WW1 Silk Postcards

[Redroger]

If conservancy processes improve then there would be no reason to keep them hidden. Here's hoping.

[km1971]

I know it seems such a shame to hide them away but they are irreplacable

Hi Pat

If you photograph them - or better still scan them - you can have them on a PC as a desktop background, say. Or take them to a photo printers and then mount the copies, without risking the originals. So you can have the benefit of the image without risking the cards.

As they come from the family you could scan them, then wrap them separately in acid-free tissue, and keep in a book that is not looked at much. They were sold in tissue envelopes, which were then brought home or sent in a normal envelope. I have never seen one 'postally used'. So even at the time the soldiers realised how delicate they were. I would not pay too much for conservation.

Ken

[littlemak]

Thankyou for the information Ken, I was not sure if I could scan them safely which is why I took a photograph in the first instance.
A scan would be so much better for imagery, and as you say I could then print them off to enjoy in a  frame.
Thankyou so much
Carol