Categories ConserveThis! Archive When good negatives go bad… Post author By digitalcellulose Post date January 11, 2018 Close-up of a damaged nitrate negative Damaged nitrate negativeClose-up of a damaged nitrate negative We found this damaged negative while doing a final cleanup during the last part of our archives move. It was carefully put into a mylar sleeve at some point, but I don’t know if it was already this badly damaged by then or if the sleeve accelerated the deterioration process. Tags cellulose nitrate, film, hayden move 2017, library preservation ← Things they don’t tell you in book conservation grad school… → The red velvet vampyre