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It is recommended that archives get a full aperture scan of a film to preserve it fully. (A full aperture scan is a full film scan including the sprockets.) If the archive does not have a scanner, do archives pay to scan film twice to get an aspect ratio scan and a full aperture scan? Reason being, the full aperture scan is not as sharp as an aspect ratio scan. Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Archival Collection Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Small Gauge Film Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Advertising Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. VHS Video Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Popular Culture Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Audio Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Social Documentary Photography

In 2001 a flood hit in Ohio and destroyed my VHS archive as well as some of my personal photography that was stored in a basement. Raw sewage and mold took care of it and I lost it all. On 6.22.2026 we got a torrential downpour at 4.30PM and the cine' film archive got flooded. I didn't know it until the next day when I started to smell things and walked in the room. Luckily it was not sewage, but the carpet and pad were soaked and everything sitting on it was wet. Maybe the only safe place might be the 2nd floor if you got an attic to catch the drips if the roof leaks? I'll be out for some time with this mess. I'm old and health is poor, so work goes very slow. No insurance. I'm chipping away at pulling up the rug and pad after I vacuumed everything with a wet Shop Vac. I've felt sick from the wet stink the last few days. But every day seems to get a smidgeon better than the previous day. Subfloor is concrete, so at least it is not a mess of moldy plywood. BTW, if you want to pull up wall to wall carpet; get some big pliers and go to the corner of the rug. Grab / pinch the corner and pull up. It removes the carpet from the nail strip. Get a dedicated carpet knife to cut the carpet. I've tried all sort of knives; carpet knives work best. But have lots of blades. Cut sections of carpet that you can deal with and roll them up and secure with duct tape. I hope to be back to the forum someday, once I get caught up. Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Archival Collection Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Small Gauge Film Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Advertising Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. VHS Video Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Popular Culture Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Audio Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Social Documentary Photography

