Old polaroid pictures
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Rosie
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Does anyone know how to remove the hard paper backing off polaroid pictures? I have some pictures that are almost 50 years old and want to cut down on the storing bulk. Thanks.
6 answers
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I wonder if that would ruin the pics, since once the ink is exposed even by a slight slit, it will fade. Some of mine cracked along the edges and are now green or super light. Why not scan and keep them digitally instead, with a back up?
B. Enne
on Apr 24, 2015
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I think it would also, does anyone know how to get them apart from years of being in a box? They are stuck together!
Carol
on Apr 24, 2015
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I know putting papers/stickers in the freezer unsticks them...not sure I would take a chance with the ink in the pics though.
B. Enne
on Apr 24, 2015
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Doubt if Polaroid company is still around but I would take them ..or ask...Kodak or find a photo print shop. Grab the phone book and let your fingers do the walking! When you get them "unstuck" copy them.
153091
on Apr 25, 2015
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Scan and reprint. Or scan and store digitally--that'll cut down the bulk!
Becky Greenwald
on Apr 25, 2015
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I also suggest scanning, that way you can share with family and friends. I loaded most of my older pics to Facebook. I tagged "family only" and we shhare back and forth all the time. I even got a portable scanner, a couple of years ago, when we have a family reunion, I take it and scan photos others have that I don't. Uploaded quite a few ancestors to ancestry.com for future generations. I have the Kodak P811, it is completely portable, even can run on batteries, no computer needed to scan as it scans to a SD card.
Jane
on Apr 25, 2015
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