Abstract: An album page for insertion and centering of rectangular images is disclosed.A storage and display page includes a backing sheet for supporting the image, and at least one pocket comprising a transparent sheet located in face-to-face relation with respect to the backing sheet. The pocket is defined by attachment between the backing sheet and the transparent sheet along the bottom of the pocket and along two opposing side edges of the pocket and along two opposing side edges of the pocket. Two brackets extend upwardly from the bottom edge, and retain the images in a fixed and centered position.

Abstract: An improved method and apparatus enable automated assembly of loose-leaf books, preferably photo albums from snap-ring binders of the slant D configuration and pages with peel-back overlays on mounting sheets. The apparatus comprises: a binder conveyor adapted to position a binder at an assembly station such that an upstanding segment of each ring in open position extends upward and has a vertical projection smaller than that of the holes in the pages; a page support positioned above the binder conveyor and having openings therein adapted for alignment with the holes in the pages; and a binder lift mechanism adapted to vertically lift a binder such that a segment of each ring is moved through the openings in the page support and the holes in the pages supported thereby. The process is automated and employs two linearly moving conveyors which intersect to enable positioning the binder with open ring elements at the assembly station.