I received an email from someone critiquing my archive for its lack of metadata. The discussion will give you some background on how my archive operates, its goals and how it compares to what a proper archive should look like, as proposed by Homer. I've also included an old, warped Kodachrome 4x5 from my archive that was probably shot in the late 1940's for your perusal to open things up. Here is the letter... --------------------------------------------------- Hi Daniel, I wanted to say that the collections across your sites are fairly impressive and I'm sure that they hold significant historical and cultural value. However, as most of them appear to be missing essential information that would draw interest from the right people and institutions, may I suggest that every single image, video, audio etc. comes with the expected meta data? Put differently, one needs to stop thinking in terms of "interesting old stuff" and start thinking in terms of archival evidence, and become very methodical about the approach. The metadata should answer five questions at the very least, in order to be genuinely useful: Who made it? What is it? When and where was it made? How did it get here / in your possession? What exactly has been digitised, altered, preserved, or lost? Does the original artefact still exists, and who has it now? In more practical terms, a serious record should include the following. The aim is not to write an academic essay for every object. The aim is to give each item enough context for archivists, historians, curators, researchers, and institutions to understand what it is, where it came from, whether it can be used safely, and why it matters. 1. Basic identification Unique item or collection ID Title or short descriptive name Item type: photograph, film, audio, letter, poster, document, etc. Collection name Related items, if any 2. What it shows or contains * Short description * People, places, organisations, or events shown or mentioned * Date or estimated date * Location, if known * Language, if relevant * Any inscriptions, labels, captions, handwriting, stamps, or notes 3. Where it came from * Original source: film, print, negative, tape, letter, scan, etc. * How it was acquired: garage sale, estate sale, donation, auction, found collection, etc. * Acquisition date * Acquisition location * Previous owner or seller, if known * Any uncertainty about provenance 4. Rights and permissions * Copyright status, if known * Rights holder, if known * Whether it may be public domain * Whether copyright is uncertain * Any privacy, donor, cultural, or ethical restrictions * Credit line required for use Important: old does not automatically mean public domain. If rights are uncertain, say so clearly. 5. Physical object details * Original format: 35mm film, photographic print, negative, cassette, reel, typed letter, handwritten letter, etc. * Size or duration * Colour or black and white * Condition: damaged, faded, scratched, torn, mouldy, incomplete, etc. * Whether the original still exists * Where the original is stored 6. Digital file details * File format: TIFF, JPEG, WAV, MP3, MP4, PDF, etc. * File size * Pixel dimensions, scan resolution, audio quality, video resolution, or duration * Date digitised * Equipment or method used, if known * Whether the file is an original scan, edited version, restored version, or access copy 7. Why it matters * Short note on historical, cultural, artistic, social, or research value * Why this item or collection may be useful * Relevant themes or subjects * Links to related people, places, events, collections, or publications. I appreciate that achieving this level of curation, cataloguing, and archival description is a gargantuan amount of work. In practice, not every object can be documented perfectly from day one, and some metadata will always be incomplete, uncertain, or provisional. That is normal. The point is not to produce museum-grade records overnight, but to apply a methodical approach that makes the material safer, more discoverable, more useful, and more credible over time, that someone else (or an institution) can take over without spending tends of years to try to identify what all of that is and means. As yourself, most people and institutions are underfunded and short staffed and simply don't have the capacity to investigate such materials despite the potentially strong interest. Even a basic structured record is better than a loose upload with no context. At minimum, each item or collection should have enough information to explain what it is, where it came from, what is known or unknown about its creator, what rights status is attached to it, what physical or digital format it exists in, and how it was digitised. Uncertainty is acceptable; silence is the problem. A record that says “creator unknown”, “date approximate”, “copyright undetermined”, or “provenance based on garage-sale acquisition, unverified” is still far more useful than no record at all. A better approach would be phased and systematic rather than perfect from the outset. Start with a minimum viable metadata standard for every item or collection: identifier, title, format, date or date range, creator if known, place if known, source/acquisition details, rights status, short description, digitisation details, and condition notes. Then improve records gradually by adding controlled subjects, transcriptions, related people, related places, technical metadata, provenance notes, and links to related materials. The essential shift is this: the upload itself is not the preservation work. The preservation work is the combination of the object, its metadata, its provenance, its rights assessment, its technical integrity, and its historical context. Without that structure, the material may be online, but it is not truly curated, not truly archival, and not fully usable. Best of luck, Homer --------------------------------------------------------- Here is my reply... Hello Homer, Nice to hear from you! Thanks for taking the time to outline your suggestions. I seldom, if ever get such thoughtful letters nowadays. I get a lot of emails from younger people. Goddamn, they can hardly write a coherent sentence or two, Homer. You must be a professional archivist, or you are one heck of an anal citizen archivist! (Anal as in an analysis oriented person.) I can't argue against adopting any of your suggestions. Unfortunately, I am a 1 man show and an old man at that. Health is poor and not much time or energy left to do it all. Consequently, I prefer to get the most bang for my buck and document as much of the material I can and let others do what investigative / text work / metadata work they would like to do. I'm not a professional archive, museum or special collections library. Even so, there are benefits as well as shortcomings when you are a 1 man show, Homer. My archive can be very fast acting when it comes to acquisitions and making decisions. For example, I've dealt with a lot of museums over the years. Museum acquisitions usually follow this hierarchy. The curator proposes the acquisition to the head curator. The head curator proposes the acquisition to the deputy director. The deputy director proposes the acquisition to the director. The director proposes the acquisition to the acquisition committee. The acquisition committee votes to approve or not approve the acquisition. Now, every museum is different, but this is a common example of the acquisition process. It may take 6 months to a year for the acquisition decision to be made. And I'm talking about donations to the permanent collection, it does not have to be a purchase. From what I gather, but I'm not sure, this is the reason most museum curators are women. Women have a lot of patience to deal with all that acquisition process bullshit. I couldn't deal with it, Homer. For my archive, I can acquire things in 10 seconds. Even though non-professional I maintain a very large and diverse archive that prides itself in putting hi-res open content material online. I modeled my archive after the 'old' Getty Open Content archive. The 'new' Getty has gone to hell. The diversity and scope of my archive has nothing to do with the popular politics of the day aka wokeness. It has to do with the fact that I have a huge number of interests and have no prejudice in collecting. But, I will admit my fast moving, 1 man archive cannot compete with professional archives when it comes to metadata and text. Here is Google on the subject: Professional archives and special collections often employ staff dedicated solely to organizing, structuring, and managing data about collections. The specific title for this role depends on the institution, but these professionals most commonly hold the following titles: Metadata Archivist: The most direct title; these professionals specialize in applying standardized metadata schemas to both digital and physical records so they are easily discoverable. Digital Archivist / Digital Asset Manager: In archives with heavy digitization programs or "born-digital" records, this role focuses on the long-term preservation and structured metadata of digital files. Metadata Librarian: Frequently used in academic or research library settings, these individuals bridge the gap between traditional library catalogs and archival finding aids. Archival Metadata Specialist: Often seen in large, grant-funded projects or specialized societies, this title highlights expertise in the transcription and cataloging of specific historical collections. Depending on your professional background, would you like to explore archival degree programs, look at typical salary expectations, or learn about specific metadata standards (like Dublin Core or EAD) used in the field? A while back a person wrote to me to complain that I didn't offer PDFs of certain material. I gave him hi-res JPEGs. Isn't that better than giving him a shitty low-res PDF like some archives offer, Homer? From what I offer, many things are possible. He could make his own PDF in any res he chose to, as well as individual JPEGs to use as he liked. I can either spend my time making PDFs and writing text or in acquiring and digitizing archival material and putting it out there. Homer, in the big picture I don't know much about most of what I archive. I don't do this as a job; I'm not a professional archivist. I do it as a volunteer archivist also known as a citizen archivist, as the Internet Archive terms such people. I do this work out of a love for preservation of history; but mostly I do it from my own curiosity about certain subjects. I just acquire what interests me and archive it for the historical record as an offshoot to my own visual education. I don't know the backstory or provenance of much of the material I deal with. Most of it boils down to...'acquired from a picker on eBay' or 'picked up at a yard sale' or 'found in the trash,' type of thing. I do spend a lot of time making sure most of the material is digitized in decent quality. Something that is lacking in many professional archives I see when it comes to what they offer to the general public. So, I would hope that my image quality would make up for my lack of text / metadata. The other option that you suggest would be to document only a very small fraction of what I do and spend my time writing and filling out forms and checklists. The result of that would be to let the majority of the material I deal with end up in the landfill of material lost to history. My personal nature is not much for text, Homer. I'm a visual sort of person. I used to be a street and social documentary photographer. So, I spend time on visuals and not on text. I put my effort into the quality of digitization, that is allowed within my limited financial and time budget as well as some audio work. But none of my work is of the highest quality, due to a lack of finances for highest quality digitization. And not much effort is spent on text due to lack of time, lack of interest in text and poor health. Homer, my archive operates under the auspices of...something is better than nothing. And let me just touch on the health issues I mentioned to you above, Homer. If I sit too long, sciatica acts up and my leg gets shooting pain radiating down the leg and it goes numb. Then the leg aches and keeps me up all night and has sharp shooting nerve pain while I walk in the daytime. If I stand in one place too long my gouty toe bothers me and my ankle and knees start to act up. Since I can't afford electric worktables of adjustable heights my back and neck act up. I get wrist, elbow and shoulder pain from the computer mouse. Eyes are also an issue with the computer screen, and on and one. Homer, when you are old, daily life is very different from when you are young. Consequently, you get less done and it takes longer to do it. Here is the general rule for this topic we are discussing, Homer. "Don't give more of what you freely want to give, even if you will get no thanks. Expectations, such as thanks, are pre-planned resentments." 12 -Step Program I'll be honest with you Homer. If I had to fill out your checklist form of metadata requirements, I'd give up archival work completely. I'd have to be paid to do that type of drudgery work. And it would not be a field I'd want to work in anyway, even if I was paid. I only work in areas that interest me, not wanting to work with material that I have no interest in. That allows me to give freely of what I can and want to give, but I can't give much else beyond that. Thanks again for your excellent suggestions! Sincerely, Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Archival Collection Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Small Gauge Film Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Advertising Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. VHS Video Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Popular Culture Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Audio Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Social Documentary Photography

