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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SYNCHRONCITY, post: 1999247, member: 6283&quot;]Thanks for the info. Here are some more pics of people in the album and what they are wearing. I also found another clue telling me the name of the album is Ward&#039;s Flexible Albums. I never saw it before until today. I just googled it and there were several dates w/ mention of this type of photo album from around 1899-1905. The company that made the album was the Samuel Ward Company of Boston.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is mention of this album being sold in 1899:</p><p><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=hGI1AAAAMAAJ&amp;pg=PA413-IA9&amp;lpg=PA413-IA9&amp;dq=ward%27s+flexible+albums&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=0aETwMZmHf&amp;sig=ACfU3U2AjYiLlIIsBvxxIw68B8e8CB14jg&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwiuvJLlrP_oAhXalHIEHftRDxsQ6AEwAXoECAsQAQ#v=onepage&amp;q=ward's%20flexible%20albums&amp;f=false" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://books.google.com/books?id=hGI1AAAAMAAJ&amp;pg=PA413-IA9&amp;lpg=PA413-IA9&amp;dq=ward%27s+flexible+albums&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=0aETwMZmHf&amp;sig=ACfU3U2AjYiLlIIsBvxxIw68B8e8CB14jg&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwiuvJLlrP_oAhXalHIEHftRDxsQ6AEwAXoECAsQAQ#v=onepage&amp;q=ward's%20flexible%20albums&amp;f=false" rel="nofollow">https://books.google.com/books?id=hGI1AAAAMAAJ&amp;pg=PA413-IA9&amp;lpg=PA413-IA9&amp;dq=ward&#039;s+flexible+albums&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=0aETwMZmHf&amp;sig=ACfU3U2AjYiLlIIsBvxxIw68B8e8CB14jg&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwiuvJLlrP_oAhXalHIEHftRDxsQ6AEwAXoECAsQAQ#v=onepage&amp;q=ward&#039;s flexible albums&amp;f=false</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Apparently The Samuel Ward Co. was a book and stationary company begun by Samuel Ward (b. 1845 in Newton, Massachusetts) in 1868 Boston or Cambridge. In 1905 the company suffered heavy losses due to a fire. In 1913 the company&#039;s name changed to Samuel Ward Mfg. Co. Hmmm...</p><p><br /></p><p>The clues seem to be emerging one by one. So I guess the ship is not the USS Maine after all. It is so much fun to play antique detective! Thanks for helping me : )</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]247810[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]247811[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]247812[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]247813[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]247814[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]247815[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]247816[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]247817[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]247818[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]247819[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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