dthk@mhuxd.UUCP (D. T. Hawkins) (12/15/83)
I have several thousand slides and have found that the best way to store them is in old cigar boxes. I put in cardboard dividers between rows of slides and just stack them in. You can get about 300 slides in a box this way. If you number them and keep a record of what's where, it's easy to find a particular slide or a group. I have a Kodak Carousel projector with a stack loader. When I want to show a small batch of slides on a one-time basis, it's a simple matter to run them through the stack loader. I keep a couple of trays on hand for times when I want to show the same batch several times (like when I get back from a trip). This arrangement works well. You don't take up a lot of space with many trays and you don't have to keep buying new trays (no small expense if you take a lot of pictures). The slides stay flat and dust-free yet are easy to retrieve. And cigar boxes are free--tobacco shops give them away! For me, it's the best of all worlds. Don Hawkins AT&T-BL mhuxd!dthk (201)-582-6517