Once a collection has been digitized it then becomes possible to restore those images that are considered important to the collection. The file size of our scanned images allows us to routinely enlarge the image up to 8X10 feet in order to accomplish the restoration.

The first two sets of images shown here are typical of the restoration work we have done for The Woodstock Historical Society's extensive photograph collection. High resolution scans are saved to CD-ROM archives. Selected images can then be restored for research or exhibition purposes.

As in the daguerreotype above, deterioration of the cover glass promotes the migration and deposition of anhydrous sodium hydroxide on the inner surface. When coupled with cyclical variations in temperature and humidity, degradation of the photographic plate inevitably follows.

The photo of a train is a fading albumen print on a sulfite paper mount, a victim of poor storage conditions. Accessioned along with other photographs by the Woodstock Historical Society, the image was considered a loss to the collection until we were there to restore it.

The photograph of the Tarantella catamaran, an 1877 Herreshoff design, is part of the maritime photograph collection at The Herreshoff Marine Museum. Over the years humidity from the coastal marine environment has caused a reaction between the board, the glue, and the photographic print to the extent that the strokes of the glue brush are visible in the faded photograph. At PhotoArk we have restored the image to its original quality, revealing details that had faded almost to the point of invisibility.