Imaging
In 2008 CCAHA established a state-of-the-art studio devoted entirely to digital documentation. In addition to treatment documentation, CCAHAs digital documentation offers:
- Enhanced availability of digital photography of conservation treatments for collecting organizations’ websites, promotional material, media coverage, and exhibitions.
- The creation of high quality facsimiles of historic documents. Because excessive handling of documents is always a concern in preservation, any process that reduces the physical wear and tear of hands on documents should be adopted whenever possible. In most cases, digitization projects concern items that are extremely fragile, and are being digitized precisely to reduce future handling. CCAHA’s facsimile service is fee-for-service based and does not need to accompany conservation treatment.
Mia Moffett, CCAHA’s new Manager of Digital Documentation notes, “with our new equipment – including a professional Epson inkjet roll printer, oversize flatbed scanner, and Nikon digital SLR camera, we are able to offer facsimiles services including prints and high quality digital scans, and digital manipulation of documents or artifacts at an affordable cost, since these services are handled in house by our professionally-trained staff.”
Contact Mia at mmoffett@ccaha.org to learn more about CCAHA's digital documentation services.
The CCAHA digital documentation lab was made possible through the generous support of the McLean Contributionship and Philadelphia Cultural Management Iniative.
A section of panoramic photograph belonging to the Fairmont Park Historical Commission, before and after digital enhancement at CCAHA's digital documentation studio.