Hi Richard i remeber you for Books however if money is no issue ther are
archival storage unitrs withacid free propertys... you can get boxes of
lesser cost from Bags unlimited in Rochester new york i always just used
common Boxes like letterbox as the costwas less.. I bet Morrie Everett
would know as he has the worlds largest collectionof Lobbies in the
world i neversaw his shop but bet he found cabinets to store them...
I did learn wheni visited thepoop culture dept of BG state university
how they had low odor as theystored comics and various paper record
albums and poster and other stuffi thought they had a secret solution
tostop the zMold and acid..what they did andi do is use simple cat
little the clay based kind..if you immerse any ppaper goods for say 1 to
2 months it absorbs theoderof musty books .records and paper it's also
used in film preservation because celluloid bass film gives off a acid
that's referred to as vinegar syndrome in the motion picture industry
the clay inside a cotton container is called a molecular sieve the kitty
litter in the self collects the acid order off the film and the same
thing happens when Paul paper breaks down it releases a similar acidity
and so the kitty litter absorbs it and makes it neutralized no great
chemicals or anything just simple kitty litter I actually met the man
who invented kitty litter his name was Edward lowe he's in Cassopolis
He became a multi billionaire off the brand names kitty litter and tidy
cat the clay was originally used for drilling in the oil industry had
discovered by his secretary because in the old days people used sawdust
for cat litter but the cat would track in the sawdust into the home or
carpet so Edward discovered that the kitty litter made out of the clay
granules was the answer and he also helped me when I had a trademark
dispute in the 80s because he told me that he had several lawsuits to
protect his trademarks with the Parina dog chow company and many people
on the pane called me and Christmas Eve one year and told me not to give
up along with a man named Bernard Cruz you know who is the man also who
invented the technology for friction was magnetic audiotape used in all
the aircraft for the black box
Bernie Cousino was also from Toledo and he was good friends with ad lol
both gentlemen where inventors Bernard worked on all the animatronics
from Walt Disney and he was the one who made a lot of the audio devices
for all the Epcot center animatronics so that they could talk Bernie
also invented the teddy Ruxpin technology and he was part of the Addison
Institute down in Fort Myers Florida this gentleman advised me to not
give up to the infringers who were trying to steal my federal trademark
back in the 80s and 90s because Bernie was in his 90s and was still in
litigation over the teddy Ruxpin inventors are interesting bunch of
fellows and I gave a talk at the George Eastman house Rochester New York
sometime in the 90s I had to speak for a international group of motion
picture in picture collectors of
I had to speak for a international group of motion picture in picture
collectors of technical equipment talk with Jean Toledo manufactures
because we have the EPRAD CO, Kneighsley Electric and strong electric
all three manufactured audio equipment play back equipment speakers and
driving speakers and the lamp houses for the 35 mm projectors strong
also made follow spots for use in theaters in Arena's Frank Sinatra had
it written in his contract that he would use the super trooper follow
spot made by strong by strong and he famous song was performed by the
group ABBA called super trouper
Find a ads for all these companies in any of the motion picture trade
magazines like film daily or film daily yearbook or motion picture
Herald they advertised extensively over the years very strong started
the intermittent carbon arc movie projector back in the 20s and I got to
meet the president for 20 years of strong Arthur hatch who invented the
carbon arc projector bulb that illuminated the carbons and was the
actual bulb he won a technical achievement Academy award for that
convention who is a fantastic man to talk to and he gave me some of his
materials and he was involved with SMPTE a fellow Society of motion
picture television engineers I was so lucky to meet these architects of
cinema before they all passed away
I spoke on the phone with Linwood Dunn asc several times before he
passed away in Lynnwood was the guy who invented the optical printer
that put king Kong on top of the Empire State building in the movie King
Kong in 1933 three
Now that there is digital almost everything I learned has become
obsolete I think all the facts and $.10 may get me a cup of coffee if
I'm lucky
But I am so thankful to all those that shared with me their knowledge I
was thinking about posters Randy polling in Cleveland who is the guy who
taught me how to perfectly roll 50 posters so that they were all lined
up in squared up and pack in in a tube it's quite an art form packing
posters and between Marty lifSchultz and Richard DANILOVOWITZ THEWY
TAUGHT ME THE ROPES SO I AM JUSTPAYING IT FORWARD
THERE ARE MANY TRICKS OF PACKING POSTERS OR SIMPLE FIXES LIKE IF A
POSTER IS CRINKLED IF YOU ARE VERY careful and put a slip sheet over the
poster with a low iron sometimes you can iron out a kink or many framers
would put it in their drY MOUNT press with low heat and gently caress
small wrinkle out of the poster also if you have a rolled poster that
has memorized it being rolled up you simply reverse the poster winding
up the other direction and allow it to relax and then when you unwind it
here or take out most of the kinK the rest you need to consult a poster
conservatory restore and they can do some amazing jobs
A LOT OF THE GUYS GOT OUT OF THE BUSINESS OR PASSED AWAY LIKE IGOR
EDELMAN
HOPE SOMETHING HELPS SOMEBODY
For storage of posters in large quantities I suggest just getting big
plastic tubs because they're waterproof and their polyethylene most of
the conservatory items are considered good for like 500 years but I
don't plan to be around much more than a few more years so cost is a
factor to me and most of these items were stored in n basements for 30
or 40 or 50 or 60 years anyways and they're fine the biggest culprit I
see is ultraviolet light and mold and water damage As the paper
naturally degrades from itself yes the ACIDS are inside the paper itself
so they break down in the paper
By keeping dry 55° temperature climate range low humidity seems to be
the best bet
Tom
Hollywood dreeamfactoryR
since 1977
On 2024-03-15 23:12, Richard Auras wrote:
Does anyone have any other recommendations on what to store lobby
cards in other than the usual heavy duty file boxes? I have about
20,000 lobby cards I want to alphabetize and put so I can easily
access them. Right now they are in a variety of cardboard, wooden or
plastic boxes. I used to think it would be great if they made file
cabinets large enough to store them but in moving a full file box of
them I realize those drawers would really have to have great support.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Rick Auras (ilovefilms)
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