Caring for Your Family Treasures... | Buy

Tapping into the appeal of the Antiques Roadshow, this book is a guide to identifying and caring for irreplaceable family treasures such as photo albums, home-movie collections, holiday ornaments, wedding dresses, favorite candlesticks, or even Uncle Bob's vintage model-train set.

Foreword

7

(10)

Getting Started

10

(12)

Family Treasures: Links to the Past

11

(3)

An Ounce of Prevention Is Worth a Pound of Cure

14

(8)

Agents of Deterioration

14

(6)

Principles of Safekeeping

20

(2)

Guardians of Family Memory

22

(44)

Books

23

(7)

Family Treasures on Paper

30

(8)

A Note about Art on Paper

35

(3)

Scrapbooks and Albums

38

(8)

Tips on Making a New Scrapbook or Album

43

(1)

Genealogy and Family Treasures

44

(2)

Photographic Prints and Transparencies

46

(7)

Care of Daguerreotypes, Tintypes, or Ambrotypes

51

(2)

Home Movies: Film and Videotape

53

(8)

Tips on Making New Memories

55

(1)

LPs, CDs, and Related Media

56

(1)

Motion-Picture Film

56

(2)

Digital Information

58

(3)

Matting and Framing Your Treasures

61

(5)

Tangible Legacies

66

(40)

Paintings

67

(6)

Fabrics

73

(6)

Preserving a New Wedding Dress

78

(1)

Furniture

79

(5)

Clocks and Watches

84

(5)

Ceramics and Glass

89

(7)

Family Holidays---Family Treasures

90

(6)

Silver, Other Decorative Metals, and Jewelry

96

(10)

Where to Find Silver-Care Materials

100

(6)

Special Collections

106

(26)

Musical Instruments

107

(7)

Treasures of Nature

114

(6)

Military Mementors

120

(5)

Little Friends: Dolls, Teddy Bears, and Toy Soldiers

125

(7)

Games

130

(2)

Further Guidance

132

(20)

Security and Insurance

133

(5)

Ten Tips for the Care of Flood-Damaged Family Heirlooms

134

(4)

Finding Professional Help

138

(3)

Finding Materials and Tools for Cleaning, Display, and Storage

141

(2)

Books to Help You

143

(2)

Other Resources to Help You

145

(1)

Glossary

146

(6)

Acknowledgments

152

(1)

About the Advisers

153

(3)

About Heritage Preservation

156

(1)

Index

157

(5)

Photograph and Illustration Credits

162

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