Late 19th Century Photo Restoration

By the late 19th century most photographers had abandoned the expensive and time consuming wet plate techniques in favour of cheaper and quicker roll films developed by Kodak Eastman. The images today are far inferior to the early photos – they’re typically very faded, cracked, and often insect riddled. One thing that didn’t change was the stiff formality of the settings and subjects.

We still get good results restoring photos from this era – we’re able to pull out the available detail and clean up the images. We usually print these images on matte cotton rag photo paper, which helps maintain a vintage look and feel.