Cleaning and Restoring Glass Plate Negatives

John Alvin Epeneter

I just inherited a dozen or so glass plate negatives that are probably a little over 100 years old. Before I work to create digital images from the negatives, they look like they need some cleaning and perhaps restoration. Problem is I am having a very hard time finding experts in this area, and I really don't want to take the risk of following unvalidated information from the internet.

Does anyone know of professional conservationists who have this skill? In Utah would be great but I may need to cast my net wider.

Thanks!

SantaNinfa

@John Alvin Epeneter

Hi - I am not saying that they do this kind of work, however, I sincerely bet they can refer you to someone that does: https://www.scanmyphotos.com/