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preservation
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abcnews.go.comworld4 hrs ago
Lincoln Memorial to remove historic antislavery documents from display over heat concerns
Rare copies of the Emancipation Proclamation and the 13th Amendment will be taken off public view at the Lincoln Memorial after exposure to unsafe temperatures. Officials cited preservation risks to the original signatures and paper.
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Euronewsscience94 days ago
Lost 1897 Film Reel Discovered in US Attic After Century in Family Chest
A wooden chest sealed for over a century was opened in rural Pennsylvania, revealing ten reels of old film. One reel contains a 45-second film from 1897 titled Gugusse et l'automate. Archivists at the Library of Congress restored and identified the damaged films.