Photograph album (John James and Mary Ann Sainsbury 50th wedding anniversary present)

Photograph album presented to John James and Mary Ann Sainsbury on the occasion of their 50th wedding anniversary by their children.

The album is held vertically within a gold-coloured metal frame. The frame is highly decorated with scrolls, vases, ivy, forget-me-nots and flowers. It has four feet at the bottom and a decorative handle at the top.

The leather spine of the album is supported at the base of the frame and the back of the album is fixed in place. A polished tortoiseshell sheet has been attached to the front of the album and gold-coloured metal motifs have been applied to the tortoiseshell, including a central heart design.

The album is viewed by releasing a decorative metal clasp at the top of the front page to allow the leaves to fall forward.

The album contains a handwritten, illustrated dedication and sepia coloured portrait photographs of members of the Sainsbury family. The dedication has the text "Dear Mother & Father on the occasion of their Golden Wedding from their children as a token of love and affection. London, April 20th 1919".

The following photographs are included (identification based on note probably written by archive staff found inside album):
page 1 and 2: blank
page 3: John Benjamin and Mabel (née van den Bergh) Sainsbury
page 4: Leonard Fletcher (husband of Vera); Alan Sainsbury; Vera Fletcher; Robert Sainsbury (children of J.B. Sainsbury)
page 5: George Sainsbury
page 6: George Sainsbury's children: Irene, unidentified, Cecil and Dudley.
page 7: Alice (John James and Mary Ann Sainsbury's second daughter) and her husband Simmons.
page 8: The Simmons' children
page 9: Frank Sainsbury and his wife (formerly a governess)
page 10: blank
page 11: Louise (John James and Mary Anne's third daughter) and her husband Hankey.
page 12: The Hankey's children.
page 13: Arthur Sainsbury and his wife Winnie MacDonald (a 'former Gaiety Girl')
page 14: Arthur and Winnie Sainsbury's children: James Sainsbury, Violet and Olive (who married firstly Lord Inverclyde, then Partridge).
page 15: Paul E. Weldon (son of Lillian) and Lillian (fourth daughter of John James and Mary Ann Sainsbury; she married Mr Weldon, who was known for Weldon's dress patterns)
page 16: blank
page 17: Alfred Sainsbury and his wife
page 18: Alfred and Mrs Sainsbury's children: Valerie and Vernon (after 1919, they had more children)
page 19: Paul Sainsbury and Dorothy ('Dolly') Sainsbury (sixth daughter of John James and Mary Ann Sainsbury)