Message-ID: <eba7fab54c2d0395d14449f83f0cbcfc.squirrel@www.dartfordhistorical.org> Date: Fri, 18 May 2012 13:54:47 -0000 Subject: Re: Large map - List Serve From: "Dartford Historical Soceity" <info@dartfordhistorical.org>
We had a 1860 map of Green Lake restored by a paper conservator in Chicago
about 10 years ago. I cost about $2500, We had it framed and hung.
Larrry Behlen, Dartford Historical Society, Green Lake
> 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
>>
>>
>>
>