Cabinet Card Storage

[wake.up.the.echoes]

Sweet! Thanks for posting. Those display well. If I end up wanting to display them, that is the way I might want to go. But, for now, as I lack the display space, I was looking for strictly storage options. As an aside, when I checked out the link to your site, I instantly craved a finished basement to display my stuff. Nice site.

Alan

[sphere and ash]

Alan,

I highly recommend Talas (talasonline.com). You can purchase mylar presentation sleeves, pre-cut museum board backing and a storage box from them. Gaylord offers similar archival products, but I have been less pleased with their customer service. Cabinet photographs, like all photographs containing silver, are best stored away from light, humidity and wood to prevent the silver particles from oxidizing. If displayed, the photographs should be behind UV glass.

[wake.up.the.echoes]

Thanks for the info.

[drc]

Cabinet cards are usually dried out due to age, so they are much less likely to stick to plastic or whatever than modern photos or baseball cards. You know, how a family snapshot might stick to the plastic in an album-- probably won't happen with cabinet cards. Thus, it's easier to store them.

[wake.up.the.echoes]

To clear up how I have my cabinets stored right now, I have them in 5 x 7 acid free "Penny" sleeves from the2buds, then slid into a 6 x 9 top loader. is that sufficient, or would you recommend mylar sleeves, or some other method?

Alan

[Tsaiko]

Originally Posted by 19bowman48

To clear up how I have my cabinets stored right now, I have them in 5 x 7 acid free "Penny" sleeves from the2buds, then slid into a 6 x 9 top loader. is that sufficient, or would you recommend mylar sleeves, or some other method?

Alan

I've been looking into this type of storage too, for my T3's, but the closest size I could find was 8x10 and my safety box is only 10" wide, which I think might be too tight a fit- the T's are 5 3/4"x 8".
I must have missed the 6x9 top loaders, could you point me to where I can get some? They should work for me unless there's a problem I'm unaware of.
Thanks,

[wake.up.the.echoes]

http://www.the2buds.com/surs6x9.htm

I believe that I bought mine here.

There are also penny sleeves that are supposed to fit inside the 6 x 9 toploaders, but they don't fit. They are about 1mm too wide for the 6 x 9 holder. this is why I use a 5 x 7 penny sleeve inside the 6 x 9 toploader I linked to above.

Alan