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A RAINY DAY PROJECT
Restoring your old photos
– By Robert Stephens
Remember back in the 50’s or 60’s when Dad pulled out his film plates which have never been seen. We also have trays
camera and took a snapshot of you, your siblings and Mom?
It wound up as part of the family album and in some cases,
framed and displayed on a living room table. When visiting
Grandparents or elderly Aunts and Uncles, they would often
pull out old albums that showed photos of themselves from
their younger days.
Sometimes, Grandpa would open an old leather binder
and show you faded photos of his Grandparents or Great
Grandparents that were taken in a time era you couldn’t even
imagine as a young child. Those old leather binder pictures,
many taken over a century ago, may have shown your ancestors
arriving in Canada after deciding to come here and build a
new life for themselves, starting a new family or a business.
Today, these faded and all-but-forgotten pictures are sinking
into history and are taking their captured memories with them.
These people were all your ancestors
and if it weren’t for them,
you wouldn’t be here today.
Many of our generation – the baby boomers – are taking
an interest in their family history as they want to share and
pass it onto their children and young grandchildren. We have
photos, some of which are over a century old, or negative
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full of 35 mm slides, old 8 and 16 mm film reels your uncle
took with his home movie camera.
Rather than let all these treasured heirloom photos slide into
history, why not have an expert restore the faded and cracked
photos, transfer your 35 mm slides and convert them into
photos, or put the old film reels onto modern media for you?
With modern computer technology,
restoration and rescue of old photos
has become affordable, and the restored
photos can often look as good as the
day they were taken.
The finished and restored photos can be printed and framed
if desired, archived on disc in a virtual album format or put
into a self playing musical slide show for enjoyable viewing.
Let’s have a look at what we can achieve for you starting from
a “Rainy Day” photo browsing session...
On the opposite page, the old wedding day photo of a young
couple (A) was taken in 1916 just before the husband was sent
overseas to serve in the Canadian Army. It darkened and faded
over the course of time and at one point, water leaked into
the frame and soaked the picture. As a result, mildew formed
on the photo’s surface and is visible as numerous white spots.
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