Protect

Digital technology, improved archival methods and the finest archival products make it easier and safer than ever to protect your family history from damage. The time is now to start preserving your heritage.

“If you wait… it may be too late!”

Digital Archiving Services
Are your photos yellowed, faded, scratched, torn or stained? Are the delicate, original prints framed on your walls and bookshelf slowly fading away? What would happen to them in case of fire or flood?
  • Scanning

    Scan your prints, slides, negatives, documents and print memorabilia for safekeeping and sharing.

    Your collection is never mailed to another scanning company: We safely hand-carry all materials from your home to our Portland office, lightly hand-clean and scan images, then hand-carry them back again.

    All images receive automatic digital enhancements to remove much of the dust and scratches and improve color.

    If you’d prefer to leave photos in your treasured heritage albums (or photos are too difficult to remove safely) we can scan and reproduce entire pages for you.
  • Photo DVDs and Thumbnail Index Books

    Your scanned image files are stored on archival-gold quality data DVDs.

    Each DVD is digitally imprinted with an image and title design of your choice. Each DVD can be paired with a full-color Index Book that displays thumbnailimages of every photo on the disk—making it quick and easy to find images.
  • Digital Retouching & Restoration


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    Bring back the beauty and detail of images that have faded over time. The Northwest’s rainy climate and ever hotter summers make photos susceptible to damage from mold, water, light and temperature change. Digital restoration can also correct photos that were imperfectly made, such as those with poor exposure, composition or developing.

    Repair:
    • discoloration
    • red-eye reduction
    • open closed eyes
    • fading
    • scratches
    • dust spots
    • tears
    • creases
    • stains
    • mold
    • water damage
    • missing pieces
    • removing/ replacing people and objects

Quality Archival Products

Restored Stories is an authorized dealer of fine archival products from Light Impressions® and PrintFile®. We offer a full selection of products, including protective sleeves, boxes, albums and other archival storage materials.

Contact us for guidance in choosing the right materials for your preservation project.

Light Impressions®
Established in 1969, Light Impressions®offers the world's largest variety of fine archival storage, display and presentation materials for negatives, transparencies, CDs, photographs, artwork and documents. Considered to have set the standard for archival excellence throughout the world, Light Impressions® counts the Library of Congress, the Getty Museum, the Smithsonian and the Metropolitan Museum of Art among its clients.

PrintFile®
Print File is celebrating 40 years as the world's leading manufacturer of high quality archival storage products. When you purchase their products, you will see and feel the quality that has earned Print File the distinction as the clear choice of amateur and professional photographers, high schools, colleges, universities, museums and other fine institutions around the world.