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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jerry Coker, post: 4339506, member: 18802&quot;]I just purchased a 6x4&quot; family album with mostly tintypes. I have done zero research so far but I think most of the photos may be from between 1860-1870. Just took some photos which I&#039;ll share a few of the better ones here. My questions are:</p><p><br /></p><p>1. Do you usually leave all the photos in the album, or take them out? For albums that are falling apart, I generally remove the photos after taking a photo of all of them in the album. This album is a little better than most that I&#039;ve purchased, but many of the photos have some dust/dirt on them. So I thought maybe the album itself may be causing some of that. So is it usually better to remove photos from these 19th century albums, or the reverse? If I do decide to leave these in the album , how do you safely store the album to prevent further damage?</p><p><br /></p><p>2. How do you remove dust/dirt from the photos? Compressed air? Is there an alternative method? I don&#039;t wipe.</p><p><br /></p><p>3. Do you know what causes the brown spots on each of the white pages within the album that hold the photos? I see those spots in every 19th century album I have.</p><p><br /></p><p>4. Were the 6x4 size albums designed just for tintypes, or CDV&#039;s and tintypes?</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks in advance for any advice. I&#039;m think I&#039;m becoming a bit enamored by tintypes <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]358119[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]358120[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]358121[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]358123[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]358124[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]358125[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]358126[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]358127[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]358128[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]358129[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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