The ships in those photos had been destroyed by water and the negatives faced the same threat. Moisture had caused some of them to grow. Mold. Cleaning the images of the surfaces and mold and more of the century of dust that had been built up and dirt and fingerprints was the first step for Ashley Irving, who specialized in photographic preservation and who worked with the museum for four months. The more challenging undertaking was repairing glass plates that had broken
