Implementing  a  research-­‐driven,  sustainable,  preventive   conservation  solution  developed  during  an  extended   grant-­‐funded  project   Research  and  Conserva.on  of  the  Daguerreotype Funded  by  the  National  Endowment  for  the  Arts   The  National  Science  Foundation   The  Andrew  W.  Mellon  Foundation   The  Getty  Foundation         George  Eastman  House  International  Museum  of  Photography  and  Film   and     The  University  of  Rochester        Ralph  Wiegandt;  George  Eastman  House,  NEA  Grant  and    NSF  Researcher   Dr.  Nicholas  Bigelow;  University  of  Rochester,  NSF  Principal  InvesGgator UnidenGfied  Young  Girl:  Southworth  &  Hawes:  ca   1850:  sixth    plate SEM  image  of  image  50  nm  diameter  nanotube-­‐ nanowire:    80  microns  in  length   6th  Plate  George  Eastman  House  study  collecGon   The  50  nm  diameter  nanotube-­‐nanowire  wrapping   around  an  image  parGcle:  47KX  mag 9,,(30+!/#$$)1C!0D!94)1(<#+!91-7!9+,0B)17!R9! 9,,(30+!/#$$)1C!0D!94)1(<#+!91-7!9+,0B)17!R9! 9])1!^!L!R0+-&!0+!=(3%$#C!Z_6$C![OON\! ?)D01)!2P&(S(G0+!ZR#C![OON\! A+(,)+GH),!'04#+7!<#>LMNO>!'&0$)!%$#-)!,#*6)11)0-C%)>!/)01*)!2#3-4#+!5063)>!L`WVJOL`aJOOaV! Before  ExhibiGon  (May  2005)   A]er  ~  1  Month  on  Display  (July  2005)   BEFORE AFTER BEFORE AFTER b)]J!!#+!01(*(+#$!@00,)+!%$#-)!S0P!-&#-!@)1)!-&)!3-01#*)!<0+,(G0+3!D01!-&)! %$#-)3!%1(01!-0!<04(+*!(+-0!-&)!<0$$)<G0+!(+!L`WV>!U&)!<0$$)<G0+!@#3!&063),!(+! -&)!4#++)1!0+!-&)!1(*&-7!#])1!L`WV>!E$#-)3!@)1)!+0-!<$)#+),!%1(01!-0!S)(+*! (+,(B(,6#$$C!&063),!(+!-&)!4#-TS0#1,!%#<c#*)3>!! "(*&-J!R)-#$!3-01#*)!-1#C!@(-&!#!3)d6)+<)!0D!@&0$)!%$#-)!,#*6)11)0-C%)3!SC! :06-&@01-&!K!5#@)3!(+!-&)(1!%1)B(063!3-01#*)!#11#+*)4)+->! Argon-­‐charged  prototype  enclosure  developed  for   the  Save  America’s  Treasures  Grant     Prototype  for  the  sixth  plate  format,  built  and  tested  August,   2011     [Eastman  House  holds  526  Southworth  &  Hawes    sixth  plates]