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We provide conservation treatment and consulting services to museums, galleries, collectors, historical societies, libraries, and individuals. Our services range from the treatment of individual fine art prints, to the care of large print and negative collections.
We also offer a range of educational opportunities and products, including workshops, both online and in-person, historic photographic sample sets, and XRF analysis and rentals.
New & Upcoming
"American Civil War Revenue Stamps on Photographs" Added to Library!
We are excited to share a working draft of research by former Conservation Technician Marci Jefcoat titled "American Civil War Revenue Stamps on Photographs"! Visit our Library to download this resource!
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New Process ID Chart for Digital Prints
We're very excited to announce the latest installment in our series of Process ID Charts! The Digital Prints Process ID Chart is now available for free download on our Process ID Resources page.
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Spring 2024 Care and ID of Photographs IN-PERSON Course begins April 9 in Austin, TX
Registration is now open for the Spring 2024 Care and Identification of Photographs in-person course in Austin, TX. 4 days, includes lectures, hands-on demonstrations, group ID sessions, a full-color notebook, the rare opportunity to see a total solar eclipse, and more...
This gelatin-silver printing-out-paper, taken by Eugène Atget on April 17, 1912, captures a crowd viewing a solar eclipse in Place de la Bastille in Paris.
What: Care and Identification of Photographs, IN-PERSON ECLIPSE
When: April 9-12, 2024
Where: Austin, TX (Harry Ransom Center)
Who: Archivists, curators, collectors and complete beginners!
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Spring 2022 Care and ID of Photographs Online Course begins May 2
Registration is now open for the first of two 2022 Care and Identifications of Photographs online courses. 7 weeks, includes recorded lectures, weekly chats, a sample set of photographs, a full-color notebook, and more...
What: Care and Identification of Photographs, ONLINE
When: May 2 - June 19, 2022
Where: Online
Who: archivists, curators, collections managers, collectors and YOU! No experience necessary!
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Spring 2021 Care and ID of Photographs Online Course begins February 15
Registration is now open for the first of three 2021 Care and Identifications of Photographs online courses. 7 weeks, includes recorded lectures, weekly chats, a sample set of photographs, a full-color notebook, and more...
What: Care and Identification of Photographs, ONLINE
When: February 15 - April 4, 2021
Where: Online
Who: archivists, curators, collections managers, collectors and YOU! No experience necessary!
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Carleton E. Watkins
Nevada Fall, 700 Ft, Yosemite Valley, CA
Mammoth Albumen Print
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Ektacolor Paper Backprint Chronology
This backprint chronology of Kodak color prints from 1942 to the present is part of a larger on-going research project into the understanding and technical analysis of chromogenic color photography. We are making this portion available now, as it can be very useful on its own for the dating of color prints. Visit the library to download.