Scrapbook Haul...Advise? 1937 Detroit Tigers PIC HEAVY

[thecatspajamas]

My 2 cents:

I think 3 or 4 are good options. To me, there aren't any "standalone" photos among that group, and they would probably be best kept together whether removed from the scrapbook or not. If you want to cut down the page for storage, I think trimming each to a roughly equal size and preserving the handwritten captions underneath is a good idea.

If you do decide to remove them from the scrapbook paper, my experience has been that the scrapbook paper almost always gives way before the glue does. So depending on how well they are glued in Best case scenario would be just a dot or two of glue on the backs of the photos so that, after removal, you're left with a little circle or two of "paper added" on the back. Worst case would be full coverage of the back with glue, in which case I would recommend just leaving the paper.

At least it's not that nasty black construction paper variety of scrapbook paper. Many old glues are water soluble, so you might try working with a Q-tip to see if you can easily free one that way and/or remove the "paper added" from one that has been physically freed from the page. With the black paper variety, the black tends to bleed, so I usually don't mess with it any more than I have to.

A professional certainly would be able to help with removal of these from the page, but I think the cost would likely outweigh the benefit in this case.