Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface: Hellohellohello vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. Preface to the Second Edition xi
6. Acknowledgments to the Second Edition xv
7. Introduction: Show and Tell 3
8. The Idea of Album 22
9. The Album as Collection 40
10. Memoirs and Travelogues 64
11. The Idea of Family 89
12. Orality and Photography 122
13. “Photographs” 1916–1945 158
14. Conclusion: Remembering to Tell 198
15. A Note on the Photography Collection of the McCord Museum 202
16. The Photographic Albums Illustrated in the Text 206
17. Notes 216
18. Bibliography 228
19. Index 238