The latest group of photographic albums were published in the late teens and twenties. These albums were quite a departure from the much more elegant earlier ones. Now the albums’ cloth covers had either sewed backs or the so-called extension backs tied together with a shoelace like cord. The pages (leaves) are light cardboard on which pictures can be taped- not like the previous albums in which photos were inserted into the thick pages.
There are different styles based on the size of the cover and the number of leaves.
The numbering below is from the Altemus catalogue. It is presumed but not known whether the missing numbers below (100, 400, 500) represented other albums at one time.
Style number | Leaves | |
200 | 5.5 x 7″ inches | 25 Sewed- Back |
300 | ” | 50 Sewed- Back |
600 | ” | 50 Loose-Leaf Extension back |
700 | 7 x 10 inches | 50 Sewed- Back |
800 | ” | 50 Loose-Leaf Extension back |
900 | 9 x 14 inches | 50 Sewed-Back |
1000 | 10 x 13 inches | 50 Loose-Leaf Extension Back |
#200 |
#200 |
#600 |