Outlook Spam Filter : http://www.outlook-spam-filter.com : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive And even if you got no pride. Do it for the historical record. <><><><> Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Archival Collection Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Small Gauge Film Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Advertising Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. VHS Video Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Popular Culture Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Audio Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Social Documentary Photography

LoC I'm not much of a reader. I like looking at photos, movies and hearing some audio. That is how I learn. That is a big reason I got into archival preservation...I learn from seeing history, not reading about it. But sometimes I am forced to dig into the text to get a better picture of things. For years I've collected material on traditional May Day celebrations usually held at girl's schools and colleges as part of the Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Archival Collection. From what I gathered, traditional May Day celebrations had died out. So, I researched it a little to see if it still had some life. Here is something from James Madison University on why schools quit May Day celebrations. Apparently, May Day is not 100% dead. I asked Google about it on 5.1.2026. Simmons University still holds its annual May Day celebration, which is the institution's longest-running tradition dating back to 1912. It is a cherished event typically organized by the sophomore class to honor the graduating seniors, featuring activities like flower crown making, strawberry-themed brunch, and the traditional maypole dance. Key details about the continuing tradition include: The Celebration: It is a celebration of spring that serves to foster community, often involving a 6 a.m. serenade of seniors by sophomores. Modern Aspects: While historic, the event has adapted to modern times and sometimes aligns with student themes, including sustainability and, as reported in 2023, a continued spirit of inclusivity. Active Tradition: As of 2023, the university has continued to celebrate the "sacred" tradition, with students engaging in research and reflection on its history and ongoing evolution. The event serves to strengthen community ties and provides a moment of celebration before the end of the academic year. May Day celebration Bryn Mawr 5.1.1942 DDTJRAC Bryn Mawr College and Simmons University are among the few institutions that still hold traditional May Day celebrations. Bryn Mawr College hosts a renowned, day-long event featuring Maypole dancing, a hoop race, and a feminist May Hole dance. Simmons University continues its long-running, 1912-initiated tradition to welcome spring. Other institutions have adapted the tradition: Wilson College: Continues to hold a "May Day" weekend, though it was renamed to "Spring Fling" in 1996 and includes traditional maypole dancing. Converse University: Hosts a "May Day Weekend" for families and friends featuring community awards and celebrations. These events typically feature the crowning of a May Queen, Maypole dancing, and a gathering of students, alumnae, and faculty. Here is a short video from the Simmons University May Day celebration on 5.5.2011. It has been modernized but gives you a taste of the old school maypole dance. The maypole dancers used to alternate over and under each other to make a braided pattern on the maypole. Simmons University May Day Celebration 5.5.2011 D.D.Teoli Jr. A.C. : D.D.Teoli Jr. A.C. : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive AI People who participate in the traditional folk dance around a maypole, usually on May Day (May 1), are called maypole dancers. They perform a ceremonial dance by holding ribbons attached to the top of the pole, weaving them into intricate, colorful patterns as they move around it, often to celebrate springtime and fertility. Key Details About Maypole Dancers: The Action: Dancers move in opposite directions, weaving ribbons, and then reverse their steps to unwrap them. Tradition: While rooted in ancient European pagan fertility rituals, this dance is now a common tradition in schools, community festivals, and on village greens, particularly in England, Germany, and the U.S.. Costume & Music: Traditionally, dancers often wear bright, festive, or traditional folk costumes, and the dance is often accompanied by music or song. Here is a film that is more old school on May Day from 1959. Very rare to find these. This is a VHS telecine of a 16mm film. May Day Celebration at Mount de Chantal 1959 16mm to VHS Telecine D.D.Teoli Jr. A.C. : D.D.Teoli Jr. A.C. : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive Within the Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Small Gauge Film Archive I have about 300 feet of 16mm film from around 1938 of a May Day celebration at a college. I need to get it scanned aka I need to buy a cine' film scanner to scan it. Why don't I just pay to have it scanned? Because I have 3-4 million feet of film within the collection. Here is some more history of May Day celebrations for those interested in it. While May Day celebrations are not 100% dead, I guess one could sum it up as they are 'almost' dead. May Day PDF History Master Collection D.D.Teoli Jr. A.C. : D.D.Teoli Jr. A.C. : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive ...side note All these PDF's were made while I looked into this subject. It is very easy to create PDF's on the fly when you do your research. Just hit print or highlight and print...to PDF. The point is, when you are out and about and see something interesting, PDF it and upload to the Internet Archive to add to the historical record. RPPC - DDTJRAC Well, that is it for May Day 2026! <><><><> Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Archival Collection Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Small Gauge Film Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Advertising Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. VHS Video Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Popular Culture Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Audio Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Social Documentary Photography

