Friday, June 03, 2016

The Book of Memories


(The Book of Memories, an altered vintage photo album with anonymous images and letters clipped from old magazines and sheet music.  Shut:  7 1/4" x 11 1/2".  Click on any image to enlarge.)

Yesterday I photographed and posted Nameless People and Forgotten Faces, the other vintage photo album that I bought here in Fergus Falls that couldn't be taken apart in order to collage images and words on the individual pages.  Sure, this album looked as if the cord could be removed and the pages would come apart ... but it was also bound.  I did five pages at a time and hung them with the clothespins I rigged from the bottom of a work table. 

(Above:  Drying system for the bound pages.)

This vintage photo album still had the original paper label inside the first page that actually states the volume is "loose leaf" ... but it really wasn't.  I couldn't take the darn thing apart.  I think something happened to the telescopic tube through which the cord runs.  They wouldn't budge.  I went ahead and collaged the label onto the title page.  I had fun selecting pictures that suggested a special occasion or activity ... memories from the past.  The scenes are still indicative of the way we form memories today.  Below are photos, each with four pages.  Enjoy!

(Above: The Book of Memories, Good Times, Our Wedding, a Boat Ride, Our First Car ...

(Above: The Book of Memories, A Real Fur Coat, First Birthday, Favorite Books, Working the Land  ...

(Above: The Book of Memories, The Big Dance, The Best Pet, Homemade Clothes, Honorable Service ...

(Above: The Book of Memories, Lazy Afternoons, Making Music, Football Games, Exploring Nature ...

(Above: The Book of Memories, Playmates, Camping, Snow!, Reading ...

(Above: The Book of Memories, Choo-Choo Trains, Bath Time, Parades, Courtship on the Swing Set ...

(Above: The Book of Memories, Manual Typewriters, Morning Rituals, Home Maintenance, Cowboys and Indians ...

(Above: The Book of Memories, Christmas, Easter, New Adventures, Recitals ...

(Above: The Book of Memories, Fast Rides, Mother's Day, Time on the Farm, Picnics ...

(Above: The Book of Memories, Toys, A Night to Remember, Going in Style, Horseback Riding ...

(Above: The Book of Memories, Shamelessly Flirting, Cooling Off, A Home in the Sun, A New Baby ...

(Above: The Book of Memories, Suntans, Taking Photos, The 4th of July, and Trying to Remember.)

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