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Caring for Cultural Material 1

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Photographs
In this chapter:
–	Objectives
–	Introduction
–	Types of photographs
–	What are the most common types of damage
–	Common causes of damage
–	The do's and don'ts of handling photographs
–	The do's and don'ts of repair and labelling
–	Storing photographs
–	Practical steps you can take to improve your photographic storage
–	Easy do-it-yourself methods for storing photographs
–	Displaying photographs
	Summary of conditions for storage and display
–	Photographs in Australia's climactic zones
–	Some miscellaneous advice
	MORE ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHS
–	A brief overview of photographic deterioration mechanisms
–	A brief overview of the chemistry of photography
–	Layer structures for various photographs
–	A brief history of the development of photography
–	Identification of historic photographs
–	For further reading
–	Self-evaluation quiz
–	Answers to self-evaluation quiz

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Summary of conditions for storage and display
.	Storage	Display
Temperature	18ºC ± 4ºC	21ºC ± 4ºC
Relative Humidity	30–50% RH	30–50%RH
Brightness of the Light	Dark storage preferred	Less than 250 lux.
UV Content of Light	Nil	Less than 30 µW/lm and no greater than 75 µW/lm.