Old Delicate Photo Scanning Services
We could write a whole book about your oldest photos, the history of photography and why it’s so important to scan your old photos, but we won’t, mostly because hundreds of others have. With our delicate photo scanning service, our team will take your old photos and turn them into beautiful, modern digital images that you will delight in sharing with your family. The digitizing of your delicate photos is the best and easiest way to show your family history. We’ve seen vintage photos come through our doors from as far back as the Civil War when photography was in its infancy. We even once scanned a dollar from the 1860’s! Some of the oldest photos in your collection might not have been created or developed using the same processes that now exist for the more modern prints in our collection. All of these early attempts at photography required A LOT of toxic chemicals and bulky equipment but the demand was high.
ERIC, JENNIFER, & WINSTON
“Our ultimate goal is to make your best memories EverPresent in your life. Digitizing degrading photos and home movies is a necessary first step. Once your memories are safely digital, a world of searchable family archives and storytelling keepsakes are suddenly possible! We look forward to working with you.”
Why Families & Institutions Nationwide Choose EverPresent
- Value: The size of our company allows us to provide more for less. Our digitizing is higher quality and better organized – and we offer an array of advanced services you won’t find anywhere else. Our pricing is transparent and always includes 60 days of free digital downloads and sharing.
- Convenience: Home and office pickups, over 50 local stores and easy shipping options. And unlike other companies, we embrace tedious work like transcribing written labels into your USB filenames and DVD labels so you don’t have to.
- Trust: Over 50 million memories preserved, 30+ years experience, 80+ expert technicians. Alarmed, sprinklered, camera-monitored, US-based, high-tech lab. Advanced barcode tracking and email technology to keep you updated.
- Respect: No upfront payments and no rushed decisions. Deciding whether to proceed with broken tapes, or upgrade to ProResHQ archival files or restorative tape incubation can have a real budget impact. That’s why we include a free consultation after we’ve reviewed your materials to assure you pick the right options at the right price to suit your needs.
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EverPresent’s unique approach to pricing:
- Our team will walk you through the technical options in advance before you commit to anything. It’s free to get your materials to us for an estimate and there’s no upfront payment.
- We only charge for the work we do, not for a preset numbers of items. We don’t promote flashy discounts or expiring coupons. We offer volume discounts because it’s fair, and we apply them automatically.
- We offer the widest range of options and capabilities to assure your project gets what it needs, but out of respect for your budget, never more than it needs. In our business, one size rarely fits all (or fits in a box).
Ultimately, what we care about is helping families do this important project ONCE – and do it right the first time.
Standard PhotosFirst 200 scans (up to 8.5" x 11"): $0.84$0.64 for scans 200+This 24% discount will be applied automatically! |
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There's no need to bag your photos with like sizes. Bring us your photos as you have them so we can scan them in order and keep your collection organized as intended.
Albums & ScrapbooksIndividual Image Scans: starting at $0.45 (plus regular standard scanning charges) Full Page Scans: starting at $2.99 (all inclusive) |
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We never make you disassemble your photo albums. Keeping your photos in albums secures them during transport, and assures we can keep your digital scans in the correct order.
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We can digitize pretty much everything. Please reach out for custom pricing on these items.
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When you speak with your consultant we'll help you determine if your collection, and how you intend to use it, merits any of these upgrades.
3 easy ways to work with us:
HOME PICKUPS
Too many boxes to move on your own? Complimentary home and office pickups are offered throughout the Northeast for projects over $300.
LOCAL DROP OFFS - 60+ LOCATIONS
All readily available for convenient drop-off. See which store is closest to you. Our drivers personally transport projects to our local lab for digitizing.
FREE SHIPPING
We accept mail-in orders from across the U.S. We’ll email a pre-paid UPS label or apply a shipping credit if you ship on your own.
Frequently Asked Question
Prioritizing for scanning
You may have hundreds of photos you don’t need for your delicate photo scanning project. This is a must read for consolidation.
Read more about prioritizing photos…
How we handle captions
Photo captions are common, and prevalent in older photos where it was more common to record anecdotes and identifiers.
Read more about photo captions…
Client Spotlight: Vintage Photos
Collections of old photos offer incredible insight into how life was previously lived and we love to share our favorites.
Read more about these amazing photos…
DO YOU SCAN THE WHOLE PRINT?
This is a common question with our older and more delicate photo scanning jobs because many of these vintage photos have white borders of some kind and the even older ones were printed on cardboard within a frame unique to the photographer. The answer is yes, we do scan the whole print, but we will ask you whether or not you want to keep the white borders, transcribe any captions on them or scan the backs if they contain handwriting.
ARE MY DELICATE PHOTOS SAFE?
The priceless value on your family memories is incredibly important to us. All of your photos are handled gently by our white gloved technicians and scanned on flat bed scanners after going through our detailed project inventory process and your project is tracked from start to finish!
CAN YOU SCAN MY ODD-SIZE PHOTOS?
Absolutely! Our equipment is made to handle any sized photo that you have. Whether it’s an older format with non-standard dimensions, framed or oversized, our experienced technicians have seen it all and scan thousands of photos each day.
Get an estimate on your Old Delicate Photo Scanning project!
Fill out our form or call to speak to a consultant
The links below will take you to short videos about our most popular services:
- Digitize Photos
- Video Transfer Services
- Slides to Digital
- Album & Scrapbook Scanning
- Film to Digital
- Audio Conversion
You’re in good hands! Our team has decades of experience turning millions of photos and videos into beautiful digital memories that you can share with others.
There’s a lot to be said, but these are some of the coolest facts that we think you need to know about old photos:
- A man named Niépce created the first known photograph formed in a camera in 1827, and the first photograph to include a person in 1838.
- In 1884 George Eastman made the earliest form of photos captured onto film, the first step towards making photography available to the masses.
- In 1901 the Kodak Brownie was introduced and ushered in an era of Kodak domination over the photography industry and public love of taking photos that has never abated.
The black-and-white and sepia will fade, especially when exposed to too much sunlight and they are printed on less stable photographic paper. Your cardboard photos are safer from physical damage, but just as susceptible to fading. Talk to us today about scanning your old photos with our delicate photo scanning service!
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