Any ideas on what to do to preserve scrapbooks and still look at them?

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Use of backing board allows for a wide range of options.

I have a few items that are crumbly. I bought plastic sleeves of different sizes, bought acid free comic book backing, and placed them within the sleeve. I custom cut the backing boards to fit the plastic sleeves. Then, using double sided tape, I tape the plastic sleeve onto a new scrapbook page that I bought at Joanns / Hobby Lobby / etc. It works great, extends the life of fragile paper products, and you still have the items in scrapbook form.

The only problem is that the new scrapbooks get full quickly. But it's worth it to me.

So the first item is a Reds scored program, assembled with other scrapbook materials.

I did the same thing for my Tris Speaker Sporting News Supplement. A board member sold it to me when he upgraded his example. After putting it with the backing board in the plastic sleeve, I put it in a magazine size hard plastic protector. Now I can display it in my cabinet.