Publishing a Reproduction Heirloom Book Using Online Book Services
Each of these photo books was created in May through June 2012 using online photo book websites. I hope the samples will inspire your own photo book projects.
Please feel free to leave questions or comments in the Forum.
Desert Maneuvers, on Blurb Books
by 1942 by Major M.N. Levenick, U.S. Army 5th Armored Division
From mid August through November of 1942, Major Levenick served as the Finance Officer to the 5th Armored Division on maneuvers in the high desert of Southern California. He created this photo scrapbook for his eldest son, not quite one year old.
Fanny's Food Notebook, on Shutterfly
by Frances Brown, Santa Ana, California
Do you remember high school Home Economics class? I sure do! And I remember making a food notebook in the 1970's very similar to this one made by my Aunt Frances in 1942. Nutrition, food groups, menu planning were all part of the curriculum. Of course, Aunt Frances' class was learning about wartime shortages and how to fit rationing into everyday life. See the notebook here.
Franny's Food Notebook, on Mixbook
The same book made on Shutterfly, using the Mixbook website.
Franny's Food Notebook, on Adorama
Here's a sample of the book I built on the Adorama website.
Fran's Autograph Book, on Mixbook
This sample Autograph book from the 1940s shows different ways to fill the page with your images. Flip through the pages and notice full-page layouts vs. pages with a background.