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Category Archives: Archival Digitization
Preserving a Heritage of Courage
“There can be no higher hope than that this heritage of courage, daring, initiative and enterprise will be conserved and intensified.” Franklin D. Roosevelt These words, in a letter from President Franklin D. Roosevelt, were broadcast around the world on … Continue reading
Remember the Maine
Every image we work with is compelling in its own way but recently we received a box of 30 nitrate negatives for preservation that had appreciable historical significance. So badly curled, brittle, and stuck together were the almost 120-year-old negatives … Continue reading
CAW Digitization of Norman Rockwell Photos
The Chicago Albumen Works has worked with the Norman Rockwell Museum on a variety of digitization projects including the documentation of Rockwell’s magazine cover illustrations and his advertising work. Our most recent project with the museum was the digitization of over 20,000 photographs as part of the … Continue reading
Before and After: 35mm Acetate Film Stripping
As we have posted previously, we have had some success treating deteriorating 35mm negatives by stripping the gelatin image layer from its acetate base. These are scans of the stripping project and experiments that we have been carrying out over the … Continue reading
Posted in 35mm Duplication, Acetate Deterioration, Acetate Film Conservation, Acetate Film Restoration, Archival Digitization, Digital Restoration, Negative Scanning
Tagged Acetate Negatives, acetate stripping, Conservation of acetate negatives, Conservation of cellulose acetate photographic negatives, emulsion stripping acetate film, emulsion stripping acetate negatives, Negative Deterioration, Preservation of acetate negatives, Preservation of cellulose acetate photographic negatives, Restoration of acetate negatives, Restoration of cellulose acetate photographic negatives, Vinegar Syndrome
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Digitizing a Lincoln Ambrotype
In a recent collaboration with The Better Image, CAW created an in-depth, hi-resolution digital record of the ambrotype, Portrait of Abraham Lincoln, May 7, 1858, by Abraham Byers for the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The portrait, taken by eighteen-year-old Byers, was … Continue reading
Posted in Archival Digitization, Collection Services, Digital Imaging, Fine Art Reproduction
Tagged 19th century photographs, Abraham Byers, Abraham Lincoln Ambrotype, Abraham Lincoln Portrait, Ambrotype Conservation, Ambrotype Digitization, Archival Digitization, Digitizing cased images, photographing cased images
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Digitizing Glass Plates for New York City Municipal Archives
Over time the history of an institution is often captured through photographs of the people and events that helped shape it over the years. Digital technologies have made it easier to share these images and the stories they tell, … Continue reading
Posted in Archival Digitization, Collection Services, Digital Imaging, Negative Scanning
Tagged Archival Digitization, Chiicago Albumen Works, glass plate digitization, glass plate negatives, Manhattan Bridge, Negative Scanning, New York City, New York City Archives, New York City bridges, preservation of glass plate negatives, scanning glass plate negatives
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Digitization for Private Collections
A recent Barron’s blog post featured quotes from Chicago Albumen Works’ Director Doug Munson. “Families that have approached us for digitization had private collections that have been passed down from the 19th and 20th century, and now there are three … Continue reading
Negative Deterioration Part Two: Cellulose Acetate Negative Conservation
Vinegar syndrome, or the process of cellulose acetate deterioration, is an unavoidable issue for any collection of acetate negatives, either presently or in future decades. Before deterioration occurs or early in the deterioration process, preventative measures can be taken to … Continue reading
Posted in Acetate Deterioration, Acetate Film Conservation, Acetate Film Restoration, Archival Digitization, Archival Film Output, Collection Services, Negative Scanning, Uncategorized
Tagged Acetate Negatives, acetate stripping, Archival Digitization, Black and white LVT negatives, Conservation of acetate negatives, Conservation of cellulose acetate photographic negatives, emulsion stripping acetate film, emulsion stripping acetate negatives, Negative Deterioration, Preservation of acetate negatives, Preservation of cellulose acetate photographic negatives, Recovery of acetate negatives, Restoration of cellulose acetate photographic negatives, Vinegar Syndrome
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Edwin Hale Lincoln Exhibition
We have been delighted to be involved in the digitization and printing of images made by Berkshire photographer Edwin Hale Lincoln, to be exhibited at the Berkshire Historical Society at Herman Melville’s Arrowhead. Lincoln moved to the Berkshires in 1893 … Continue reading
Posted in Digital Negatives, Digital Printing, Negative Scanning, Platinum Printing
Tagged Berkshire photography exhibitions, Black and white LVT negatives, Digital negatives for alternative process printing, Digital negatives for traditional printing, Digitizing glass negatives, Edwin Hale Lincoln, exhibition printing, Fine Art Reproduction, Pittsfield, platinum printing from glass negatives, Printing from glass negatives
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