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How do you preserve rolled long photos ? I recently came across some long rolled photos at the Rutland Historical Society and I would like to unroll them, but they are extremely brittle and I would like to know the best method for doing this. I would like to store these photos unrolled and flat if possible. ...

Thank you for the suggestions and advice. Ron

All, I am the collection chair of the Rutland Historical Society and we have many long photos that are rolled up. I would like to unroll these photos, but they are very fragile, I know there is a special chamber that can be made to unroll these photos. Does any one have experience either making one ...

Jorine, Thank you for the response. The photos are in big frames with monting/ backing. As to humidity . It is not checked on a regular basis. There are two stair wells one going to the secound floor and one going to the basement. The one going to the basement is in the center of the building. The one ...

All, The Rutland Historical Society has a number of large framed photos and I know that painted portraits need to be kept at room tempature say 68 degrees fahrenhiet or so. I was wondering if there was any restrictions on large photographs. From a storage stand point, I would like to hang theses up ...