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Before Treatment
After Treatment
Marion Hunter Jr. Magnetic Photo Album, 1954-1975
Treatment performed at the private conservation studio of paper and photograph conservator Marion Hunter Jr. in Charleston, S.C.
Scrapbook of photographs, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous paper memorabilia, assembled by the aforementioned's mother, deteriorating self-adhesive pages were fused to and staining the artifacts, determined that the artifacts should be separated and reassembled on new album pages made of archival materials laid out identically to the original, required thorough documentation and treatment of photographs and newspaper
Process: Disassembly and Reassembly
 Step 1. Gently separate mylar from pages |  Step 2. Separate objects from the adhesive with archival spatulas |  Step 3. Original pages were documented and saved |
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 Step 4. Photographs were surface cleaned when applicable |  Step 5. Photographs and newspaper clipping were floated on water |  Step 6. Floating reduced yellowing and flattened the objects |
 Step 7. Small repairs were made with Japanese tissue [Before Treatment] |  [After Treatment] |  [Before Treatment] |
 [After Treatment] |  Step 8. New pages were cut and assembled to mirror the originals |
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