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In 1975, during the fall of Saigon, Phuc Tran immigrates to America along with his family. By sheer chance they land in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, a small town where the Tran’s struggle to assimilate into their new life.

Overtime your framed art, photographs, documents, and other two-dimensional items may be damaged (light, water, acidity, etc.), adhere to the glass, or slip away from their mounting. Todd Pattison demonstrates how to unframe your art safely.

Over the years you may have accumulated family papers, photographs, and slim volumes, such as diaries or account books. Todd Pattison, Conservator at American Ancestors and New England Historic Genealogical Society explains what type of enclosures and considerations are needed to preserve your collections for generations to come.