[photoshop-beginners] Will Layers Improve Sharpness?

I've scanned some pretty old family photos that were soft/out of focus.

I can improve them, especially using "Unsharp Masking", but I've never learned how to use layers.

I've put two photos in the PHOTO section under Benesesso. The large file is the raw scanned image, the smaller one (filename ends with -n)is my best attempt using PS.

Can anyone do better using layers? If so, I guess I'll have to learn how.

Thanks.

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