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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bakersgma, post: 7950, member: 59&quot;]Moved this subject from the &quot;Trade Cards&quot; thread, where Pat and I were discussing first, how to preserve the contents, and second, how I might save at least the cover of my grandmother&#039;s post card album so I could keep it all together as one piece of family history. The black pages inside are crumbling every time I open it and the little corner slits in which to seat the cards are starting to break.</p><p><br /></p><p>So I took some pictures to illustrate how the album is constructed to see if trying to keep the cover for use with new &quot;guts&quot; will work.</p><p><br /></p><p>The album measures about 9 x 11.25 x 2. I assume both front and back boards are some kind of thick cardboard, covered on the exterior by a thick paper with the look of faux alligator (in 3-D!) This paper extends around the entire book including the spine and is folded over the edges and glued pretty firmly to the base.</p><p><br /></p><p>Inside, both front and back boards are covered with what feels to me like a fabric (but could be just a different kind of paper) that extends out from the bound pages and does not continue across the spine of the cover. It&#039;s glued to the boards, although the glued has failed on the corner of one board (which is how I could see inside.)</p><p><br /></p><p>The pages are sewn in groups to a canvas-like strip that runs down the spine but is not (or is no longer) glued to the spine part of the cover paper.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are the pictures:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]1812[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]1813[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]1814[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]1815[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]1816[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]1817[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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