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.
Standard & custom delicate
photo scanning pricing
We’ll scan your delicate, old photos to DVD, USB or digital and maintain your organization, including your captions!
Standard Photos
$0.59
photo
- 600 dpi on professional scanners
- Ordered, titled and numbered
- 3 level human eye quality control
- Dust removal, cleaning & orientation
Delicate Photos
$1.99
photo
- 600 dpi on professional scanners
- Vintage, fragile or damaged photos
- Dust removal via cloth, brush & compressed air
- Caption transcription available
Standard Slides
$0.59
slide
- 2000 dpi on professional scanners
- Unpack & repack of carousels
- Dust removal via cloth, brush & compressed air
- Ordered, titled & numbered
Albums & Scrapbooks
$2.99
Starting @ per page
- Handling fee starts at $0.40/photo
- 4 scanning methods: 300-600 dpi
- Returned as is or in organized photo boxes
- Sleeved, sticky albums & more
Service Charge
A $45 service fee applies to all orders. This service fee provides for safe handling procedures including: intake, item coding, physical & digital storage, quality checks by senior technicians and packaging.
Extras & Details
- Extra USB: Ask your consultant
- Oversized photos: $2.99/photo
- Captions in file name or metadata: $0.99/ea
- Advanced foldering: starting at $0.15/image
- Advanced organizing (keyword search, etc): $95/hour
- Private website: first 180 days free, then $80/year
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3 easy ways to work with us:
HOME PICKUPS
Home pickups are offered throughout the Northeast.
MAIL ORDERS
We accept mail-in orders from all across the US. Easy ship kits are available.
DROP OFFS
50+ satellite locations are available for convenient drop-off in ME, RI, CT, NH, VT, MA, NJ, NY, PA .
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!
Visit one of our Northeast locations:
Massachusetts
Ashburnham, MA
56 Main Street (Rt 12) Ashburnham, MA 01430
At Creative Connections Gallery
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56 Main Street (Rt 12) Ashburnham, MA 01430
At Creative Connections Gallery
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Back Bay - Boston, MA
411 Marlborough Street Boston, MA 02115
At Stanhope Framers
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411 Marlborough Street Boston, MA 02115
At Stanhope Framers
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Downtown Boston, MA
637 Tremont Street Boston, MA 02118
At Around the Corner Framing
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637 Tremont Street Boston, MA 02118
At Around the Corner Framing
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Great Barrington, MA
684 Main St Great Barrington MA 01230
At Lauren Clark Fine Art
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684 Main St Great Barrington MA 01230
At Lauren Clark Fine Art
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Salem, NH (MA bordering)
99 Rockingham Park Blvd. Salem, NH 03079
At Portrait Simple
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99 Rockingham Park Blvd. Salem, NH 03079
At Portrait Simple
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North Attleborough, MA (RI bordering)
31 N. Washington St North Attleborough, MA 02760
At Preservation Framer
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31 N. Washington St North Attleborough, MA 02760
At Preservation Framer
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Connecticut
West Hartford, CT - CLOSED
1500 New Britain Avenue West Hartford, CT 06110
TEMPORARILY CLOSED
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1500 New Britain Avenue West Hartford, CT 06110
TEMPORARILY CLOSED
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New Haven, CT
899 Whalley Avenue New Haven, CT 06515
At The Frame Shop in New Haven
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899 Whalley Avenue New Haven, CT 06515
At The Frame Shop in New Haven
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Darien, CT
576 Boston Post Road Darien, CT 06820
At Accent Picture Framing / Geary Gallery
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576 Boston Post Road Darien, CT 06820
At Accent Picture Framing / Geary Gallery
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New London, CT
140 Bank Street New London, CT 06320
At Studio 33 Art & Frame Gallery
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140 Bank Street New London, CT 06320
At Studio 33 Art & Frame Gallery
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Rhode Island
Providence, RI
1350 Mineral Spring Avenue, North Providence, RI 02904
At Providence Picture Frame & Dryden Gallery
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1350 Mineral Spring Avenue, North Providence, RI 02904
At Providence Picture Frame & Dryden Gallery
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Narragansett, RI
18 Pier Market Pl, Narragansett, RI 02882
At Pier Picture Fine Art and Framing
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18 Pier Market Pl, Narragansett, RI 02882
At Pier Picture Fine Art and Framing
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North Attleborough, MA (RI bordering)
31 N. Washington St North Attleboro, MA 02760
At Preservation Framer
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31 N. Washington St North Attleboro, MA 02760
At Preservation Framer
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Maine
New Hampshire
Lebanon, NH
69 Hanover Street, Lebanon, NH 03766
At The Gilded Edge Frame Shop & Gallery
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69 Hanover Street, Lebanon, NH 03766
At The Gilded Edge Frame Shop & Gallery
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Salem, NH
99 Rockingham Park Blvd., Salem, NH 03079
At Portrait Simple in The Mall at Rockingham Park
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99 Rockingham Park Blvd., Salem, NH 03079
At Portrait Simple in The Mall at Rockingham Park
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Vermont
We have five secure locations for Vermont families - one in Brattleboro and four just across the border in neighboring states.
