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Digitizing The Hollywood Archive is a process that requires careful and very selective editing. But finding the right images and scanning them at reproduction quality is only the first step. Restoration of the image so that it remains faithful to the original is of equal and utmost importance to us. Our scanning experts have a background in black and white, fine art darkroom printing with many years as Master Printers producing stunning Gallery and Exhibition prints. Our digital files benefit immensely from their darkroom expertise.  See the next page for an extreme example, from our Historical files, of digital restoration undertaken by our specialized personnel.

In working with images from the Library of Congress, you never know what to expect in terms of condition of the original. This particular photograph is from the Brady National Photographic Art Gallery / Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. The photograph depicts a solemn-looking Major General Ulysses S. Grant, taken between 1860 and 1865. Because of the fragile nature of the original glass plates used as negatives,  "state of the art" during  that time period, these types of Historical images  are very susceptible to damage as exhibited by the original version on the left side of the following page page. With a meticulous approach and great attention to detail, the image has been partially restored to a close approximation of how it looked when the shutter was snapped 150 years ago.


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