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Photos mounted on (glued to) any kind of surface

 

 

 

Photos mounted on (glued to) any kind of surface

No matter what surface your image is on, as long as we can scan it we can restored a scanned copy of it.  We have received photos attached to wood, embedded in glass (like a paper weight), tin, large lapel pin buttons and now china.  See some of these samples in the Colorizing section.

This image original travels to all conventions.  Donated by Emily to PMP 

 

 

 

 

This sweet photo was mounted on what seemed to be china, it was dropped and shattered. The silver lining to this story is, now that the pieces were restored the color was also restored and could be shared with every one in the family.

 

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These tiny photos taken in Photo Booths can be enlarge too, just as long as they are in focus.

 

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Submitted by Marjorie, Woodland Hills California

This photograph was faded and stuck to the black scrap page.

Before you decide there is nothing that can be done to fix a photo, let us see it!
 

This photograph had to be picked up from the scanner with a paper.  It was as brittle as corn flakes!

Water Damage

Water damaged photos usually get stuck to the glass, do not try to remove it, bring it to us as is.

Circa 1950.   Removed warped edge on top and removed fade.

 
Stuck to Glass

Not only is the glass stuck to her shirt but the whole photo was too dark.  Her eyes are now clear her hair is lighter blonde and her skin is not so red.

The original was exposed to moisture and became stuck to the glass. We scanned it with some glass still attached. Send them in just the way they are with the glass on and we will do the work.
General Grime.

Circa 1864. Clean everything and replace pants.

Circa 1910. Cleaned all soil and added to the background so that it was a standard size.

Circa 1930. Repaired cracks, removed yellowing, sharpened, extended background, cropped, enlarge to an 8x10 and added sepia tone...the works!

 

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At the time you may thought it was a good idea to buy the largest size and now you just rather put it in a scrapbook, so have it restored and reduced.
If you have a photograph that was taken in a tourist attraction shop, chances are the chemicals or inks used are unstable, the paper quality poor and now you seeing signs of deterioration.  If you don't have this problem it is still a good idea to have them scanned and reprinted onto quality paper.

You can't see the damage here that was all over, so the second photo is an enlargement of her arm to show you the instability of the inks used.  It's like oxidizing like rust, not to mention the overall red discoloration of the "so called sepia", yellowed to look old is one thing but orange is ruined.

Tintypes
Circa 1897. The dog chewed this tintype. Restored background and cropped out most of damage.

 

Circa 1897

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Photo Dating

History of Photography and more.

Need a Guest Speaker give us a call...619-397-7600....Our next event will be held by the Genealogy Society of Riverside on 02/17/07....start looking for the photos you want to have scanned " On Site".  Your photos never leave your sight.  Call! 619-397-7600...

Guest Speaking

Our next event is the "Jamboree June 8th, 9th, and 10th" in Burbank California ... The largest Genealogy Convention on the West Coast!  We will be scanning SATURDAY ONLY!

 

 

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