The photo preservation notebookIndependent guides. Primary sources.
Photo Archive Notes

Find / Organize / Keep

Your photographs.
A plan to keep them.

Use at least two different storage media and keep the copies in separate physical locations. A Google Takeout download leaves the data on Google’s servers, but the archive may miss changes made while it is being prepared.

PHOTOS / EXPORTS / PRESERVATION

How to Keep Photo Copies in Different Places

Use at least two different storage media and keep the copies in separate physical locations. A Google Takeout download leaves the data on Google’s servers, but the archive may miss changes made while it is being prepared.

Google Account Help — Download your Google data + 1

Read the guide

The reading room

Search this publication

1 guides

PHOTOS / EXPORTS / PRESERVATION

How to Keep Photo Copies in Different Places

Use at least two different storage media and keep the copies in separate physical locations. A Google Takeout download leaves the data on Google’s servers, but the archive may miss changes made while it is being prepared.

Google Account Help — Download your Google data + 1

Read the guide

A direct answer first. Conditions and primary sources close by.