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Negatives Part 2: Film
FILM (HANDLE WITH CAUTION)According to James Reilly, in the IPI Storage Guide for Acetate Film (Rochester, NY:IPI, 1993), all film-based negative deterioration is dependent on exposure to high humidity...
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Negatives Part 3: Safety Film
Cellulose acetate film and nitrate film share some patterns of deterioration, such as brittle quality, bubbles, chemical by-products and an odor. Unlike nitrate, safety film is not a fire hazard. There...
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The Field Museum: Chocolate Exhibit
From rainforest treasure to luscious treat—immerse yourself in the story of chocolate. A gift for the gods. A symbol of wealth and luxury. An economic livelihood. Bonbons. Hot fudge. Candy bars. For...
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Color Photographs - History and Background
Walk into any home and you’ll see color photographs on display, either standing in frames or hanging on walls. The photos depict graduations, family vacations and other events of significance to the...
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Vintage vibe: Gallery shows 'dags' from artist on the rise
Photograph:"Winter Flood" a 4.5 minute time exposure during a recent flood in the Squamscott River in Exeter, by Casey Waters. Courtesy of the artistAt Iocovozzi Fine Art, everything old really is new...
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Back to Blogging
Time flies. One thing led to another and before I knew it a year passed without a new blog post. I've been having trouble with my WordPress website and the blog associated with it. I've decided to...
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Ambrotype Case
The rich history of photography means that I see all types of photographs. Your family collection is similar to your next door neighbor's but is also very different. Here's an example. Today a client...
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Weekend at the Museum: Escape to Paris
The Metropolitan Museum in New York City has done it again. Two great photo exhibits in one place. Charles Marville's nineteenth century photographs of Paris and an overview of the history of...
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The Genealogy Circle
Today's New York Times article by A.J. Jacobs, "Are You My Cousin" is thought provoking. It's an opinion piece on the Wikipedia-ization of genealogy. The trend in genealogy is collaboration. The...
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Restoring Treasures to Family
Just as the movie The Monuments Men is about to open there is a great story on one reporter's efforts to reconnect Jewish families and other with fine art taken from relatives during World War II....
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President John Tyler's Grandsons are Alive!
President John Tyler Snopes is one of the first place we go to verify an online rumor. Susan Louer sent me a link to a claim that President John Tyler's grandsons are still alive. Tyler was...
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On the Auction Block: Revolutionary War papers for sale
In this occasional column, I'll post information on items in auction catalogs of interest to genealogists. Lot 349 on the site Live Auctioneers.com. They are selling a group of 10 Revolutionary War...
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Turn Your iPhone into a Stereopticon Viewer
I'll confess. I own an Android phone and while most days I'm happy with it, there are moments when I really wish I owned an iPhone. Here's just one more reason. Now you can make it a 3-D viewer. In...
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Daguerreotype Dangers
In 1842, the French playwright and author Honore de Balzac posed for a daguerreotype. The realistic nature of this reflective image led him to declare that he'd never pose for another. He thought it...
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Happy Valentine's Day
At a recent photo show I spotted this lovely stereograph and bought it for my collection. These types of images are double pictures taken with a binocular camera that captured two slightly different...
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Weekend at the Museum : Vintage Fashion
Bill Cunningham: FaçadesMarch 14, 2014 - June 15, 2014This latest press release from the New York Historical Society profiles a show I'd love to see. "In 1968, photographer Bill Cunningham embarked on...
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Weekend at the Museum: Historic Threads: Three Centuries of Clothing
In honor of the National Genealogical Society Conference in Richmond, Virginia in May I've selected an exhibit on the Colonial Williamsburg site. This online exhibit lets viewers take a visual stroll...
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Weekend at the Museum: Maine in the Civil War
The Maine Memory Network is a collaborative venture between the Maine Historical Society and other smaller historical societies in the state. I don't have Maine ancestry, yet I've subscribed to their...
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Wednesday Weddings
Keeping up with email, blog posts and social media is a full time job. That's why I LOVE blogging prompts. Let me introduce you to Wednesday Weddings. I own several hundred wedding images and can't...
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Weekend at the Museum: Silver in the Family
Not just photographs tell us things about our ancestors and their lives. Their artifacts tell stories as well. Anyone living in the Palm Beach Florida area still has time to visit a lovely exhibit at...
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