Finally there is a photo filing system, that is easy to
use, expandable, fits well on shelves, as well as being 100% recyclable, acid free, metal free and adhesive free. And if that wasn't good enough ... it is Australian Made!!
Digital photography has brought many changes to the way in which photos are
being printed and kept. Although more photos are being taken, with great new low
cost cameras and even mobile phones, the sales of photo albums have plummeted.
The reasons are obvious. The ease of keeping pictures on your hard disk or CD is
appealing and everyone is doing it.
What many people and even some archives do not seem to know or understand is
that for longterm storage of photos, computer hard disks and CDs are not
suitable. It is necessary to keep hard copies, slides and negative in albums if
the objective is to keep them for future generations.
What is needed is a better system for keep photographic items. The
Everlasting system has been designed to suit archives, photographers and home
users. All components have passed the Photographic Activity Test by the National
Archive of Australia, so you KNOW that your photos will be safe using this
system.
But along with being "photosafe", recently a new factor has
entered the scene – "sustainability". There is international agreement that we
must all reduce the cutting down of trees and increase recyclability of the
things that we use. How do photo albums made of paper and with metal rings
score? Very badly.
There is one company in Australia that has lead the world in
meeting the challenge of producing better and "Sustainable" albums.
Over a decade ago Albox Australia Pty Ltd introduced significant
improvements in ways to keep and display photographic items. The albums were
fitted with nylon rings. Pages for practically all sizes of photos, negatives
and slides were designed to fit those albums. In response to requests from
Professional Conservators, Albox also designed a box and file tray style album
to enable the pages to be hung in suspension rather than being laid flat or hung
from vertical spines in the albums.
All of these products feature polypropylene in both the pages
and the album covers. The entire Albox system is 100% recyclable, acid free,
metal free and adhesive free. Because of the use of polypropylene the Albox
systems conform to "Sustainability" requirements. This Albox system is now
widely used by archives, libraries, genealogists and homes throughout Australia.
The 180 Everlasting system is a combination of the Albox box, photo
albums, and suspension pages which fit in the binders.
Each page has its own suspension rod. The rods and
pages can be removed from the folder. The folder spines and covers can be
written on - permanent marker pens recommended. The suspension rod just slides
into the slot provided.
- Albox archive box, 180mm wide, comes in grey, with a index
card pocket on the end, so can be labelled and put on the shelf
- 6 Everlasting display folders
- each folders comes with 12 pages of the 6"x4" photo pages (96
photos in each folder)
So for the ultimate in archival storage of your photos, while
also doing something good for the environment, the Everlasting is a good way to
go.
For more information on the Everlasting and other archival
products available go to the publisher's website.
