Perhaps it was affixed to what is called architect's linen.

Nancy Powell

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From: "Chris Taylor-Atchison County Historical Society"
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Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 2:14 PM
Subject: Advice on preservation of 1857 map


> I am looking for some advice and/or a source of advice on preservation
> of a map in our collection.
> We are about an hour from Kansas City.
>
> The item is an 1857 map of Atchison, Kansas Territory including a
> section of street map and area map of region along Missouri River. The
> map has been in a display case (in the wrong place) and in moving it, I
> saw what I feared had been done.
> The map has been placed on linen (I think) cloth, which was tied over a
> wood board (solid pine from appearance not plywood) then the part I was
> afraid of it has some type of lamination material over the map which
> adhears less to the cloth backing but seems pretty attached to the paper
> and it is stapled along the edges to the wood backer.
> Is there any hope for removing the lamination material? And are we
> talking mega bucks? The piece is about 42 x 27 inches - edges frayed and
> once panel of map from corner is missing.
> Thanks in advance for any advice on what might be done.
>
> --
> Chris Taylor
> Executive Director
> Atchison County Historical Society
> P.O. Box 201
> 200 S. 10th Street, Santa Fe Depot
> Atchison, KS 66002
> 913-367-6238
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> http://www.atchisonhistory.org
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