Archival Image, LLC

Archival Image, LLC provides research and consulting services to museums, media producers, businesses, artists, and families committed to the preservation and use of archival photographs and other historical materials. Based in Chicago. Archival Image, LLC is a nationally certified Women’s Business Entity. (f/k/a Armstrong-Johnston, LLC) Services: Research - Archival Image provides research and procurement services for content developers seeking visual resources for exhibitions, documentaries, and print publications. We specialize in eking out unique content from public and privately held archives, and negotiate licenses with rights holders. Advisory - We work with collectors and collecting repositories, as well as creators and heirs on acquisitions, asset monetization, and legacy planning. Administration - Archival Image provides services related to the administration of archival collections, be they in the hands of cultural institutions, businesses, or families. Services include archival arrangement and description, digitization and metadata, preservation housing, and collection management. Client list: The Obama Presidential Center Museum Rebuild Foundation Smithsonian Latino Center National Museum of African American History and Culture INTUIT: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art Illinois Institute of Technology, Paul V. Galvin Library Pritzker Legal Research Center, Northwestern University Galter Health Sciences Library, Northwestern University Roger Brown Study Collection, Art Institute of Chicago The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art Museum of Science and Industry Black Robin Media Chicago Public Library Chicago Botanic Garden Chicago History Museum Johnson Publishing Company Robert R. McCormick Foundation The Nation of Celestial Space Dairy Management, Inc. The Raeburn Flerlage Estate Steve Schapiro, photographer Marc PoKempner, photographer Old Town School of Folk Music Hornall Anderson Design Works A & C Film Distribution Florentine Films