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    "ocrText": "OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES\nFIRST AID MEASURES\nThe following aro conditions of damage likoly to be encoun-\ntered:\n(1) Flaking or peoling paint\n(2) Saturatod canvases\n(3) Torn canvases\n(4) Wator-saturatod panels\n(5) Wrinkled or loose canvases\n(6) Flaking frescoos\nAll those conditions roquiro oxport attontion and should bo\nroportod to the proper authoritics.\nPacking of panol paintings for transportation should aim at\navoiding extromos of tomporature and humidity, and also any\ndamago from shock. Soft insulating matorial should bo used with\npanols, and whon possiblo a double casing of air tight and wator-\nproof material, to maintain an ovon air condition; but air tight\ncontainers cannot bo usod for storago. Romombor that bad roads\nand springless motal wagons are likoly to damago dolicato objocts\nin transportation, and provisions should be mado for such possi-\nbilitios. Undamagod canvases in transport should be kopt vorti-\ncal, long side to ground. Framed picturos should be transportod\nin thoir framo, with papor pastod ovor any glass to minimize\ndangers of broakago.\nO. Storago Paintings should not bo kopt in soalod air tight\ncontainers oxcopt for briof poriods of transportation. For stor-\nago they should be loft in thoir fromes, hung on scroons if avail-\nablo, or whon spaco is limitod placed vortically in woodon racks\nraisod off the ground, faco to back, with cardboard or pads\nbotwoon oach. If paintings must bo romoved from framos thoy\nshould bo storod in the samo way; but canvasos must not bo allowod\nto touch oach other and should bo soparatod by shoots of collo-\nphano or pads. Mold can bost bo proventod by maintnining a con-\nstant normal tomporaturo with rolativo humidity botwoon 40 do-\ngroos and 60 dogroos and a froo circulation of air. Thymol vapor\nis destructivo to the varnish of paintings and must not bo usod\nnoar thom as an insecticido. Direct sunlight on paintings\nshould bo avoidod in storago; but as comploto darknoss, on the\ncontrary, darkon oil or varnish, a modorato light is most\nsatisfactory in storago aroas.\n-22-\nEH"
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