Packaging Your Photographs
Use a box, not an envelope. We have found through long experience that the single best thing you can do to protect your originals is to put them into plastic reclosable storage bags and transport them in a sturdy box. By "sturdy", we mean the kind of box that books are usually shipped in, as from Amazon.com, or that you might buy at a UPS Store. Department-store garment boxes and. padded envelopes should be avoided.
We are happy to remove your originals from slide carousels and photo albums, scan them, and place them
back, in the exact order. However, we do charge a small additional fee for that.
Make sure your box is filled, even if you need to pad it. If you don't have bubble wrap or foam "peanuts"
handy, some old newspapers are better than nothing. The main idea is that you don't want your originals
to slide around in your box.
Group slides using rubber bands, slide boxes, or aluminum-foil boxes. Old aluminum foil or
Saran Wrap boxes make excellent containers for slides. Also, you can stack the slides and keep them
together with two sets of rubber bands. These should be wrapped in plastic reclosable storage bags,
to seal out moisture.
Group paper photos and use as needed, a piece of cardboard. Each group should go into a re-closable plastic
bag. If you are sending 8" x 10" photos, it's probably a good idea to wrap them or back them with something
stiff, like a piece of extra cardboard, to prevent bending that might occur en route.
