Yes, they can roll up into cigarettes. You'll need a stapler to remount it.
When first learning about albumen photos I skinned a tobacco card-- an actress card I got for perhaps $1-- and it bowed. I put it in a top loader and it looked fine. In fact, some intact 1800s tobacco insert cards, including Old Judges, have a bow even with the cardboard backing due to the photographing print bowing. I suspect that one reason albumen prints were mounted in the first place was because the photographers knew the prints had a tendency to bow or roll up with time.
Last edited by drc; 02-10-2013 at 12:00 AM.
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