Some of the replies on an online professional archivist forum on Reddit said that they don't care if Epson discontinued their flagship flatbed V600 and V850 scanners. Many said their Phase One camera or DSLR's and copy stands did better. A copy stand is not the same as a flatbed scanner when it comes to archival work. A copy stand provides more harsh results when it comes to defects and silvering. It offers no options for weighted scans on warped material like stereo cards. This is why you see subpar digitization from most archives even with their $90,000 Phase One digitization setups. If a vacuum frame is used, then you could possibly flatten out some of this material. I used vacuum frames extensively in the 1970s, but we used them on thin paper and sheet film, not on thick, warped mounting boards. Even so, vacuum frames are not mainstream or easy to acquire as they once were in the days of graphic arts and process cameras. Within the archive I use camera / copy stand combos as well as various scanners of all sorts. They each have their purpose. But the bottom line is...a copy stand is not a replacement for a flatbed scanner; they produce different results. When it comes to weighted scans, I found that an Epson V600 scanner starts to break with 22 pounds of weight put on the lid. The part that breaks is the film scanning component in the lid. I limit the weight I put on the lid to 18 pounds. You figure out the weight limits for your scanner. Don't go by what I tell you, weight your scanner lid at your own risk. And if you do weight the lid, you will need a thick hard foam backer under the lid to contact the original. The lid alone will not do a good job on heavily warped material. No post processing was done on the copy stand vs flatbed scan photos. Copy stand photo. Flatbed scan of the same photo. Copy stand photo. Flatbed scan of the same photo. An example of a flatbed scanner. An example of a 3-D photo taken with a flatbed scanner. Examples of flatbed scanned photos weighted and unweighted. An example of a nuArc dual vacuum frame platemaker c.1974. Photos from: NSFW SHOOTOUT…Flatbed Scanner vs. Sheetfed Scanner vs. Copy Stand Photography – Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Archival Collection – II <><><><> Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Archival Collection Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Small Gauge Film Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Advertising Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. VHS Video Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Popular Culture Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Audio Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Social Documentary Photography

This is #4 out of #6 SSD archival tests underway. The Samsung T7 500GB SSD was formatted on 9.1.22 and 449GB of data was put on it. It has not been plugged in since 9.1.22. I checked it today, 3.1.26 and everything was fine. Future tests will be for #5 / 56 months and #6 / 68 months. I will also retest #4 for a 10-year test. It will test not rewriting the data over a 10-year period with just one plug in to recharge over 10 years. That test is due on 9.1.32. <><><><> Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Archival Collection Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Small Gauge Film Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Advertising Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. VHS Video Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Popular Culture Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Audio Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Social Documentary Photography

