Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 13:35:00 -0500 Message-ID: <CAESRZzgvNwgDkCNi+X1NJ_TUEUiVR6E6_=KctgFx7wJ7ZfNpuw@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: Large map - List Serve From: Maureen Giese <renie.giese@gmail.com>
We had a 1872 Jefferson County Map restored at the Wisconsin Historical
Society, Madison. It too, was found rolled up in a corner in our steeple
tower for years. It had fallen apart in many areas. Robin of the
Conservation Department at the State Historical Office is the one to talk
with...I believe they are not taking in any more items to restore/conserve
but could give you some advice on the map. It cost $1,000 for the
restoration and conservation methods they used.
Maureen Giese, Waterloo Area Historial Society
On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 9:23 AM, <nokelley@hshistoricalsociety.org> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> Our historical society has a very nice large old map of Brown County
> which is currently rolled up. It is very fragile...seems like the back is
> fabric and little pieces of the paper (of the map) can peel off very
> easily. So, we have only looked at it twice to figure out what to do with
> it. Our board has agreed it should be displayed on a wall. We were thinking
> of having it encased somehow to protect it so we can hang it up. My
> questions to you all are as follows.... Should we have the original map
> encased? And if so how and where? Or should we have a copy made of the map
> to display and store the original?
>
> I don't have the dimensions at my home here but am estimating that it is
> atleast 40 inches by 60 inches.
>
> I would appreciate any info you have concerning this...perhaps you have
> done something similiar.
>
> Thanks..
> Nancy O'Kelley
> President
> Howard-Suamico Historical Society
>
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