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Posted By: warshawlaw

If the glue was homemade paste, which is often the case in scrapbooks from the turn of the century, it is flour and water and can usually be removed in distilled water (never use tap water--it has all sorts of crud that will stain the card). The famous lot of T206 Cobb/Cobb cards had this kind of paste. If it is a petrochemical or oil-based glue, however, all you will get is a wet card. pastes are nearly always white or off-white, while most oil glues are brownish. Good luck.