diff --git a/web/packages/new/photos/components/ItemCards.tsx b/web/packages/new/photos/components/ItemCards.tsx
index 9a5de57b20..8c73fb3ad6 100644
--- a/web/packages/new/photos/components/ItemCards.tsx
+++ b/web/packages/new/photos/components/ItemCards.tsx
@@ -64,34 +64,19 @@ export const ItemCard: React.FC<React.PropsWithChildren<ItemCardProps>> = ({
         if (!coverFile) return;
 
         let didCancel = false;
-        let thisObjectURL: string | undefined;
 
-        const go = async () => {
-            if (coverFaceID) {
-                const blob = await faceCrop(coverFaceID, coverFile);
-                if (!didCancel) {
-                    thisObjectURL = blob
-                        ? URL.createObjectURL(blob)
-                        : undefined;
-                    setCoverImageURL(thisObjectURL);
-                }
-            } else {
-                const url = await downloadManager.getThumbnailForPreview(
-                    coverFile,
-                    isScrolling,
-                );
-                if (!didCancel) {
-                    thisObjectURL = url;
-                    setCoverImageURL(thisObjectURL);
-                }
-            }
-        };
-
-        void go();
+        if (coverFaceID) {
+            void faceCrop(coverFaceID, coverFile).then(
+                (url) => !didCancel && setCoverImageURL(url),
+            );
+        } else {
+            void downloadManager
+                .getThumbnailForPreview(coverFile, isScrolling)
+                .then((url) => !didCancel && setCoverImageURL(url));
+        }
 
         return () => {
             didCancel = true;
-            if (thisObjectURL) URL.revokeObjectURL(thisObjectURL);
         };
     }, [coverFile, coverFaceID, isScrolling]);
 
diff --git a/web/packages/new/photos/components/PeopleList.tsx b/web/packages/new/photos/components/PeopleList.tsx
index ba7711af59..ac41dc7deb 100644
--- a/web/packages/new/photos/components/PeopleList.tsx
+++ b/web/packages/new/photos/components/PeopleList.tsx
@@ -216,25 +216,22 @@ const FaceCropImageView: React.FC<FaceCropImageViewProps> = ({
     enteFile,
     placeholderDimension,
 }) => {
-    const [objectURL, setObjectURL] = useState<string | undefined>();
+    const [url, setURL] = useState<string | undefined>();
 
     useEffect(() => {
         let didCancel = false;
-        let thisObjectURL: string | undefined;
 
-        void faceCrop(faceID, enteFile).then((blob) => {
-            if (blob && !didCancel)
-                setObjectURL((thisObjectURL = URL.createObjectURL(blob)));
-        });
+        void faceCrop(faceID, enteFile).then(
+            (url) => !didCancel && setURL(url),
+        );
 
         return () => {
             didCancel = true;
-            if (thisObjectURL) URL.revokeObjectURL(thisObjectURL);
         };
     }, [faceID, enteFile]);
 
-    return objectURL ? (
-        <img style={{ objectFit: "cover" }} src={objectURL} />
+    return url ? (
+        <img style={{ objectFit: "cover" }} src={url} />
     ) : (
         <Skeleton
             variant="circular"
diff --git a/web/packages/new/photos/services/download.ts b/web/packages/new/photos/services/download.ts
index a126fdf724..7231c1f6dc 100644
--- a/web/packages/new/photos/services/download.ts
+++ b/web/packages/new/photos/services/download.ts
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ class DownloadManagerImpl {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Resolves with an object URL that points to the file's thumbnail.
+     * Resolves with an URL that points to the file's thumbnail.
      *
      * The thumbnail will be downloaded (unless {@link localOnly} is true) and
      * cached.
@@ -155,6 +155,9 @@ class DownloadManagerImpl {
      * to download the file but should instead fulfill the request from the
      * cache. This avoids an unbounded flurry of requests on scroll, only
      * downloading when the position has quiescized.
+     *
+     * The returned URL is actually an object URL, but it should not be revoked
+     * since the download manager caches it for future use.
      */
     async getThumbnailForPreview(
         file: EnteFile,
diff --git a/web/packages/new/photos/services/ml/index.ts b/web/packages/new/photos/services/ml/index.ts
index 6de92a6205..a970173d1e 100644
--- a/web/packages/new/photos/services/ml/index.ts
+++ b/web/packages/new/photos/services/ml/index.ts
@@ -95,6 +95,13 @@ class MLState {
      * whose faces we are regenerating.
      */
     inFlightFaceCropRegens = new Map<number, Promise<void>>();
+
+    /**
+     * Cached object URLs to face crops that we have previously vended out.
+     *
+     * The cache is only cleared on logout.
+     */
+    faceCropObjectURLCache = new Map<string, string>();
 }
 
 /** State shared by the functions in this module. See {@link MLState}. */
@@ -187,6 +194,9 @@ export const logoutML = async () => {
     // execution contexts], it gets called first in the logout sequence, and
     // then this function (`logoutML`) gets called at a later point in time.
 
+    [..._state.faceCropObjectURLCache.values()].forEach((url) =>
+        URL.revokeObjectURL(url),
+    );
     _state = new MLState();
     await clearMLDB();
 };
@@ -646,7 +656,10 @@ export const getAnnotatedFacesForFile = async (
 };
 
 /**
- * Return the cached face crop for the given face, regenerating it if needed.
+ * Return a URL to the face crop for the given face, regenerating it if needed.
+ *
+ * The resultant URL is cached (both the object URL itself, and the underlying
+ * file crop blob used to generete it).
  *
  * @param faceID The id of the face whose face crop we want.
  *
@@ -662,8 +675,17 @@ export const faceCrop = async (faceID: string, enteFile: EnteFile) => {
 
     await inFlight;
 
-    const cache = await blobCache("face-crops");
-    return cache.get(faceID);
+    let url = _state.faceCropObjectURLCache.get(faceID);
+    if (!url) {
+        const cache = await blobCache("face-crops");
+        const blob = await cache.get(faceID);
+        if (blob) {
+            url = URL.createObjectURL(blob);
+            if (url) _state.faceCropObjectURLCache.set(faceID, url);
+        }
+    }
+
+    return url;
 };
 
 /**