Touching up old black and white yearbook photos

Hi all! I've been tasked with scanning photos from an old high school yearbook and making the images look a bit better. They are obviously already printed and black and white and somewhat fuzzy. I looked online for some type of tutorial, but didn't find anything. Obviously my client doesn't expect a miracle, but if I could fix up the photos just a bit, that would be great. Any links to tutorials and/or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
julie

If you post a sample image from the Yearbook and make specific reference to what you would like enhanced perhaps we can offer more specific directions. For starters, without knowing the screen fineness of the printed halftones, there is little we can advise at this point other than to suggest that if you have not done the scans yet, scan the sample image once vertically and once angled at 30 degrees on the scanner and see whether there is a difference in results. Also, try more than one scan ppi setting. Last, tell us your plan: final image size and use: web or print. Good luck.

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