kellynn
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Post by kellynn on Sept 5, 2014 11:02:13 GMT
I have 2 albums that my mother in law had that have various sizes of pictures in them from 2x3 to 8.5x11. I need to remove them because I am sure that the album contains acid. I wanted to put them in an album but haven't seen anything that can hold all of the various pictures. She also wrote on little pieces of paper and put the papers beside the pictures. I don't know that I will ever scrap these photos, but I would like for them to be safe and enjoyable to look at. Any thoughts or ideas that might help? Thanks!
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scrappington
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Post by scrappington on Sept 5, 2014 11:08:47 GMT
You could mount them on 12 x 12
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Post by crazy4scraps on Sept 5, 2014 14:17:39 GMT
I think the first thing I would do would be to scan or photograph the pages she made as they are before you dismantle everything. Then I would do what the PP suggested and mount the photos and whatever else you want to save from her pages onto 12x12 AF cardstock pages. You can mount them with photo splits or photo corners, whatever you prefer, that way should you decide to scrap some they would be removable from the pages. From there you can put the pages into regular scrapbook page protectors and safely store them in whatever type of album you choose.
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Sept 5, 2014 14:34:30 GMT
I think the first thing I would do would be to scan or photograph the pages she made as they are before you dismantle everything. Then I would do what the PP suggested and mount the photos and whatever else you want to save from her pages onto 12x12 AF cardstock pages. You can mount them with photo splits or photo corners, whatever you prefer, that way should you decide to scrap some they would be removable from the pages. From there you can put the pages into regular scrapbook page protectors and safely store them in whatever type of album you choose. This is what I was going to say. The only thing I would add is, in my opinion, it would be easiest if you use a 3 ring album and top loading 3 hole punched page protectors. And because I am weird this way, I would probably include a page in the front or back, explaining that ________ (MIL's name) had made these two albums, and that I transfered the photos over to preserve them. I would also want to include her handwritten little pieces of paper and probably would mount them beside or below the photo they belong with. |
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kellynn
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Post by kellynn on Sept 5, 2014 14:59:05 GMT
Thank you for the input! I think that I was so focused on not wanting the pressure of scrapping these pages that I overlooked the simplicity of placing photos on plain cardstock with photo corners. Pressure is off! Again, thanks so much!
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Post by peanutterbutter on Sept 5, 2014 20:07:09 GMT
I did exactly this with several family albums, and it was so nice to know that the photos were safer. I had one w/my grandmothers and mothers writing in it, and I used photo corners for those pieces of paper as well.
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Post by myboysnme on Sept 5, 2014 21:34:08 GMT
Show me a photo of the scrapbook and I will give you my best photo preservation advice. You may be able to cover the photos and spray the paper with archival mist and leave it intact. You may not ever scrap them and they may be able to be preserved in the album. Show me a pic if you can!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2014 12:14:40 GMT
Honestly, I'd leave them intact unless you can see the background has started to crumble. Old paper isn't necessarily full of acid. Lots of paper has been made with cotton as the basis instead of wood pulp. It is the super cheap wood pulp paper that is an issue (think construction paper or newpaper) I've got a forty year old album with notes on standard school notebook paper that is as white and supple as if the paper is from a new package.
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Post by Prenticekid on Sept 7, 2014 23:56:20 GMT
Honestly, I'd leave them intact unless you can see the background has started to crumble. Old paper isn't necessarily full of acid. Lots of paper has been made with cotton as the basis instead of wood pulp. It is the super cheap wood pulp paper that is an issue (think construction paper or newpaper) I've got a forty year old album with notes on standard school notebook paper that is as white and supple as if the paper is from a new package. This. I own old albums and I have not altered them because they are in good condition. The photos are quite often in better condition than photos only a few years old. You don't say what the material is or how the photos are attached. You call them heritage, so you may have quality albums that were made before corporations cheaped out products or scrapbook companies wanted to terrify people into using their products! Often in the past, photos were not only already in quality albums, but they also were attached using photo corners - i.e., the photos themselves aren't in any particular danger. Sometimes, it is not the album products, it is the photo process that was used. Therefore, if you see some changes to the photos, that is even more reason to take the time to individually scan the photos and not just change out the albums. Really look into what you have before you start taking it apart. People trying to "save" something often end up speeding up the demise of what they are trying to save. With all that said, I have recreated old fashioned albums by just putting photos on black cardstock with photo corners. |
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kellynn
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Post by kellynn on Sept 11, 2014 13:57:54 GMT
These pictures are old as in 50-60 years old and the albums themselves are falling apart. The paper feels like construction paper, is torn and falling apart as well. The photos have been glued down, some are yellowing, and the notes that she glued down as well have turned colors as well. My mother-in-law scrapbooked these photos, even cutting up several of them in shapes. My father-in-law's hobby was photography so some of these photos are really good. Unfortunately I have no idea what happened to the negatives of these images. I did find one negative strip with 3 images, so I am going to get those reprinted.
I like the idea of black cardstock and photo corners, especially since the paper that she originally used was black. I think that I will take pictures of each photo before attempting to remove them. Hopefully I will be able to get them off the paper intact and then I will scan them. At this moment I am not able to post a picture of the album, but I will try later on! Thanks again for the advice. It really has been helpful!
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