Hi Ginger,
 
In three archives I have worked in, I have seen the photographs stored individually in acid free or polypropylene sleeves and then separated into acid free folders which does help a lot. It also depends on the dimensions of the photographs you are storing. Can these photographs be stored vertically in boxes and separated by acid free folders or dividers? This does help keep them in order and from sliding around a lot. It also helps takes the weight off of the lower layers.
In addition, if the photographs have numbers - which I am guessing they do - the sleeves and dividers provide a place for affixing that as well.
 
Katherine
On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 12:56 PM, Ginger Frembling <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
My museum is currently using flat photo boxes to store our photo collection.  We are having issues keeping photos "stationary" on their appropriate layers.  Previous curators have used double sided tape to "lock" the photos in place on the matboards (not on the photos, mind you, on plastic sleeves the photos are in).  They've also tried photo corners of various sizes and even tried to make larger corners using mylar pieces and double sided tape.  I'm not a big fan of the double sided tape.  Does anyone have any recommendations?

Thanks!

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