On a recent trip, we went to see my husband's gr. grandfather's estate in ME. The current owners have many of the old documents, photographs, etc. that were left there. They were gracious enough to let me borrow some 5x7 negatives and glass plates of the home and gr. grandfather so I could try to print them at home.
They have been stored in a ziploc bag with typing paper between them and look in reasonable condition, but the glass plates have some areas of mildew appearing on them and they look "dirty". I have never done anything with glass plates, so don't know what can be done to wash the mildew off, if anything. Also, I would like to return the plates and negatives in archival storage materials. What is recommended for the glass plates?
Also, I would like to contact print these to look as close to how he would have printed them as possible - very early 1900s. Any advice on paper/developer/toners would be appreciated, also. A photogravure by the gr. grandfather is here: http://www.photographymuseum.com/oldlockl.html
Thanks for any help that you can give.
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