This ambrotype of the Justin Morrell House in Strafford, Vermont serves as a good example of the advantages of digital archiving.

In the process of scanning images in the collection of Chelsea (VT) Historical Society, Macy Lawrence noted that the collection included photographs of Justin Morrell and his house in nearby Strafford. He sent a laser print of one of the scans to John Dumville, Vermont's supervisor of State Historic Sites, since Dumville might not have been aware of these images.

Not long after, PhotoArk was contacted by an organization called Friends of Justin Morrell House, wanting to use a reproduction of the ambrotype as part of their Vermont History Expo display.

After some digital restoration of the file, PhotoArk produced a stunning 30"X40" inkjet print for the Expo, thus allowing a large audience access to this image without it ever leaving the Chelsea Historical Society's collection.