Restoring old photograph fron 1890

I am restoring an old photo for our local museum. I believe
"Sepia" color was used instead of black and white. Can I create
sepia? Convert to black and white first?
I have PE7.

Yes to both.
Go to Enhance>Convert to Black & White. If this command is not available in your version of PSE, apply a hue/saturation adjustment layer, then drag the saturation  slider all the way to the left.
You can apply sepia tone quite easily. Open a Photo-filter adjustment layer, select sepia from the drop-down and adjust the density slider to suit. Uncheck "preserve luminosity."
Please post your progress.

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