Caring for Cultural Material 1
Caring for Cultural Material 2
Damage and Decay
Managing Collections
Managing People
Handling, Transportation, Storage and Display
Glossary
Index
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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
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Self-evaluation quiz
Answers to self-evaluation quiz

 

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Baldwin, Gordon 1991, Looking at Photographs: A Guide to Technical Terms, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, California.

Buckland, Gail 1980, Fox Talbot and the Invention of Photography, University of Queensland Press, St Lucia.

Cato, Jack 1985, Conservation of Photographs, Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, New York.

Colligan, Mimi 1991, In Focus—150 Years of Australian Photography, Griffen Press, generated by Australia Post Philatelic Group, Adelaide.

Coote, Jack H. 1993, The Illustrated History of Colour Photography, Fountain Press, Surrey, England.

Crawford, William 1979, The Keepers of Light, Morgan & Morgan, Dobbs Ferry, USA.

Daniels, Patrick 1978, Early Photography, Academy Editions, London.

Davies, Alan & Stanbury, Peter 1985, The Mechanical Eye in AustraliaPhotography 1841–1900, Oxford University Press, London.

Eastman Kodak Company 1985, Storage & Preservation of Microfilms, Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, USA.

Eaton, George 1957, Photographic Chemistry, Morgan & Morgan, Dobbs Ferry, New York.

Eder, Joseph Maria 1978, History of Photography, Dover Publications, New York.

Ehrlich, Richard 1984, Dictionary of Photography, Longman Group Ltd, Harlow, Essex.

Focal Press, 1974, Colour Prints: The Photographic Technique of the Colour Positive, Focal Press, London.

Focal Press 1993, Making Kallitypes—A Definitive Guide, Focal Press, Butterworth-Heinemann, Boston.

Focal Press 1983, Storing, Handling and Preserving Polaroid Photographs: A Guide, Focal Press, Publication Department of Polaroid Corporation, Boston.

Freeman, Michael 1985, Instant Film Photography—A Creative Handbook, MacDonald & Co., London.

Frost, Lenore 1992, Dating Family Photographs 1850–1920, Lenore Frost, 8 Cliff Street, Essendon, Victoria.

Gernsheim, Helmut 1982, The Origins of Photography, Thames & Hudson Ltd, London.

Gilbert, George 1980, Photography: The Early Years—A Historic Guide for Collectors, Harper & Row, New York.

Hawkins, G.L., 1933, Pigment Printing—The Bromoil Process from the Negative to the Transfer, Henry Greenwood & Co. Ltd, London.

Institute of Australian Photographers 1979, The Story of the Camera in Australia, Institute of Australian Photographers, Melbourne.

Jeffrey, Ian 1981, Photography—A Concise History, Thames and Hudson, London.

Keefe, Laurence E. & Inch, Dennis 1990, The Life of a Photograph, Butterworth Publishers, Stoneham, M.A.

Kraszna-Krausz, A., ed. 1965, The Focal Encyclopedia of Photography, Focal Press Ltd, London.

Martin, Elizabeth & Ride, Peter, 1988, Collecting and Preserving Old Photographs, William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd, London.

McDonald, John & Cole, Melba Smith 1981, How to Make Old Time Photos, Tab Books Inc., U.S.A.

Miller, Russell 1974, Click, Marshall Cavendish, London.

Permutt, Cyril 1986, Collecting Photographic Antiques, Patrick Stephens Ltd, Wellingborough.

Reilly, James M. 1986, Care and Identification of 19th Century Photographic Prints, Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, New York.

Rempel, Siegfried 1987, The Care of Photographs, Lyons and Burford Publishers Inc, New York.

Richter, Stefan 1989, The Art of the Daguerreotype, Penguin, London.

Ruby, Jay 1995, Secure the Shadow—Death and Photography in America, the MIT Press, London, Massachusetts, USA.

Stroebel, Leslie D. & Zakia, Richard D., eds. 1993, The Focal Encyclopedia of Photography, 3rd ed., Butterworth-Heineman, Boston.

The Editors of Time-Life Books 1973, Caring for Photographs, the editors of Time-Life Books Inc, U.S.A.

Victoria and Albert Museum 1983, A Guide to Early Photographic Processes, Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

Wall, E.J. 1902, Carbon Printing, Hazel, Watson & Viney Ltd., London.

Wilhelm, Henry 1993, The Permanence and Care of Colour Photographs: Traditional And Digital Colour Prints, Colour Negatives, Slides and Motion Pictures, Preservation Publishing Company, Grinnell, Iowa.

Willis, Anne-Marie. 1988, Picturing Australia—A History of Photography, Angus & Robertson, London.

 

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