Screenshot 02-27-2026 08.42.311145×884 201 KB Over the years I bought a few photos from this seller for my archive. But it is just too $$ now. They keep raising the shipping to crazy prices. Shipping is almost the same as the price of the minimum bid. Add sales tax and you are in the low $40s for 1 photo. Now some photos may be worth it. But most of theirs are not worth that much to me. The last photo I got from them was an interesting glass plate with a bunch of people in an old general store that looked to be in Alaska, and they brought a horse into the store. I have to scan it sometime. Right now, been working digesting 4 -5 feet of old mags to breakdown. Usually not a big deal to scan things, but I have to pull out a special scanner that is in storage that can handle 8x10 glass plates. It would be nice to have an archive with equipment all set up and you walk up to it and can just do your work. Even have a mold room where you can work with moldy material like the toxic waste that it is. Some of the material an archive gets is moldy and sometimes it is just not replaceable. So, you deal with what you got when it comes to digitizing it. If you do have moldy material to digitize you can microwave it. But you have to be careful about burning it. I’ve done lots of work with it…moldy material seems to find me. All the old stores had crates, barrels, glass, ceramic and baskets for their food. No plastic back then. I don’t know if this is a display to sell fruit or just set up to take the photo. It doesn’t look too practical for customers to pick fruit. Although back then I think you asked for what you wanted and the storekeeper got it for you. I’ve seen a lot of old-time bananas. All the bananas I see in the photos look kinda nasty. The bananas have changed over the years due to varieties dying out from disease. The bananas we eat now are low quality compared to the bananas we had when I was a kid. They were tasty as hell back then. But that variety is no longer sold. It died out. I don’t know if it died out 100%, but it died out enough from disease to not be commercially sold. You check it out. <><><><> Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Archival Collection Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Small Gauge Film Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Advertising Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. VHS Video Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Popular Culture Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Audio Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Social Documentary Photography

I see some panoramic photos made with pieced together photos. Did they have a special camera for that as well as single shot panoramic photos? Looks like train was moving, yet a pieced together pano. Some of the pan photos had uneven exposure, like they were made with a swing lens camera. Although this is not the best example, it gives you an idea. Did they have swing lens cameras in the early 1900s? What kind of cameras did they use for panoramic photos in the early 1900s? Photos: LoC <><><><> Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Archival Collection Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Small Gauge Film Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Advertising Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. VHS Video Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Popular Culture Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Audio Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Social Documentary Photography

LoC Post Processing: D.D.Teoli Jr. Here is an example of the problem I wrote about earlier with archives. The LoC only offered low-res for this image. And this was relatively hi-res to some of what the LoC offers. You just don't know with the LoC. <><><><> Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Archival Collection Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Small Gauge Film Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Advertising Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. VHS Video Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Popular Culture Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Audio Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Social Documentary Photography

They got lots of steam thresher shows around the country. You can see some of the steam shovels in action there. I don't get out much anymore, but I acquired a collection of about 40 steam shovel video shorts while they were in operation. I also acquired about the same number of diesel cable shovel videos. DDTJRAC Steam shovels are the more interesting, but diesel cable shovels are also interesting. They seldom do, but if a catalog of steam shovels comes up for sale, it is $400 - $600, easy. Sometimes lucky pickers find them at yard sales for next to nothing. Steam shovels are a fascinating area for the preservationist to work in. Most of the online video and photos are amateurish and low quality. If you are looking for a photo, cine' film or video project to work on...this would make for a good one. Do you remember what I told you about the importance of projects for the photographer / cinematographer? Find a project to work on and it gives you direction and purpose. Photos: LoC <><><><> Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Archival Collection Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Small Gauge Film Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Advertising Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. VHS Video Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Popular Culture Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Audio Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Social Documentary Photography

This is the temp backup to 25GB BD-R made on 1.22.2026 of a 5-week project still underway. Photo: D.D.Teoli Jr. I hope to be done with this project in 2 -3 weeks. When all is said and done, I will have about 2 months of part time daily work on this project dealing with over 7,000 files. While work is in progress it is backed up to disposable grade Blu-ray disc at about 22GB increments as well as hard drives. If the work is very slow going and tedious it may get backed up to Blu-ray in 10GB increments...it just depends. Once project is finished it will be put on large size Blu-ray M-Disc and archival Blu-ray disc and a variety of hard drives. Disposable Blu-ray discs are generally 35% to 40% of the price of archival grade Blu-ray discs and a fraction of the price of M-Disc Blu-ray. If you have a large budget, then use archival grade Blu-ray for everything, even disposable work in progress where discs may get trashed in a few days or a week or two. During post processing disposable Blu-ray are also used to view films in various stages of post work. Here is some test information at the link on the difference between archival grade Blu-ray and disposable Blu-ray discs I've done. Blu-ray Discs …they are not all the same. – Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Archival Collection – II Bottom line is...optical disc gives a permanent record of the material when all else fails. On projects that may take months or years to complete you don't want any hiccups if you need to recover your work in an emergency. <><><><> Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Archival Collection Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Small Gauge Film Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Advertising Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. VHS Video Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Popular Culture Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Audio Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Social Documentary Photography

