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> Printed photos sitting in a photo book with each photo in its own plastic sleeve that is stored in a dry location away from light won't last forever, but it will probably last 70 years.

Funny you should worry about 70 years when we have ink-on-paper things that have lasted hundreds of years and are still readable. According to this list of oldest surviving documents[1], preserved copies of a newspaper from 1609 exist. Oldest known book (but not sure if paper or not) is over 900 years old.

So yeah, barring direct physical damage, 70 years is nothing.

[1] http://listverse.com/2013/11/10/10-oldest-surviving-document...



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