Re: Old Albumen Prints

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From: Amy Cutting (amos1979@attbi.com)
Date: 02/26/03-10:02:12 PM Z


There's a place here in Dallas called Photographic Archives. Wonderful
place, they restore and preserve old photos. We had to go in to ask them
about a creased photogravure that had been damaged in the mail from Denmark
(anyone else order from Strange Ross? - beautiful work and really low priced
although I would've paid more for insurance looking back on it). Anyway, the
info for Photographic Archives is:

      PHOTOGRAPHIC ARCHIVES LABORATORY & GALLERY
      5117 W LOVERS LN, DALLAS, TX 75209
      (214) 352-3166

When we went in there to ask them about the gravure they were very helpful
and told us how we could do it ourselves. They were also working on an
amazing old albumen print of a class portrait that had been mounted to some
very, very poor quality backing board and were carefully peeling off, layer
by layer, the backing with a flat spoon looking tool. They have to have a
lot more patience than I do that's for sure! Hope that they can help you out
a bit, Amy

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Barker" <dbarker_ca@yahoo.com>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca>
Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 12:38 PM
Subject: Re: Old Albumen Prints

> Arthur,
>
> I am not an expert on this at all, but I had some
> unmounted albumens by Valentine that were badly curled
> (don't know if this is part of your problem). I took
> them into the bathroom and got things very steamy and
> was able to ease them flat enough to get them into a
> matte. It worked well and, as far as I can tell there
> was no damage. I had trouble finding any consistent
> information on how to deal with this problem.
> Instinctively, I would not touch the surfaces with
> anything wet (with water) since the albumen is very
> hygroscopic. Maybe use PEC? I'm sure others will
> have better knowledge.
>
> David Barker
>
> --- ARTHURWG@aol.com wrote:
> > I have some beautiful old albumen prints that I'd
> > like to mat and frame.
> > They came from an old album and were held at the
> > corners so they show slight
> > creases in those areas, and the rest of the print
> > surfaces are not real flat
> > as well. My question: is it safe to wipe the
> > surface of these prints with a
> > damp rag to clean them a bit and to then flatten
> > them in a hot/warm press?
> > Thanks. Arthur
> >
>
>
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