CUImaging | Film Scanners $18,000 I was worried about the sound, but it looks like it does a great job extracting optical sound. The only concern is a 16mm warped film gate. I specialize in some of the shittiest films in the world when it comes to condition. The only archives that beat me are the ones where their films have liquified or nitrates have caught fire from spontaneous combustion! I can't help it. I'm a not a collector, so I have to take the film as they come. It all depends on content with me. It is not that I like shitty condition films; but a lot of the content is unique, so there are no second choices for better source material. The gate that comes with it is for flat film. It is very exciting what they have accomplished. Nice support policy. Looks like you can talk with them and not have to pay $5,000 a year for phone privileges. Lifetime Support At CUImaging, we stand behind our products with lifetime support, no matter where you are or how long you’ve owned your equipment. You can choose in-house service with the option of a loaner unit, or perform the repair yourself with our full support. U.S. customers can receive most replacement components as quickly as the next business day. Our service inventory is maintained indefinitely. For software support, we strive to respond to all requests within 72 hours, with help available by email, phone, remote access, or in person if needed. P.S... Now how in the hell can these guys make this scanner for $18,000 and Filmfabriek charges $22,000 for their little 8mm scanner???? <><><><> Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Archival Collection Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Small Gauge Film Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Advertising Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. VHS Video Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Popular Culture Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Audio Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Social Documentary Photography

Back in the day, the circus made a grand procession into town. Here is a poster announcing the circus parade is coming to town. LoC Black Roustabouts Robbin Bros. Circus 1938 D. D. Teoli Jr. A. C. : D. D. Teoli Jr. A. C. : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive Here is a clip from a circus film I have of roustabouts driving stakes with sledgehammers to put up the circus tents. I got a bunch of 16mm and 8mm circus films in the cine' film archive. The 8mm stuff is a collection I acquired from a circus promoter as well as a clown in the circus. I hate 8mm, but sometimes you have to bite the bullet and acquire 8mm to archive some history. Just gotta get em scanned someday. I scanned this clip with a Retroscan scanner. It is just a cheap 2K scanner I bought to get my feet wet with cine' film scanning. I have a stupendous amount of scanning experience with paper and still film / glass plate scanning. But cine' film scanning is not the same. Like I always say...cinematography and still photography are brother and sister, but they are not identical twins. The early circus clowns were something. RPPC - DDTJRAC Photo: D.D. Teoli Jr. After I shot this, elephants were starting to be dropped from circus shows due to negative public opinion on showing animals in the circus. Eventually the elephants were all gone, as well as the traditional circus itself. The freak show performers are hard to collect unless you have some $$. But once in a while you can luck into something slightly affordable. I can't remember, but this RPPC may have been around $75. People that have anything good usually want a fortune for them. <><><><> Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Archival Collection Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Small Gauge Film Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Advertising Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. VHS Video Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Popular Culture Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Audio Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Social Documentary Photography

When on the incline the steam box was straightened out. That was what I was told anyway. LoC <><><><> Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Archival Collection Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Small Gauge Film Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Advertising Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. VHS Video Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Popular Culture Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Audio Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Social Documentary Photography

Arriscan is pretty slow...how long does it take to scan a big film? Scoped screen recording of original on YouTube. It looks like this is how fast it scans. Look at the movement of the core hubs to get a better idea of speed. Just guessing, maybe 1 or 2 frames per second. Is it triple exposure HDR? <><><><> Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Archival Collection Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Small Gauge Film Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Advertising Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. VHS Video Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Popular Culture Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Audio Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Social Documentary Photography

Generally speaking, I don't make PDFs of my material. I have no easy-to-use PDF software, nor do I have extra time to screw around making PDFs. Within the archive I generally offer hi-res JPEGs. People can make their own PDFs from my JPEGs if they like. But...I do make tons of PDFs on the fly and with no software, fuss or muss. I generally make these to document websites I visit instead of shooting screenshots of their website or to memorialize notable things I find online. But before you do all this, search to see if the site already has a PDF that they offer. Sometimes it may show up in a Google search, when it does not show up at the website. Here are 2 example PDFs I made a few minutes ago with the method below. Land Id® Farm & Ranch Map Examples D.D.Teoli Jr. A.C. : D.D.Teoli Jr. A.C. : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive To make a PDF do the following. 1) Highlight the material. Right click, then left click on print. Save as PDF. Sometimes you have to point the cursor at the highlighted material, other times you have to point it at white space before clicking. 2) If that does not work, you just try right clicking on the page and hitting print. That later method is what I did here, as the highlight and print did not work. Sometimes neither method works well and you have to archive it via screenshots. I've written about screen recorders before. Look it up. Another possibility is to do a full-page screenshot with Windows. But that is my least favorite as it is low-res. When you are out and about and see something notable, spend a few seconds being a citizen archivist. Turn the material into a PDF and upload it to the Internet Archive to donate to the historical record. <><><><> Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Archival Collection Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Small Gauge Film Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Advertising Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. VHS Video Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Popular Culture Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Audio Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Social Documentary Photography

