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Conservation
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What are we doing to save New York State's Battle Flags?
• Documenting the history and current condition of each
flag.
• Removing the flags from their staffs, cleaning them, and
realigning them.
• Creating a support made of archival-quality materials
for each flag.
• Establishing a secure space with a stable, clean environment
as interim storage for flags that have been treated.
You can enlarge the following images by clicking on them.
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| In order to place the flags in flat storage, they must first be removed
from their staffs. It is important to document how each flag is attached
to its staff. The flag archive will have a separate area equipped to store
the staffs. |
A textile conservator gently vacuums a flag to remove soils that have
accumulated during storage. |
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Textile conservators carefully manipulate the fabric to help realign
the fabric. This can be done in a humidity chamber using a small, controlled
amount of humidity. This reduces stresses in the fabric and makes it easier
to read the information on the flag. |
Once the surface dirt has been removed and a flag has been realigned,
it is carefully transferred to its support fabric. If the flag is to remain
in the archive, it is not attached to the support. |
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Creation of a flag archive will permit historians, descendants
of soldiers, or anyone interested in the flags, to have information and
images of the flags in much the same way that papers and books in a research
library are available, but safely preserved. |
Under the Microscope in the Conservation Lab:
Consideration of previous repairs
Consideration of previous treatments
Some examples of current conservation treatments
New York State Division of Military and Naval Affairs: Military
History
Last modified:
May 11, 2006
URL: http://www.dmna.state.ny.us/historic/btlflags/conservation/conservationDoing.htm
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