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Offline Aulus

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Looking for advice re photo mounting corners
« on: Thursday 20 November 14 21:11 GMT (UK) »
We're going to redo the family album, as the old one (1960s) has become a bit shabby where the weight of 19th century card-mounted photos has become a bit too much for the paper on which they were mounted (some glued, some with mounting corners - no I've no idea why two different methods!).

New albums are fine, but I'm struggling with  sourcing some suitable mounting corners.  I can see quite a few online in differing sizes, and am struggling to see the difference between them all. 

But I'd be really interested if anyone can recommend any mounting corners (available in UK) that can take these thick Victorian photographs - cabinet cards, are they called?  More modern prints from the 20th century are easier: presumably looking at ones called archival quality would be better?

Thanks for any advice.
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Re: Looking for advice re photo mounting corners
« Reply #1 on: Friday 05 December 14 18:06 GMT (UK) »
Perhaps if I tried a simpler question:

What have you used to mount old photographs in albums, and where did you buy them?
Lancashire: Stevenson, Wild, Holden, Jepson
Worcs/Staffs: Steventon, Smith
East London & Suffolk: Guest, Scrutton
East London: Palfreman (prev Tyneside), Bissell, Collis, Dearlove, Ettridge
Herts: Camac, Collis, Mason, Dorrington, Siggens
Marylebone & Sussex: Cole
London & Huntingdonshire: Freeman
Bowland: Marsden, Noble
Shropshire: Guest

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Re: Looking for advice re photo mounting corners
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 07 December 14 19:08 GMT (UK) »
Hi Aulus,

Unfortunately I cant remember where I bought mine from as it was a good few years ago and I can`t find them at the moment.  Just make sure they are the acid free ones. 

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Re: Looking for advice re photo mounting corners
« Reply #3 on: Sunday 07 December 14 23:44 GMT (UK) »
Hi Aulus

You need to make sure that they are acid free if you want to be sure that your photos are not damaged. I've just Googled and a well known online company supplies them ~ 

Search for Acid Free Self Adhesive Photo Corners


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Re: Looking for advice re photo mounting corners
« Reply #4 on: Monday 08 December 14 00:10 GMT (UK) »
Hi,

As Gadget says search them on goo*** I found them on a well known auction site, but they can be bought and then collected from your local Argos store.

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