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Previous Concepts

Explore the book’s visual directions, from a quiet archival album to expressive photographic spreads. Each collection opens as its own PDF.

This gallery shares work in progress: design directions, style explorations and rough layout ideas. Some pages are developed in detail; others are thumbnail sketches or placeholders used to explore pacing and page count. Further ideas and refinements are still to come. Nothing shown is intended as finished or finalized.

For a meaningful layout review, please use a desktop or large screen. Download any PDF for offline review.

Actual spread from Corner-tab album
Concept A

Corner Tab Album

Complete opening chapters, family tributes and Alice.

17 presentation sheets · Open PDF →
Actual spread from Clean editorial
Concept B

Clean Editorial

White space, simple typography and unframed photographs.

7 presentation sheets · Open PDF →
Actual spread from Mounted album
Concept C

Mounted Album

Warm paper, mounted images and family-page variations.

12 presentation sheets · Open PDF →
Actual spread from Charcoal and cream
Concept D

Charcoal and Cream

Portraits, tributes, Alice alternatives, Edward and closing pages.

24 presentation sheets · Open PDF →
Actual spread from Atmospheric backgrounds
Concept E

Atmospheric Backgrounds

Faded maps, enlarged records and music-paper backgrounds.

13 presentation sheets · Open PDF →
Actual spread from Cover and jacket options
Cover & jacket

Cover and Jacket Options

The selected black-and-white front with color and grayscale back-cover options.

3 presentation sheets · Open PDF →
Background Studies
Photographic, map and artifact studies

Background Studies

Large photographs, layered imagery, textured backgrounds and map compositions.

17 presentation sheets · Open PDF →
The Generations Behind Us — twelve-generation family chart
Family Chart

The Generations Behind Us

Twelve generations presented in a single chart.

1 page · Open PDF →
Chapter Six portrait collage beside Album of American Portraits
Chapter Six opener

Portrait Collage

The tabletop portrait collage and facing chapter introduction.

1 presentation sheet · Open PDF →
Actual spread from Complete v45 chapter option
Chapter Six

Chapter Six Studies

Only selected pages in the Chapter Six files have been formatted.

German and Irish portraits in book order, folios 24–311. Saved 20 October 2026.

144 presentation sheets · Open PDF →
Portrait variations

Alice Josephine Kerrigan Connelly

Alice portrait spread with layered photographic background

Compare the corner-tab interpretation with framed editorial, portrait-led and layered photographic variations.

View All Alice Portrait Variations · 11 Sheets

Choosing the direction

Which typography, framing and background treatment feels right for the family’s story? Note the collection and sheet number for any elements you would like to combine.

Earlier cover concepts

Revisit the original 40 cover options, shown straight on. The selected cover and jacket remain in their separate collection.

View all 40 cover concepts

Enhanced Portraits

Compare 28 original images with their enhanced versions. Select a pair to enlarge it, then use the arrows to browse.

Portrait Comparison

Original
Enhanced