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I need advice for labeling cowhides. What I'm finding in resources on labeling leather is to use a tag put through a preexisting hole or an appendage, or sew on a label using preexisting holes. These don't have preexisting holes; and no place to tie on a label. ------------------------------ Carolyn ...

We've had pretty good luck with DisplayFakeFoods.com. Except the eggs. The shells all have seams. The issue I've had with fake foods is what do we do with them once the exhibit is over? We have fake ham, fake Christmas cookies, fake lumpia, fake salami, and more sitting in a closet because it's perfectly ...

An outfit we had planned to display turns out to be more delicate than we had thought, with some tears already along seam lines. What's the best way to support the fabric for exhibit? Baste to muslin, maybe? ------------------------------ Carolyn Schimandle Parks Program Coordinator San Jose United ...

Because of a rodent infestation (don't ask, it was a bad personnel situation), I had to wash some historic items. One was a piece of beautiful drawn thread work. It had been starched and ironed within an inch of its life by the family whose historic house we are converting to a house museum. ...

Can someone give me a source to use when making my case that this shouldn't happen? Someone at my organization wants to power or pressure wash a 100-year-old historical tractor as part of preparing it for display later this year. While it really needs cleaning, I think I know that power-washing ...