Film-based photographs deteriorate over time partially due to the chemicals used in their development process. Old Town Photo's digital restoration expertise can restore almost all types of damaged prints or films. Once the digital restoration process is complete, we reprint the photo on museum-grade archival media and then apply a UV protective coating to it. The final result becomes a long lasting image using materials and techniques unavailable when the original photograph was taken.
For an elegant display and proper protection of your new old photograph, we offer archival framing with conservation glazing both in standard and custom-made sizes.
So, if you are looking for ultimate care and a professional job performed on your cherished old photographs, please do not hesitate to send us an inquiry for a free evaluation and estimate. We have worked on a large number of valuable pieces of various types, including convex oval photos, tin-type, ambrotype, film negatives, and slides, each requiring special care and handling.
Three samples of our photo restoration work are shown here. The first sample is an 1890's photograph with stains, cracks, and completely missing pieces. The sepia print version after restoration is shown at right.
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| Photo Before restoration | Photo After restoration |
The next example shows a portrait developed in 1930's. The original photo at left had deep cracks and a paper grain that caused its distortion over time, making only horizontal lines of the portrait to be visible.
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| Photo Before restoration | Photo After restoration |
This example shows a 1910 overlay painted photograph in a very poor condition. Oval shaped photo restoration and in particular the convex oval portraits require special handling.
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| Overlay painted photograph Before restoration |
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| Overlay painted photograph After restoration |







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