PHOTO EXPERTS:Need some help with photo condition issues

[Deertick]

Originally Posted by novakjr

Awesome photos. I can't help but think that dude is getting punched in the nuts...

LOL, that particular photo hung on my bedroom wall from age 13-27. Pins, staples, tape....whatever I could use to make it adhere to knothole pine walls.

[Lordstan]

If you're interested in framing, I would consider using a rigid holder as Rhys suggested and then framing it, holder and all. The rigid holder combined with the front and back of the matting will help to flatten it at the same time as you're displaying it.
Mark

[prewarsports]

Any moisture & pressure is going to make the curling better but the creases worse so I would just put them in a rigid holder and let the laws of physics science and pressure do what they can. Over time they will flatten a bit but in the holder they will look the same as if you had messed with them at all.

[vintagesportflips]

Great photos.
I have had a photo restored by the means that Rhys described. They humidified and pressed the photo, but the photo was pretty expensive, and the restoration wasn't cheap either. I can check my receipts to see what I paid, but mine was a panoramic so might not be equivalent anyway.
By the way, the last photo you posted I don't believe is a college football.
I am pretty certain its the Eagles versus the Steelers, with Steve Van Buren carrying the ball. Great photo.

[Deertick]

Originally Posted by kjjavic

Great photos.
I have had a photo restored by the means that Rhys described. They humidified and pressed the photo, but the photo was pretty expensive, and the restoration wasn't cheap either. I can check my receipts to see what I paid, but mine was a panoramic so might not be equivalent anyway.
By the way, the last photo you posted I don't believe is a college football.
I am pretty certain its the Eagles versus the Steelers, with Steve Van Buren carrying the ball. Great photo.

I will try Rhys suggestion. I just hope I have the patience.

And thanks for pointing me toward the Eagles. I was having a hard time with the helmets and the size of the numbering for Penn. But that info is hard to come by. I just need to step back sometimes and refocus!

11/18/45 Eagles 30 Steelers 6. Van Buren (15) Wistert (70) Ferrante (83). Can't get any Steeler jersey numbers yet.

[steve B]

Don't steam them in the toploader. The emulsion will soften and stick to the toploader. Like a framed photo with water damage.

Flattening with humidity is possible obviously, but it's not as easy as it sounds.

Steve B