Old photo albums

[rowan.bradley]

I have a number of photo albums created by my ancestors (mostly my mother). The photos have been mounted using little squares of double sided sticky tape. Over the years most of these have lost their stickyness so when you open a page of the album, or simply carry it around the house, you get a shower of loose photos. This destroys the link between the photo and its caption (which was written on the backing sheets). What is the best way to restore these? Is there a modern version of these sticky corners that will NOT lose their stickyness? Or is the only way to scan them all and create a digital album?

Thank you - Rowan

 

[Gav.]

Hi Rowan, welcome to TP.

Do these links help, they can be found at Amazon etc..

Photo stickers online - HERMA photo sticker

Photo stickers online ✔ HERMA photo sticker for permanent affixing. Practical for photos or other documents and materials, at school, in the office and at home.

www.herma.co.uk

Self adhesive photo corners - Picture corners from HERMA

Self-adhesive photo corners for albums with transparent corners. The photos can be removed or inserted as often as needed. Picture corners from HERMA.

www.herma.co.uk

 

[rowan.bradley]

Is there any evidence that these orders don't ever lose their stickyness? I don't want my descendents to find out in 30 years time that they do. That's the situation that I'm now in with the corners my mother used.