Brattleboro and Southern VT
10 Green St, Brattleboro, VT 05301
At The Vermont Center For Photography
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10 Green St, Brattleboro, VT 05301
At The Vermont Center For Photography
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Woodstock and Upper Valley Areas
69 Hanover Street, Lebanon, NH 03766
At The Gilded Edge Frame Shop & Gallery
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69 Hanover Street, Lebanon, NH 03766
At The Gilded Edge Frame Shop & Gallery
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Rutland and Manchester Areas
119 Bay St, Glens Falls, NY 12801
At Saunders Gallery of Fine Art
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119 Bay St, Glens Falls, NY 12801
At Saunders Gallery of Fine Art
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New York
Troy, NY
Our original NY location 201 Broadway, Troy, NY 12180
At Clement Frame Shop & Art Gallery
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Our original NY location 201 Broadway, Troy, NY 12180
At Clement Frame Shop & Art Gallery
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Massapequa Park, NY
4780 Sunrise Highway, Massapequa Park, NY 11762
At Long Island Picture Frame & Art Gallery
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4780 Sunrise Highway, Massapequa Park, NY 11762
At Long Island Picture Frame & Art Gallery
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Oyster Bay, NY
4 Audrey Avenue, Oyster Bay, NY 11771
At Long Island Picture Frame & Art Gallery
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4 Audrey Avenue, Oyster Bay, NY 11771
At Long Island Picture Frame & Art Gallery
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Glens Falls, NY
119 Bay St, Glens Falls, NY 12801
At Saunders Gallery of Fine Art
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119 Bay St, Glens Falls, NY 12801
At Saunders Gallery of Fine Art
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Poughkeepsie, NY
696 Dutchess Turnpike, Suite D, Poughkeepsie, NY 12603
At The Village Frame Shop of Poughkeepsie
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696 Dutchess Turnpike, Suite D, Poughkeepsie, NY 12603
At The Village Frame Shop of Poughkeepsie
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New Jersey
Morris Plains, NJ
736 Speedwell Avenue Morris Plains, New Jersey 07950
At AlphaGraphics
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736 Speedwell Avenue Morris Plains, New Jersey 07950
At AlphaGraphics
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Pompton Plains, NJ
574 Newark Pompton Turnpike, Pompton Plains, NJ 07444
At Framed Image
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574 Newark Pompton Turnpike, Pompton Plains, NJ 07444
At Framed Image
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Highland Park, NJ
6 N 2nd Avenue, Highland Park, NJ 08904
At B. Beamesderfer Gallery
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6 N 2nd Avenue, Highland Park, NJ 08904
At B. Beamesderfer Gallery
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Montclair, NJ
33 Watchung Plaza, Montclair, NJ 07042
At MSC Custom Picture Framing
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33 Watchung Plaza, Montclair, NJ 07042
At MSC Custom Picture Framing
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Pennsylvania
Lafayette Hill, PA
537 Germantown Pike, Lafayette Hill, PA 19444
At The Frame Shop
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537 Germantown Pike, Lafayette Hill, PA 19444
At The Frame Shop
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Montgomeryville, PA
735 Bethlehem Pike, Montgomeryville, PA 18936
At Frugal Frames
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735 Bethlehem Pike, Montgomeryville, PA 18936
At Frugal Frames
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