Extensive Photo Restoration Example

Here is an example of a photo that needed extensive restoration work. 

It just so happens this is a photo of my maternal great-grandparents who are holding my grandmother. This was taken in the early 1900s and is almost 100 years old.

Here are the before and after photos:

There was not only image fading, but a lot of tiny creases and cracks throughout the original photo. It also had smudges and stains along the edges. My personal preference was to remove the "white" border, but I can easily add it back in at a future date.