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$$)!U&)!<0$$)!E$#-)3!@)1)!+0-!<$)#+),!%1(01!-0!S)(+*! (+,(B(,6#$$C!&063),!(+!-&)!4#-TS0#1,!%#!! "(*&-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]

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