Oldest Photo Collection, a photo by midgefrazel on Flickr.
That's a Lot of Photos?
Yesterday, I took out all of the oldest family photos. I have all but three (not shown) in archival envelopes. The envelopes I buy have a seal, so you pop in the photo, turn over the bag and rip off the strip in the back, fold over the top and it is sealed. The seal is NOT permanent. This I love about them. I can take the photo out and rescan if needed at any time. But, they are so clear that I can examine them right through the bag.
I just looked at this photo and I think I am missing a few photos. Back to searching my office again. This is WORK.
After scanning, I stick an orange dot on the front of the bag to show me that I have scanned that photo. Some I have scanned to .tiff and some I have not. This is why I need a list.
I just remembered purchasing a package of acid-free, lignin-free, archival paper. (25 sheets) that says it will go through the printer. I think I will use this in my project. However, I understand that printer ink and laser toner are NOT archival quality.
I guess I am going to have to handwrite (with my Zig Photo Signature pen) anything I want to include in the envelopes.
I will talk about pens later. Who taught me this? Maureen Taylor, The Photo Detective, of course.
4 comments:
Can you post a link or tell us which brands of bags you use? Love the idea of sealing, but not permanently. I really need to get on my photo collection - it's huge - as in 7-8 large boxes. They all need to be cared for. Would appreciate learning where you get these bags.
Thanks much! ~Jen
When my grandmother died at the end of 2011, I inherited her photos and books. I thought for the most part, these were reprints. However, I found a cache of negatives that I could tell were some of the old family pictures. Now I just have to find the time to go through and scan them with my scanner. They are in a dark box. I love old family photos.
Looks like you are making progress. I like to add tags and metadata to the image files. It makes it easy to find them later and then the info travels with the photos when I share them.
I posted the "bag" info to Jen's Facebook page. I am still looking for larger quantities to purchase.
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