Commercial Archiving
Preserving the Twin Cities' Business History for 30+ Years.
Old photos, negatives, slides, film reels, video footage, and paper records don't last forever — and every year they sit in a box or on outdated media, they're getting harder to recover. Linhoff Photo specializes in professional business document digitization and commercial archiving for companies, churches, museums, universities, and government organizations across the Twin Cities and greater Minnesota area. We convert your irreplaceable materials into high-quality digital files, organized for long-term storage and accessible on any modern device.
Digitizing One-of-a-Kind Historical Materials
The Twin Cities are home to rich institutional history — and Linhoff Photo has spent decades helping museums, historical societies, and cultural organizations make sure it doesn't disappear. Whether you're working with fragile glass plate negatives, crumbling documents, or deteriorating film, our team handles every item with the care it deserves. Professional-grade scanning and digitization ensures accurate, high-resolution results — so your collection stays protected and accessible for the researchers and educators who need it most.
Secure, Redundant Digital Storage
Digitizing your collection is just the beginning. Once your materials are converted, they need a storage plan that keeps them protected and accessible for the long haul. Linhoff Photo delivers your archived files in the format that works best for your organization — jump drive, external hard drive, cloud transfer or DVD. We also recommend maintaining a redundant off-site backup, a best practice we share with every institution we work with.
Your business records, photos, film, and video are deteriorating right now. Professional document digitization converts them to high-quality digital files — protected from physical decay, searchable, and preserved for generations.
Who We Work With
We provide business document digitization and commercial archiving services to organizations of all sizes across the Twin Cities, including:
- Churches + Religious Organizations
- Corporations
- Universities + Colleges
- Funeral Homes
- Independent Businesses
- Attorneys + Law Enforcement
- Historical Societies
- Museums
- Government Agencies
What We Archive
We work with a wide range of physical media formats — from vintage film and video tape to photos and paper records. If it holds your organization's history, we can digitize it:
- VHS
- Compact VHS
- HI-8
- Digital 8
- Mini DV
- 8mm Film
- 16mm Film
- Photo Albums
- Written Record Books
- Guest Lists
Output Formats
Once digitized, your files are delivered in the format that works best for your organization's storage and accessibility needs:
- Jump Drive
- Hard Drive
- WeTransfer (emailed link to cloud service)
- DVD
- CD (audio only)
Work Examples:
Faded snapshots restored to crystal-clear digital files.
Decades of history, safely digitized and easy to access.
Every image preserved exactly as it was meant to be seen.
VHS, Betamax, camcorder reels — converted before it's too late.
Professional scanning for slides, negatives, and printed photos.
Aging tapes converted to modern digital formats built to last.
Keep your memories safe + local.
Using a trusted local expert is the safest way to digitize your irreplaceable materials. At Linhoff Photo, every project is handled with professional care and attention — so you always know who's responsible for your memories and can count on results you can trust.