Family pictures

A family member asked if I would make copies of a few 105 year old pictures of his grandmother and her sisters.  Taking apart the frames that had held them for a very long time, if not since they were made, was a delicate process.  The nails used to secure the pieces and backing in their frames, the old wire. When I'm done I will put them back in their frames with new materials but wanted to document the artifacts to serve as a place marker.  These materials spoke to me of time as much as the musty smell given off when the frame, like a crypt, was opened.  The hand that drove the nails and wound the wire was present.