2014 AIC Presentation Wiegandt-Bigelow_Final.pptx

24 Pages·2014·7.55 MB·English

by  Nicholas Bigelow

Implementing
 a
 research-­‐driven,
 sustainable,
 preventive

conservation
 solution
 developed
 during
 an
 extended

grant-­‐funded
 project

Research  and  Conserva.on  of  the  Daguerreotype
Funded
 by
 the
 National
 Endowment
 for
 the
 Arts

The
 National
 Science
 Foundation

The
 Andrew
 W.
 Mellon
 Foundation

The
 Getty
 Foundation

George
 Eastman
 House
 International
 Museum
 of
 Photography
 and
 Film

and

The
 University
 of
 Rochester

 Ralph
 Wiegandt;
 George
 Eastman
 House,
 NEA
 Grant
 and

 NSF
 Researcher

Dr.
 Nicholas
 Bigelow;
 University
 of
 Rochester,
 NSF
 Principal
 InvesGgator
UnidenGfied
 Young
 Girl:
 Southworth
 &
 Hawes:
 ca

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 sixth

 plate
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 image
 of
 image
 50
 nm
 diameter
 nanotube-­‐
nanowire:

 80
 microns
 in
 length

6th
 Plate
 George
 Eastman
 House
 study
 collecGon

The
 50
 nm
 diameter
 nanotube-­‐nanowire
 wrapping

around
 an
 image
 parGcle:
 47KX
 mag
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 (May
 2005)
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 ~
 1
 Month
 on
 Display
 (July
 2005)

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Argon-­‐charged
 prototype
 enclosure
 developed
 for

the
 Save
 America’s
 Treasures
 Grant

Prototype
 for
 the
 sixth
 plate
 format,
 built
 and
 tested
 August,

2011

[Eastman
 House
 holds
 526
 Southworth
 &
 Hawes

 sixth
 plates]