Alex,
The link I gave, http://www.costumegallery.com/1838/plates/cleaning.html ,
shows the process of how we clean the images. We have a link on the front
page of Library.
What time frame are you in? We are adding some costume history books to the
Library this year. I already have some of the history book Corsets and
Crinoline online. This is not to be confused with the modern day book of
the same name. This book was written in the 1860s. The Encyclopedia also
touches on other time period.
Our biggest problem getting into 18th Century and older is the price of the
publication are VERY high. One day maybe we will make enough money to be
able to purchase the older items. But for now, I have to depend on the
history books, and the 19th & early 20th Century publications.
Hopefully this year, we will go into earlier years of the publications to
put into the Library. U.S. copyright will not allow us to use publications
earlier than 1923. We are going to be stuck with that date for a long time.
But France's copyright are for 70 years. I have been collecting French
fashion magazines from 1924-1936 to put online. I am wanting to learn
French so I can translate them. My husband says that there is a program for
learning French. I need to know how to speak, read, and their grammar. I
will give that program a try. If I don't get what I want from that, I will
take a class at the community college. BTW, I do have a beautiful 1950s
Russian pattern catalog. Their copyrights expire very quickly. So that
will go online this year.
Penny E. Ladnier
Owner,
The Costume Gallery, www.costumegallery.com
Costume Classroom, www.costumeclassroom.com
Costume Research Library, www.costumelibrary.com
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