Happy Valentine’s Day from NARA’s conservation lab!
The heart motif is beloved in Pennsylvania-German illustrated family records called fraktur. The motif was widely used to express family and affection. This fraktur commemorates the 1784 marriage of Johanes Stautzenberger and Maria Margaretha Ritschinden.
In this photo, a conservator examines a fraktur to be displayed in NARA’s Public Vaults exhibit. She will fill the losses along the fraktur edges with inserts that match the original paper’s color, tone, weight, and texture. The fill paper that the conservator plans to use can be seen to the right of the record.
RG 15 Illustrated Family Record, in German, from the Revolutionary War Pension Application File of Stautzenberger, Johanes W6207 TR 3248 (ARC Identifier 300242)
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