photo albums

Bound image keepers

Photo albums are books with pages designed to hold photographs, typically arranged chronologically or by occasion: She keeps photo albums from every family vacation.

The term extends to digital collections organized the same way—folders or galleries on phones and computers.

Albums preserve memories for later browsing, often becoming treasured keepsakes passed between generations.

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storage format

photo albumsGoogle Photos

Cloud image storage service

digital archives · memory cards

storage medium/format

photo albumsdigital gallery

Online art exhibition space

cloud storage · photo stream · Google Photos · digital archive · memory card

permanence and curation

photo albumsdisappearing messages

Auto-deleting digital correspondence

photo dump · trash folder

Family

photo, photograph, album, photocopy, photos, photographer, photography, photographic, photographed

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G