The Scott family albums
Generations of family photograph albums, divided between branches of the family, copied so every branch has the full set, and shared online for the family to name the faces.
- Restoration
- Online hosting
Illustration- Now holds the complete set of albums
- Every branch
- Of family photographs, scanned and restored
- Generations
- Faces identified by the family online
- Named
The albums
The Scott family’s photographs fill a series of albums, built up over generations, from studio portraits to holiday snapshots. As the family grew, each branch wanted albums of its own, and the set was divided up between them.
No one branch had the whole story any more, and many of the photographs had no names on them.
What we did
We scanned every album page and every photograph, taking out loose prints where they could come out safely and scanning the rest in place. Faded, scratched and creased photographs were restored on the scan, leaving the originals untouched.
We then made copies, so each branch of the family now has the full set.
What it made possible
We also put the albums online for the family, where they can leave comments and name the people in the pictures. Who was who is recorded while there are still people who remember, and the originals can stay safely in their albums.