Interesting ad from Nov. 1943 Saturday Evening Post. DDTJRAC The Post had some great color ads in it, especially the war time issues. I'm going through about 4 feet of mags pulling out noteworthy ads now. I scan these on a large format 11 x 17 flatbed scanner. I don't know when I'll get to it, so I sent in a snapshot for your perusal. Beside cine' film, vintage advertising is a fascinating area of collection. Stationery was a big deal back in the day. No email, everything handwritten or typed. Piston rings and brake pads were also a popular ad in family magazines. Tens of thousands of ads in the archive...just need to scan em! <><><><> Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Archival Collection Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Small Gauge Film Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Advertising Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. VHS Video Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Popular Culture Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Audio Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Social Documentary Photography

DDTJRAC https://archive.org/details/trichrome-printing-autotype-carbro-d.-d.-teoli-jr.-a.-c.-22 Carbro was the predecessor of the dye transfer process. I don't have any video on carbro, but here is an old VHS video on the dye transfer process. (In 2 parts) https://archive.org/search?query=bo...er-process-parts-1-5-vhs-d.-d.-teoli-jr.-a.-c. https://archive.org/search?query=bo...r-process-parts-6-11-vhs-d.-d.-teoli-jr.-a.-c. I did some fade tests on a c1940s -1950s carbro print for a year in the sun. But I can't find the other half of the test print. I lost it in the cine' film room. Maybe it will turn up when I clean up the room. From what I recall, carbro didn't fade. But I need the other half to compare the results. Dye transfer prints will fade, but the Kodak dyes got better, albeit slightly with fade resistance, with every decade that went bye. I've sun tested Kodak dye transfer prints from the 1950's to 1980s. Don't have them handy, but here is a 6-month Agfa C print test. <><><>> Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Archival Collection Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Small Gauge Film Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Advertising Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. VHS Video Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Popular Culture Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Audio Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Social Documentary Photography

I bought a collection of about 75 Gong Shows on DVD for $25. They are all scoped VHS airchecks various people made over the years. They were collected and put on DVD to sell. I'm glad they had VHS recorders to archive some of this stuff back in the day. From what I gather, The Gong Show will most likely never be put on an official DVD set. Too many music releases and other legal issues to deal with. So, whatever you find is underground. Does not matter to me, I'm an underground archivist. I cut a few of the shows off the DVD's for the historical record. There were a lot more that could have been cut off, but I have no lacky intern to do it and the scope of my archive is humongous. So, no time for everything. Here is a sampling... Ronda Ward Gong Show Fire Batons D.D. Teoli Jr. A.C. : D.D. Teoli Jr. A.C. : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive Murph Gong Show D.D.Teoli Jr. A.C. : D.D.Teoli Jr. A.C. : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive Los Nones - Gong Show ¡Ay, Jalisco, No Te Rajes! D.D.Teoli Jr. A.C. : D.D.Teoli Jr. A.C. : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive Wilbur Hall Gong Show 1977 D.D.Teoli Jr. A.C. : D.D.Teoli Jr. A.C. : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive Ike And Tina Revue Puppets - Proud Mary Gong Show D.D.Teoli Jr. A.C. : D.D.Teoli Jr. A.C. : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive A Sweet Old Fashioned Girl Sandra Stancyk Gong Show D.D.Teoli Jr. A.C. : D.D.Teoli Jr. A.C. : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive I've got 4 or 5 DVD recorders going back to 2009 - 2014 vintage. Some don't have digital tuners, and you have to buy a digital tuner to use them. I have to buy them used off of eBay. They discontinued them years ago. Maybe it was due to TPTB not wanting people to make DVD's from broadcasts. Dunno. Some say it is a financial thing, aka profits. I don't think so. Used models sell for a lot more $$ than new models did back in the day. I also use DVD recorders to transfer VHS to DVD. Here is a sample transfer from VHS to DVD via the DVD recorder. It is the special features in a VHS tape about Cynthia Plaster Caster. This was a notable VHS as it marked the era when VHS was moving over to DVD. Some of the VHS tapes tried to compete with DVD adding special features at the end of the tape. This was one of those VHS tapes. NSFW Cynthia Plaster Caster VHS Special Features D. D. Teoli Jr. A. C. : D.D.Teoli Jr. A.C. : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive And when Olympics come around, I run off 25 - 30 .25 cent DVD's to speed it up to watch. DVD recorders are very useful whether you are an archivist or not. Some of my DVD recorders are starting to show their age. They have an HDD recorder in many of them as well, but I don't use it. I guess I should get back on eBay and look for some more used DVD recorders to hoard. It is work. You may search for weeks or months for decent ones. You can usually always find one or two fast on eBay, but they want a fortune for them. I've bought some that didn't work and you have to fight the seller to send them back for a refund. Beside $, space is an issue. If rich, I'd have 20 - 30 DVD recorders stacked on chrome wire shelving. Same thing with VHS and Betamax machines. I only got a handful of VCR's left. Everything requires storage space and space is lotsa $ nowadays... I just don't like to think about this stuff. I like to know I got the gear to do the job and not worry about buying more gear all the time. When you get to that state it is most enjoyable. You can relax and do your work. You are not stuck in the groove of always looking to acquire more and more gear. You are not a gear fondler anymore! <><><><> Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Archival Collection Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Small Gauge Film Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Advertising Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. VHS Video Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Popular Culture Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Audio Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Social Documentary Photography

