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Question: Robin,  I have some old photo albums that my grandmother put together years ago. She used those sticky albums with the plastic paper that covers them. I am having trouble getting the pictures off the page. Could you please tell me how to romove these without damaging the photos? Thank you for your help.
Answer: There are many ways that archivists mention to remove the photos. The most effective for me has been using a hairdryer to heat the paper just long enough to melt the adhesive.  This should allow you to peel the photo off - sometimes a spatula or knife can help lift the photo without damaging it.  Microwaving works too if you can do one page at a time.  Try it at 5 and 10 second intervals to prevent damaging or burning the paper or photos.  If these ideas don’t work, I found some great tips from About.com.  We actually sell the adhesive remover mentioned by the article. It works wonders as well.