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Date: Wed, 5 Aug 1998 16:09:15 -0400 (EDT)
From: mgilmore <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Sanborn preservation question <fwd>
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To: Kirsten Thompson <[log in to unmask]>
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Everybody's Sanborns are like that---they were pasted over.
I'm not sure anthing _can_ be done.
 
I thought all of them were on microfilm.
 
On Wed, 5 Aug 1998, Johnnie Sutherland wrote:
 
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> Date: Tue, 04 Aug 1998 17:22:25 -0500
> From: Kirsten Thompson <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Sanborn preservation question
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> I have a question!
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> We at the Milwaukee Public Library have Sanborn atlases for
> the city of Milwaukee.  Ours are bound volumes with
> double-sided leaves.  We found out from our friend
> Christopher Baruth at the AGS collection that they were
> issued as single sided leaves.  Ours have some sort of
> muslin glued between two sequential sheets to make
> double-sided leaves.  Our leaves are very badly warped (like
> when you drop a regular book into water).  My questions:
> does anyone else have Sanborns in this format?  are they
> warped like ours?  and what have you done to preserve them?
>
> Please respond to the list, and many thanks,
>
> Kirsten Thompson
> Milwaukee Public Library
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Matthew Gilmore
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