Tag: 1940s

• Identifying a Family Photograph

  August 26, 2020

  History, Libraries and Archives

  1940s, aging, deterioration, family history, family photographs, gelatin silver prints, History, history of photography, photo identification, photography

  One of my classes this semester is a photography preservation class. Part of doing archival work around photographs involves identifying different photography processes. There are many ways of making a photograph, even from the earliest days of photography in 1839. Some photographs are one of a kind objects, other photography techniques involve creating a photo…