Genealogist and photo identification/preservation expert reveals information you can learn from family photographs about a person's fashion sense and character. Taylor writes for those interested in using "this handy guide to study the tresses and trims in your ancestral portraits and learn when different hairstyles and facial hair were in vogue." Her analysis of sample photographs from each decade illustrates how people can use "clues of clothing and hairstyles ... [to] discover when those pictures were taken, how old the subjects were at the time, and how wealthy they were." Includes "fast facts" and "fun facts" about hair styles through the 19th century.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 234-242) and index.
Contents
Introduction: Preserving Our Past for the Future -- Stories Worth Saving -- Retaining the Original Order -- Photo Identification Techniques -- Adding to Your Collection -- A Family Collection Through the Generations -- Sentimental vs. Market Value -- Checklist: Getting Ready -- The Preservation Facts -- Damage to Photographs -- Should You Clean Your Pictures? -- Storage Considerations -- Take Care of Your New Images -- Mailing Photographs -- Choosing a Storage Facility -- Copying Methods -- Scanning the Images -- Printing Digital Images -- Digital Information Online -- Know the Law Before You Copy -- Checklist: The Preservation Facts -- Cased Images: Daguerreotypes, Ambrotypes, and Tintypes -- Daguerreotypes -- Handling Suggestions -- Ambrotypes -- Tintypes -- Telling Them Apart -- Cases -- Frequently Asked Question -- Checklist: Cased Images -- Photographic Prints and Negatives -- The Nineteenth Century -- Identifying the Process -- Card Photographs -- Candid Photographic Prints -- Paper Supports -- Surface Treatments -- Resin-Coated (RC) Papers -- Photographic Albums -- Negatives -- Film-Based Negatives -- Checklist: Photographic Prints and Negatives -- Color -- Deterioration -- Instant Color -- General Suggestions for Color Prints and Negatives -- Film and Glass Slides -- Movie Film -- Hiring a Professional Photographer -- Frequently Asked Questions -- Checklist: Color -- The Digital Age: The New Family Album -- Digital Photography History -- Computer Files -- Photo CDs -- Online Photo Community -- Photo Suppliers -- Preservation Issues -- Family Pages and Extended Family Sites -- Designing a Family Home Page -- Privacy Issues in the New Family Album -- Frequently Asked Questions -- Checklist: The Digital Age -- Professional Help: Conservation and Restoration -- Why You Need a Professional -- What Can a Conservator Accomplish? -- Disaster Preparedness -- Water Damage -- What to Save in Case of Disaster -- Restoration -- Airbrush Restoration -- Digital Restorations -- Paper Print -- Becoming a Professional -- Checklist: Professional Help -- Ways of Organizing (Keep It Simple) -- Ways to Organize -- Finding the Time -- To-Do List -- Indexing Systems -- Sample Inventory of the Smith Family Collection -- Photo Software and Databases -- Organizing Slides -- Museum Registration Methods -- Chronological Methods -- Hiring a Professional Organizer -- Becoming a Photo Curator -- Special Consideration: Organizing Before You Donate -- Checklist: Organizing -- Safe Scrapbooking -- Albums -- Rubber Stamping -- Sheet Protectors -- Stickers -- Family Memorabilia -- Lamination vs. Encapsulation -- Artifacts -- Creating the Scrapbook -- Digital Scrapbooks -- Consult the Experts -- Supplies for a Safe Scrapbook -- Rules for Safe Scrapbooking -- Checklist: Safe Scrapbooking -- Three Family Collections -- The Taylor Family Collection -- The Betlock/Virnig Collection -- The Emison Family Collection -- Having Fun With Your Family Photographs -- Using Your Photographs in a Family History -- Displaying Family Photographs -- Family Reunion Activities -- Creating a Better Family Photo Collection -- Checklist: Having Fun With Your Family Photographs -- Conservators -- Magazines -- Societies and Organizations -- Copying and Restoration Services -- Archival Storage Facilities -- Cellulose Nitrate Storage -- Conference Lectures--Repeat Performance -- Web Sites of Interest -- Professional Study Programs -- Accredited Degree Programs in Library Science -- Degree Programs in Archival Training -- Digital Photography and Restoration.
Our families -- Family stories and keepsakes -- Getting started -- What does that mean? -- Where to find help -- Helpful technology -- A land of many cultures -- Wartime America -- A personal story -- Final thoughts.
Summary
Discusses genealogy, the study of one's family, examining how such an interest develops, how to get started, how to use family stories and keepsakes, where to get help, and the positive effects of such study.
