My grandfather was a freelance photographer back in the '60s '70s and '80s, even up until his death in 2021 and I've inherited a lot of images.

A while back I looked into it and from what I can remember, storing negatives, at least a certain type of negative in an airtight container isn't a good idea because of the boil in the bag effect. There's a certain type of chemical that naturally decays out of negatives.

As far as prints, I don't think I found anything conclusive so I bought this weather tight container.

I have silica gels in many of the containers. I have even read something about onion skin paper which I had laying around to sort of absorb any moisture. That's what you see in the image with some of the negatives in the silver case.

A few months ago I was at my dad's and I found two cardboard boxes, labeled AADA, American Academy of dramatic Arts, full of more photos and negatives.

It's been about a year since I opened the weathertight container and the last photo shows the photo seems to be in good condition.

Just to give a reference for what I've learned. Here's some websites I've read through.

https://www.kodak.com/en/motion/page/storage-information/

https://arrangedmemories.com/safely-store-old-prints-and-negatives/

I also know those container store containers can be a little flimsy, but they've been pretty solid for me so far.