home use thing back then..
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Post by katlady on Jul 5, 2023 6:18:45 GMT
I would scan the ones I want to keep. They will also probably need some touch up in Photoshop because photos from the 70’s had some terrible processing that did not stand up to time very well. Or, if you are going to keep all the albums, scan the whole page and then touch up the photos. Good luck! Sounds like a big task!
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Post by cmpeter on Jul 5, 2023 6:32:24 GMT
We inherited a bunch of similar albums from dh’s grandmother. The photos all came out very easily…some were just falling out as the adhesive had pretty much dried out.
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Post by lesserknownpea on Jul 5, 2023 7:13:19 GMT
I was all ready to discuss Elton John, The Eagles, and Paul Simon.
But I see you did not mean music.
Never mind.
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Post by mom on Jul 5, 2023 9:20:18 GMT
If they were my albums, I would very gently pull them off and then send them to a company that will professionally scan then and then put them in the cloud. From there you can edit them and print them again as you wish.
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Post by Linda on Jul 5, 2023 12:34:27 GMT
btdt - some were falling out which made it easy. The ones that were super-stuck - I scanned first and then gently eased off the page with my cricut spatula -I would say I was 95%+ successful but the few that weren't successful, I was glad I had scanned first.
I bought a photo scanner (Plustek) for the individual photos because I was going to be dealing with so many - I used either my flatbed scanner/printer or a phone app for the pre-removal scans though.
I found it was useful (to me) to keep the photos in the order they were in the albums (at least at first) because many of them weren't labelled but they were grouped roughly chronologically and that helped with labelling the ones that weren't
I store them in the Iris photo cases (the ones with the 16 small cases inside) - if there is still sticky residue, I slipped a piece of cardstock behind that photo so it would stick to that instead of the next photo.
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Post by peabay on Jul 5, 2023 12:35:49 GMT
I was all ready to discuss Elton John, The Eagles, and Paul Simon. But I see you did not mean music. Never mind. same but then I was like "why is this cross posted?" |
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Post by dewryce on Jul 5, 2023 12:36:16 GMT
I would also scan them first if they are not easily falling out. I’ve read dental floss can be helpful for removing them.
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Post by katieanna on Jul 5, 2023 12:43:21 GMT
I would also scan them first if they are not easily falling out. I’ve read dental floss can be helpful for removing them. ....or one of those flat tools that CM used to sell. They were plastic and were great for lifting previously-glued photos and items from photo albums and scrapbooks. |
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Jul 5, 2023 13:09:37 GMT
I would also scan them first if they are not easily falling out. I’ve read dental floss can be helpful for removing them. I was just coming to add this info about the dental floss. |
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Post by dewryce on Jul 5, 2023 13:15:55 GMT
I would also scan them first if they are not easily falling out. I’ve read dental floss can be helpful for removing them. I was just coming to add this info about the dental floss. Great minds! |
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Post by femalebusiness on Jul 5, 2023 16:35:27 GMT
Years ago I had those types of albums. After the pics have been in them it is almost impossible to remove them undamaged. I scanned them all by removing the clear cover and scanning each entire page. Then I used Photoshop to crop each photo out of the page.
I spent an entire summer working on it and am so glad that I did. I set it up so that every time I had a few minutes I would scan a few pages. A lot of my photos were taken by old crappy cameras and the colors had all faded so I did color corrections and sharpened the pics up. I have all of these pics stored digitally now.
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Post by epeanymous on Jul 5, 2023 16:42:45 GMT
Thanks, all! Follow-up question -- can anyone recommend a photo scanner that easily scans 12*12 pages (which is what these are)? Or am I going to have to stitch pages on a smaller scanner? I had a small photo scanner/printer years ago but I upgraded to a large-format printer when that died, so no longer have a scanner.
I'm a little overwhelmed at this as a project! Although I guess the worst thing that happens is my own kids don't have the pictures preserved (I don't think my inlaws have any expectations).
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Post by MichyM on Jul 5, 2023 16:44:57 GMT
Dang, I opened this thread thinking it would be a trip down memory lane with lots of 70's music (albums) being talked about. I graduated in 1979, so 70's music is important to me  Best of luck with the photos! |
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Post by papersilly on Jul 5, 2023 17:41:25 GMT
i had those sticky albums and decided i didn't want to store those chunky things anymore. if i were you, i would try to remove them and then scan them. if you can't remove them, i would take some very close and clear photos and toss what i don't want.
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