A trip back in time.

I spent a few hours this evening pulling photos out of an old family album.
The binding was dry and cracked, the paper brittle and the photos were held in place by yellowing cellophane tape.

Who's idea was the cellophane tape? Why couldn't they have used those little black tabs?

I carefully removed the photos, trimmed the cellophane tape back to the edges, then wiped each with a dry clean cloth.
I then placed the cleaned up pictures into a new album with acid-free paper.

I'm not sure if this is the last stop. Scanning and restoration of each photo would be a huge project.

And, yes, that's me...


.