RE: glass lantern slide packing/transportation suggestions
Hi Patti, we have moved large quantities of glass
lantern slides and glass negatives for several collections. The way we did it
was to individually sleeve each slide to protect the emulsions and to group them
into cartons with a a piece of blue board between each. (The blue board shims
cushion the glass and stiffen the packing. We also placed a piece of foamcore in
the bottom of each carton as a stiffener to limit the flexibility of the carton.
(Cartons are flexible, particularly when heavy and glass hates flexibility!)
Glass is heavy so the cartons we used were only 12" long and not much larger
than the width and height of the glass. We also lined the carton sides with 1/4
" micro foam and shimmed in any space with additional micro foam so that there
was no movement inside the cartons. We packed these cartons into 14" cube
cartons with a 3/8" piece of plywood on the bottom (again as a stiffener and to
prevent the bottom from coming out of the cartons)and fully lined with 1" museum
foam. The 14" cartons were an ideal size and weight for easy handling
and storage on shelving. When we moved them on our truck we lined the
floor with 1" soft foam which not only adds additional cushioning,
but prevents the cartons from sliding inside the truck. Any empty
spaces between cartons were bolstered using rolled up foam and
truck pads as fillers. I hope this information will help you. Best
regards, Bryan Cooke
Hello,
I am preparing to move a collection of about 5,000
glass lantern slides from an off-site storage facility that is about 200 miles
away and am looking for packing and transportation suggestions that will help
prevent physical damage during transport. Some slides are currently inside old
fashion lantern slide cabinetry (narrow drawers with dividers) and some are
simply stacked in piles.
Ideally I'd like to hire art packers and
shippers, but the budget won't allow on this project. It looks like we will be
packing and shipping ourselves. I'm planning to transport the collection on land
(we hope to rent a moving truck with air ride suspension).
My initial
thoughts about packing are to sleeve the negatives and then pack them into
archival boxes such as those available at the links below. Then pack the
negative storage boxes inside larger packing containers with
padding.
Talas sells lantern slide boxes with dividers:
http://apps.webcreate.com/ecom/catalog/product_specific.cfm?ClientID=15&ProductID=20794
Gaylord
sells a lantern slide box without dividers. Would anyone caution against this
mode of packing?
http://www.gaylordmart.com/adblock.asp?abid=1204&sid=E0AFC9B73359471289947D37D19CCB&search_by=desc&search_for=negative%20box
I would be interested in advice anyone has for moving glass lantern
slides, or any feedback on using the products above. Thanks in advance for your
help!
Patti
Patti Gibbons
Preservation
Manager
Special Collections Research Center
University of Chicago
Library
1100 East 57th Street
Chicago, IL 60637
t (773) 702-6027, f
(773) 702-3728
pgibbons@uchicago.edu
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