What is this little picture booklet?

[u/booradleysghost]

This is a picture booklet of my great grandmother from sometime in the late 19th century. My mother thinks it might be a dance card, but it doesn't look like any I've seen online. It's all made from card stock other than the onion paper like inner cover.

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[u/ifdeadpokewithstick]

Looks like a vintage photo folder with carbon paper for protection. It's called a cabinet card.

[u/summersolsticevows]

That is a cabinet card, they came in many shapes. :) Just a nice, professional photo print.

[u/booradleysghost → u/summersolsticevows]

Likely solved!

[u/booradleysghost → u/summersolsticevows]

I'm not sure that's what this is. It's not dimensionally similar to what is described on Wikipedia and there is no mention of them being in booklet form.

[u/summersolsticevows → u/booradleysghost]

I collect antique photo prints and I have quite a few of like this in my own collection and have seen many more. It’s just an artsy shape.

[u/booradleysghost → u/summersolsticevows]

Thanks for providing additional qualifications, just doing my own due diligence on the proposed solution. I'll mark this one as the answer.

[u/summersolsticevows → u/booradleysghost]

If you would like any additional context, I am also an archivist by trade.

[u/booradleysghost]

My title describes the thing