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    • S. Benedicti DT (11.344.2)

    • Using watercolor to inpaint filled areas in the print S. Benedicti (private collection)

    • Peeling

    • Conservator Minah Song removing the cardboard backing support from a print

    • Testing inks on a Sailor Jerry flash art sheet

    • Testing inks on a flash art sheet by Norman "Sailor Jerry" Collins (Sailor Jerry LTD)

    • microscope

    • Consolidating insecure media on a Georges Braque aquatint under a stereomicroscope (private collection)

    • drying rack

    • Documents air drying on the drying racks

    • Removing spine adhesive from William P.C. Barton's A Flora of North America (Pennsylvania Hospital)

    • Removing spine adhesive from William P.C. Barton's A Flora of North America (Pennsylvania Hospital)

    • Consolidating the surface of Einstein's globe (Institute for Advanced Study 12.170)

    • Consolidating the surface of a globe belonging to Albert Einstein (Institute for Advanced Study)

    • Memorial Hall Drawing, During Treatment (2)

    • Filling losses in the c. 1876 architectural drawing of Memorial Hall (Fairmount Park / City of Philadelphia)

    • Inpainting Hindu God Prints

    • Inpainting a chromolithograph (c. 1880s) from the Calcutta Art Studio (private client)

    • Inpainting Evelyn Nesbit collotype 11.315

    • Inpainting areas of loss in a collotype with hand coloring, c.1901 (private client)

    • Tape Binding

    • Director of Book Conservation Jim Hinz sewing sections onto vellum tapes

    • Housing a map from Chester Public Library

    • Preparing to house a c. 1860 map from Chester Public Library (Chester, NJ) in a sealed package

    • Removing adhesive with ethanol

    • Removing adhesive from a journal page (Lutheran Archives Center, Philadelphia, PA)

    • Reducing fixative on a painting from Lawrence's Hiroshima series (PAFA 12.121)

    • Paper Conservator Samantha Sheesley using solvent to reduce fixative on a painting from Jacob Lawrence's Hiroshima series (Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts)

    • Minah ABC

    • Conservator Minah Song inpainting a leaf from the Christian ABC book (Ephrata Cloister/PHMC)

    • Bryn Mawr College Chinese scroll painting

    • Removing flyspecks from a Chinese scroll painting (Bryn Mawr College)

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  • Horizontal creases, plague of hanging scroll paintings

      • Auspicious View Pavilion from Bryn Mawr College, DT (12.309)
      • Seated Buddha from Bryn Mawr College, DT (12.308)

    The repeated rolling and unrolling of hanging scrolls means that almost all that come to CCAHA for treatment have a similar problem—horizontal creases. This was true for several hanging scroll paintings that recently arrived from Bryn Mawr College.

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  • Reducing fixative and retouches on Jacob Lawrence's Hiroshima series

      • Reducing fixative on a painting from Lawrence's Hiroshima series (PAFA 12.121)
      • Housing a painting from Lawrence's Hiroshima series (PAFA 12.121)
      • Street Scene from Lawrence's Hiroshima series (PAFA 12.121)
      • Market from Lawrence's Hiroshima series (PAFA 12.121)

    In his Hiroshima series, Jacob Lawrence painted eight scenes that took place at the moment that the atomic bomb dropped. The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts brought all eight paintings to CCAHA to address two main condition issues.

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  • Now seeking nominations for Pennsylvania's Top 10 Endangered Artifacts

      • Fraktur from the Berman Museum of Art at Ursinus College
      • Christian ABC from the Ephrata Cloister, PHMC

    Is your institution the home of a great Pennsylvania artifact? Nominate your object for Pennsylvania’s Top 10 Endangered Artifacts, a new statewide awareness and fundraising campaign that will engage institutions and the general public in a little friendly conservation competition.

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  • Treating a globe from Albert Einstein's home study

      • Consolidating the surface of Einstein's globe (Institute for Advanced Study 12.170)
      • Close-up of globe, before treatment (Institute for Advanced Study 12.170)
      • Close-up of globe, after treatment (Institute for Advanced Study 12.170)
      • Replacing Einstein's globe on its stand (Institute for Advanced Study 12.170)
      • Einstein's globe, after treatment (Institute for Advanced Study 12.170)
      • Einstein in his home study

    Despite his celebrity status, scientist Albert Einstein managed to enjoy a quiet life in his home in Princeton between 1933 and 1955. The Institute for Advanced Study recently brought the globe from Einstein's home study to CCAHA for conservation treatment.

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  • In the latest issue of Art-i-facts...

      • Art-i-facts Fall 2012 for News

    This fall, Art-i-facts looks at ephemera, those fragile, inexpensively manufactured paper objects—such as greeting cards, pamphlets, brochures, tickets, postcards, advertisements, comics, and catalogs—produced for a specific use or event and intended to be thrown away.

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Protecting Collections: Disaster Prevention, Planning, & Response (Part I, Philadelphia, PA)

  • March 19, 2013

One of the most important steps an institution can take to safeguard its collections is to be prepared in an emergency or disaster. This two-part program will guide participants in risk mitigation, emergency planning and preparedness, response, and recovery.

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Constructing Basic Storage Enclosures for Paper Collections (Philadelphia, PA)

  • March 20, 2013

In this half-day workshop, participants will learn how to make simple enclosures for paper artifacts, including folders, boxes, and rolled storage constructions.

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CLIR Cataloging Hidden Special Collections and Archives

  • March 22, 2013

The Cataloging Hidden Special Collections and Archives program of the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) awards grants for supporting innovative, efficient description of large volumes of material of high value to scholars.

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Protecting Collections: Disaster Prevention, Planning, & Response (Part I, Johnstown, PA)

  • March 26, 2013

One of the most important steps an institution can take to safeguard its collections is to be prepared in an emergency or disaster. This two-part program will guide participants in risk mitigation, emergency planning and preparedness, response, and recovery.

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Protecting Collections: Disaster Prevention, Planning, & Response (Part I, Boalsburg, PA)

  • March 27, 2013

One of the most important steps an institution can take to safeguard its collections is to be prepared in an emergency or disaster. This two-part program will guide participants in risk mitigation, emergency planning and preparedness, response, and recovery.

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