Twenty historic mounted and never-mounted albumen photographs were evaluated. All of the albumen photographs were found to exhibit some degree of albumen cracking prior to treatment. Both aqueous surface cleaning and immersion increase the number of cracks and the width of existing cracks. Most albumen photographs decrease in gloss after aqueous treatment. Immersion does not substantially alter print yellowing.
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