Sampler Low-res Home Movie 2011968 4730 10x D.D.Teoli Jr. A.C. : D.D.Teoli Jr. A.C. : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive This is a 10x sampler I made. The original download is about 137GB. It is a .MOV file. The film is only 8 minutes long, but the way they did it made it too big for me to deal with. Frame size is 5120x3840 Data rate is 246741kbps How would you save this file, at a fraction of the size of the original, and still do justice to it? Is there software that can turn this into a ProRes file that is high quality and much lower size?

One of the areas of collection in my archive is back yards. When I looked closely, I found this row of boulders. Screenshot 01-06-2026 08.40.061076×868 98.1 KB Screenshot 01-06-2026 08.39.081494×525 129 KB Photos: LoC I guess if you like climbing you got your own bouldering gym right there. <><><><> Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Archival Collection Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Small Gauge Film Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Advertising Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. VHS Video Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Popular Culture Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Audio Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Social Documentary Photography

Screenshot 01-01-2026 10.07.061028×806 94.6 KB 1900s LoC I wonder if people went up to the horses and petted them or made over them in the cities; like they do with peoples’ dogs they see in public. Or if horses were so common that people looked at them like machines, and it was no big deal. Horses had to be taken care of more than cars and trucks. So, you would think people had more of a connection with them. I asked AI about the horse poop. AI Cities in the late 19th and early 20th centuries had professional “poop scoopers,” known as “White Wings” in NYC, who were part of municipal crews that collected massive amounts of horse manure, often selling it as fertilizer, though the sheer volume overwhelmed cities until automobiles emerged. These workers, sometimes called “dirt-carters” or “crossing sweepers,” used carts to gather the waste, but the problem was so big that cities struggled, leading to filthy streets and health issues. How it worked: Official Crews: Cities hired workers, like New York’s “White Wings” in all-white uniforms, to clear streets, especially main avenues. Private Contractors: Initially, contractors collected manure, which was valuable for farming, but demand couldn’t keep up with supply. Crossing Sweepers Some individuals, often paid by pedestrians or shopkeepers, cleared paths through the muck on corners. Manure’s Fate: Collected manure was sold to farmers, used for fertilizer, or dumped in vacant lots, creating huge piles and attracting flies. The “Great Horse Manure Crisis”: By the late 1800s, cities faced a crisis, with projections suggesting streets would be buried in manure. Health Issues: Rain turned streets into filthy sludge, attracting disease-carrying insects, and dry manure became choking dust. The Solution: The rise of automobiles eventually solved the problem by replacing horses, but not before creating immense urban pollution.

For adding black space to video edits between .5 seconds - 2.5 seconds. A little black space can help smooth out the playback, especially at the beginning of a film. Black Space 4K Video Collection D. D. Teoli Jr. A. C. : D. D. Teoli Jr. A. C. : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive <><><><> Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Archival Collection Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Small Gauge Film Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Advertising Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. VHS Video Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Popular Culture Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Audio Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Social Documentary Photography

I've been working on organizing a digital archive I acquired. The collection consisted of nearly 7,000 photos and was about 150gb in size. Originally it was near a terabyte and was all TIFF files. First thing I did was convert to JPEG. Too much godlike qualities are put into TIFF as opposed to JPEG. Here... 31 Generation JPEG Degradation Test D.D. Teoli Jr. A.C. : D.D. Teoli Jr. : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive Same thing with 8 bit vs 16 bit. JPEG vs TIFF / 8 bit vs 16 bit Tests D.D. Teoli Jr. A.C. : D.D. Teoli Jr. A.C. : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive I've done tons of testing in this area. If I do any photography I still shoot in RAW for important things. But generally speaking, I'm all JPEG now. I looked through the collection a few times and just started to make folders for breaking it down. As I filed photos, I made more folders or combined folders as they seemed fit. And so forth and so on. As shown in the photo, eventually I had enough folders for the material to be sorted. As I sorted the material I made Blu-ray disc backups. This is time consuming work and don't need any f'ups. Cheap Blu-ray discs for temporary backup are only .40 cents each. Just let me stress for .40 cents they are not archival grade Blu-ray. But they don't need to be, being for temporary back up while the work is in progress. There is no magic bullet to getting it done, you just chip away at it every day. One piece of advice... If you decide to use lots of the photos in multiple categories and you plan on extensive post processing. Do the post work first and the sorting second. If you keep the same file name, then you can replace them easily with a search. But if the names are changed it can be a lot of work that could have been avoided. <><><><> Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Archival Collection Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Small Gauge Film Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Advertising Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. VHS Video Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Popular Culture Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Audio Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Social Documentary Photography