In 1900 George Albert Lewis (Fig. 1) of Philadelphia, who had long been interested in genealogy, produced a magnificent album filled with handwritten text, watercolors, textiles, photographs, and ephemera documenting his family's 120-year history in the United States. This is one of many genealogical scrapbooks Lewis assembled, and he persuaded his wife, Anne Cornelia Larcombe Lewis, to compile an album as well. Five of these albums were generously donated to the Library Company of ...