Cleaning old photographs

[kmo]

What is the best way to clean an old photograph?
Today while hunting for a stopcock  in the back of an attic, I came across a box of picture frames. When I got them out in the light I found they  contained a bunch of family photographs.
There was  a grandfather in WW1 uniform , a great grandfather leading a horse,  a family group  stood around a horse and tub, school photos, chapel congregations, around thirty pictures in all.
Ok, so the mice  have chewed them a little, but only a couple of pictures are missing heads.  My main concern is how do I get rid of the layer of dust and grime that covers them?

[deadants]

I've got to tell you kmo that I have never had  this situation before. I did a quick search on the net and came up with this link.
http://www.colinrobinson.com/care.html

I guess If your not confident about  this then maybe you should take them to an photographic store. Or even the local family history library.

deadants

[kmo]

Thanks for the link deadants.
Couldn't get any isopropyl alcohol from Boots, however one of the independant chemists did have some. Not had time to give it a go yet.

[deadants]

If your going to do it, may I suggest that you scan the photo beforehand, just in case. How about posting the photo so we can see how much repair work it needs.

deadants

[kmo]

Here's one I'm having problems with. A faint image, I'm having trouble separating from the grey overlayer.

[kmo]

Heck that came out big!
The actual picture is around two inches by three!

[uk2003]

Hi Folks

Cropped & chopped with noise removal did most of the work then a bit of sharpen and gaussion blur, I have just spotted a couple clonning stamps.

I prefer the greyscale. what do you think?

deadants how would you go about putting colour into this, with the picture fading out at the bottom, I can only think of placing it in a round frame 

Regards
Ken

[kmo]

My attempt

[tallted]

kmo,
You might want to use the blur tool on the outside edges of the person in the photo, it will make it look more natural and not so pasted looking.
Ted