Your family's memories,
saved forever.
Ship us your old photos, slides, negatives, and home videos. We scan, enhance, and deliver high-resolution digital files — then return every original, insured and tracked.
Ship us your old photos, slides, negatives, and home videos. We scan, enhance, and deliver high-resolution digital files — then return every original, insured and tracked.
Every year, thousands of family photos fade, warp, or are lost to water, fire, and time. The images that capture your parents' wedding, your first birthday, your grandparents' faces — there are no second chances once they're gone.
Shoebox Stories exists to make sure that never happens to your family. We treat every order as if it were our own family's photos — because we know exactly what's at stake.
Ship us your collection. We handle everything else, and return every original to your door.
"What if something happened to those photos?" — that fear ends today.
Three easy steps stand between your shoebox and a lifetime of digital memories.
Pack up your photos, slides, negatives, or tapes and send them to us using your own shipping or our prepaid label. No drop-off required.
Our team professionally scans every item at high resolution, then applies color correction, AI sharpening, and dust removal. A human reviews every scan.
You receive a secure private download link with your digital files organized into folders. Your originals are returned to you, insured and tracked.
From vintage slides to home movies, we handle every format with care.
Prints up to 8.5×11" — from modern snapshots to century-old portraits — scanned at 600 DPI with full color correction. Back-of-photo notes captured at no extra charge.
Standard 2×2" mounted slides in 110, 126, 127, half-135, 135 (35mm), and 828 formats. Mounted or loose, scanned at 4,000 DPI for exceptional detail.
Film negatives in 35mm, 110, APS, 135, 126, 127, and 120 formats — strip or cut — scanned at 4,000 DPI and delivered as true-color positive images.
Super 8, 8mm, and 16mm film reels, plus VHS, Hi8, Digital8, and MiniDV tapes — all transferred to HD digital MP4 files you can watch and share anywhere.
Every order includes the full enhancement pipeline — no add-ons, no hidden fees.
Faded and yellowed tones restored to true-to-life color on every scan.
AI-powered processing reduces grain and sharpens fine detail in each image.
Specks and spots from years of storage removed from every scan.
Every image correctly oriented — no sideways or upside-down photos.
Handwritten notes, dates, and names on photo backs captured at no extra charge.
Digital files organized into clearly labeled folders by media type.
Private, secure download link — only you can access your files.
Every original item packaged and returned to your door, insured and tracked.
A team member reviews every scan in your order — not just a sample.
Photos scanned at 600 DPI; slides and negatives at 4,000 DPI — enough detail to make large prints.
Faded, yellowed, or color-shifted prints are brought back to true-to-life tones, not over-processed.
Grain, noise, and dust are reduced. Fine detail is sharpened using AI trained on photographic images.
Every scan — not a sample — is reviewed by a team member before your order ships.
"I honestly cried when I opened my download link. Photos I hadn't seen since childhood, looking better than I ever remembered them. Worth every penny and then some."
Your memories are irreplaceable. Don't wait for the day something happens to them. Start your order today and we'll take it from here.
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