diff --git a/etiquette/objects.py b/etiquette/objects.py
index 7d4f610..c0ce0ee 100644
--- a/etiquette/objects.py
+++ b/etiquette/objects.py
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ class ObjectBase:
 
 class GroupableMixin:
     group_getter = None
+    group_getter_many = None
     group_sql_index = None
     group_table = None
 
@@ -160,12 +161,12 @@ class GroupableMixin:
             [self.id]
         )
         child_ids = [row[0] for row in child_rows]
-        children = [self.group_getter(id=child_id) for child_id in child_ids]
+        children = self.group_getter_many(child_ids)
 
         if isinstance(self, Tag):
-            children.sort(key=lambda x: x.name)
+            children = sorted(children, key=lambda x: x.name)
         else:
-            children.sort(key=lambda x: x.id)
+            children = sorted(children, key=lambda x: x.id)
         return children
 
     def get_parent(self):
@@ -235,14 +236,12 @@ class Album(ObjectBase, GroupableMixin):
 
         self.name = 'Album %s' % self.id
         self.group_getter = self.photodb.get_album
+        self.group_getter_many = self.photodb.get_albums_by_id
 
         self._sum_bytes_local = None
         self._sum_bytes_recursive = None
         self._sum_photos_recursive = None
 
-    def __hash__(self):
-        return hash(self.id)
-
     def __repr__(self):
         return f'Album:{self.id}'
 
@@ -447,8 +446,9 @@ class Album(ObjectBase, GroupableMixin):
             'SELECT photoid FROM album_photo_rel WHERE albumid == ?',
             [self.id]
         )
-        photos = [self.photodb.get_photo(id=fetch[0]) for fetch in generator]
-        photos.sort(key=lambda x: x.basename.lower())
+        photo_ids = [row[0] for row in generator]
+        photos = self.photodb.get_photos_by_id(photo_ids)
+        photos = sorted(photos, key=lambda x: x.basename.lower())
         return photos
 
     def has_photo(self, photo):
@@ -1161,6 +1161,7 @@ class Tag(ObjectBase, GroupableMixin):
         self.author_id = self.normalize_author_id(db_row['author_id'])
 
         self.group_getter = self.photodb.get_tag
+        self.group_getter_many = self.photodb.get_tags_by_id
         self._cached_qualified_name = None
 
     def __eq__(self, other):
diff --git a/etiquette/photodb.py b/etiquette/photodb.py
index c459f8b..3c95819 100644
--- a/etiquette/photodb.py
+++ b/etiquette/photodb.py
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ class PDBAlbumMixin:
     def get_albums(self):
         yield from self.get_things(thing_type='album')
 
+    def get_albums_by_id(self, ids):
+        return self.get_things_by_id('album', ids)
+
     def get_root_albums(self):
         for album in self.get_albums():
             if album.get_parent() is None:
@@ -129,6 +132,9 @@ class PDBBookmarkMixin:
     def get_bookmarks(self):
         yield from self.get_things(thing_type='bookmark')
 
+    def get_bookmarks_by_id(self, ids):
+        return self.get_things_by_id('bookmark', ids)
+
     @decorators.required_feature('bookmark.new')
     @decorators.transaction
     def new_bookmark(self, url, title=None, *, author=None, commit=True):
@@ -179,6 +185,9 @@ class PDBPhotoMixin:
         photo = objects.Photo(self, photo_row)
         return photo
 
+    def get_photos_by_id(self, ids):
+        return self.get_things_by_id('photo', ids)
+
     def get_photos_by_recent(self, count=None):
         '''
         Yield photo objects in order of creation time.
@@ -788,7 +797,7 @@ class PDBTagMixin:
 
     def get_tag(self, name=None, id=None):
         '''
-        Redirect to get_tag_by_id or get_tag_by_name after xor-checking the parameters.
+        Redirect to get_tag_by_id or get_tag_by_name.
         '''
         if not helpers.is_xor(id, name):
             raise exceptions.NotExclusive(['id', 'name'])
@@ -842,6 +851,9 @@ class PDBTagMixin:
         '''
         yield from self.get_things(thing_type='tag')
 
+    def get_tags_by_id(self, ids):
+        return self.get_things_by_id('tag', ids)
+
     def get_root_tags(self):
         '''
         Yield all Tags that have no parent.
@@ -1429,9 +1441,7 @@ class PhotoDB(
 
         thing_cache = self.caches[thing_type]
         try:
-            #self.log.debug('Cache hit for %s %s', thing_type, thing_id)
-            val = thing_cache[thing_id]
-            return val
+            return thing_cache[thing_id]
         except KeyError:
             pass
 
@@ -1444,19 +1454,43 @@ class PhotoDB(
         thing_cache[thing_id] = thing
         return thing
 
-    def get_things(self, thing_type, orderby=None):
+    def get_things(self, thing_type):
         thing_map = _THING_CLASSES[thing_type]
 
-        if orderby:
-            query = 'SELECT * FROM %s ORDER BY %s' % (thing_map['table'], orderby)
-        else:
-            query = 'SELECT * FROM %s' % thing_map['table']
+        query = 'SELECT * FROM %s' % thing_map['table']
 
         things = self.sql_select(query)
         for thing_row in things:
             thing = thing_map['class'](self, db_row=thing_row)
             yield thing
 
+    def get_things_by_id(self, thing_type, thing_ids):
+        thing_map = _THING_CLASSES[thing_type]
+        thing_class = thing_map['class']
+        thing_cache = self.caches[thing_type]
+
+        ids_needed = set(thing_ids)
+        things = set()
+        for thing_id in ids_needed:
+            try:
+                thing = thing_cache[thing_id]
+            except KeyError:
+                pass
+            else:
+                things.add(thing)
+                ids_needed.remove(thing.id)
+
+        yield from things
+
+        if ids_needed:
+            qmarks = '(%s)' % ','.join('?' * len(ids_needed))
+            query = 'SELECT * FROM %s WHERE id IN %s' % (thing_map['table'], qmarks)
+            bindings = list(ids_needed)
+            more_things = self.sql_select(query, bindings)
+            for thing_row in more_things:
+                thing = thing_map['class'](self, db_row=thing_row)
+                yield thing
+
     def load_config(self):
         config = copy.deepcopy(constants.DEFAULT_CONFIGURATION)
         user_config_exists = self.config_filepath.is_file