Framed photo stuck to glass, any way to save it?

A framed photo fell off the wall at my parents' house, and the glass cracked all the way across. When mom went to take the photo out and put it in another frame, she realized that half of it was stuck firmly to the glass of the frame. We live in a very humid climate, so it was probably 30 years of exposure to normal humidity that did it.

It's an early 1970's color enlargement from a professional photo studio portrait, and has a kind of matte texture to it.

She really hasn't wanted to touch it, fearing she'd ruin it, and the clerk at the photo developing lab they use didn't have any advice except to take it back to that studio (which is still in business) and maybe they can scan it and somehow restore the image.

She just wants to know if the photo can be removed safely from the frame first. Would un-do help?

Thanks, Tracy

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Tracyarts
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I wonder if Un-Du would work? I am reading the package and it says it "neutralizes the adhesive" which in your mom's case isn't adhesive. It is really safe to use so it wouldn't hurt trying and if you damage a little bit of it you can get the picture restored easily- there have been a couple of gals from this group mentioned recently they can restore damaged photos. Just be patient when trying! Good luck!

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Lori K.

put it in the freezer for a while and see if you can use a puddy knife at all... it will at least harden up the emolsion on it... if that doesn't work... don't remove it.. instead ... do you have a scanner? I can fix the appearance of the glass across it... but I need a VERY high resolution scan of the entire thing (you can give it to me in parts if you want.... I can stitch them together.... then I'll repair the photo, you can have it reprinted then okay?

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ronni

I had a photo stuck to glass but it wasn't broken. I cleaned the glass and scanned the whole thing and it came out great.

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Scout Lady

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