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> Thanks to everyone for the wonderful replies about Beaver Board. It seems
> that someone mounted these beautiful photos on something traditionally
> used to build houses. Go figure...  We are definitely going to get the
> board cleaned up and framed. If we can get the photos remounted onto
> something else, so much the better.
>
> I had initially done an Internet search of the phrase beaver board and
> kept coming up with sites that had something to with how to cut up a
> beaver (after trapping it, I guess).  Ooh, yuck!
>
> Thanks to all!
>
> Barbara M. Pope, MLS
> Reference Librarian
> St. Louis College of Pharmacy
> 4588 Parkview Place
> St. Louis MO 63110
> (314) 367-8700 x. 1001
> FAX (314) 454-3382
>
>  -----Original Message-----
> From:         Pope, Barbara
> Sent: Friday, July 19, 2002 1:49 PM
> To:   'archives@listserv.muohio.edu'
> Subject:      beaver board?
>
> Does anyone out there in Archives Land know what "Beaver Board" is? We
> were clearing out a closet to ready the library and archives for more
> construction and found an old composite class picture from 1917.  All of
> the photos are mounted on this board, which says "Beaver Board Patented
> 1916" on the back. It is about the thickness of thin plywood. I am
> wondering about the possible acids or other chemicals from the board
> leaching into the photos. However, the photos seem to be pretty sturdily
> mounted on the board, so I guess there's probably not much I could do
> about it anyway. The board does look like it got a little bit wet at one
> time and is dirty, but other than that, it is in good shape and has no
> mold or other defects. I would like to get it cleaned up and framed and
> placed somewhere prominent in the library where people can see it.
>
> Barbara M. Pope, MLS
> Reference Librarian
> St. Louis College of Pharmacy
> 4588 Parkview Place
> St. Louis MO 63110
> (314) 367-8700 x. 1001
> FAX (314) 454-3382
>

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