Preserving Your Family Photographs by Maureen A. Taylor

This book provides all the basic information you need to care for your family photograph collection. She outlines in straightforward steps how to add value to your home collection by using the methods that conservators and photo curators use every day.

You'll learn how to:

• Organize your photographs for both family history research and display
• Identify the types of damage to the photos in your collection
• Create a stunning scrapbook using archival quality guidelines
• Properly handle cased images such as daguerreotypes, ambrotypes and tintypes
• Select a conservator to repair damaged photos and protect them from future deterioration
• Select a restoration expert to restore damaged photos using airbrushing, digital manipulation, or photographic enhancements
• Use photo identification techniques to answer the who, what, when, where, and why of a picture
• Evaluate computer programs that offer organizational solutions
• Prepare for the future of photography, including electronic archives and family home pages
• Understand the legal aspects of family photography
• Take advantage of low-cost alternatives to traditional photo preservation techniques

Most chapters end with answers to frequently asked questions. You'll also find special appendixes for sources of family photographs, along with important addresses for conservators, magazines, suppliers, societies, organizations, restoration services, archival storage facilities, Web sites, and more.

Do today what may be too late to do tomorrow. Preserve your family photographs now--and capture memories that will last a lifetime.