Categories: Tips & Tricks, Preservation Moving often brings a home’s memory collection out into the open. While packing a closet or clearing a shelf, you may come across photo albums, shoeboxes of prints, VHS tapes, audio cassettes, slides, and film reels. They...
Home Movie Day, held on October 17, is a lovely reason to bring family films out of storage and see what’s been waiting on those reels. For many households, the day also turns up a shoebox of 8mm or Super 8 film tucked away in a closet, attic, or cupboard. Finding...
Categories: Tips & Tricks, Preservation Saturday, October 17, 2026, is Home Movie Day. The annual occasion for families and communities to bring out the films and videos that have been tucked away for years. It’s a lovely reason to revisit the people, places, and...
Categories: Tips & Tricks, Preservation A homemade mixtape was never just a collection of songs. Someone chose each track, arranged the sequence, and often added a handwritten label or a personal message. A cassette could be a birthday gift, a soundtrack for a...
Categories: Tips & Tricks, Preservation The camera wobbles as the batter steps up. Someone behind it offers a play-by-play, and the crowd of family voices rises when the ball is hit. On another tape, a child in a recital costume waits for the music to begin...
