Leather bound album with gold trim and the title "ALBUM" printed on spine. Metal clasp. Thick cardstock pages coloured light blue with openings for inserting cartes de visite. Sparsely populated by card photographs from Notman Studios and others in Ontario and Quebec.

Grey pages with photographs and cards adhered. Two holes in the left side of each page indicate where album was probably bound with string. Covers missing. First page has image of Old Orchard, Michigan. Most photographs feature two women and two children, seaside.

Item is a close up snapshot portrait of boy outside. Inscription on back of photograph in pencil reads 'Alfred T. Orr 1929'.

Cream card with photograph of an engraving, with title "COME ALONG DO!" Image shows man and woman walking through a gallery or nude statues. Photographer's stamp at bottom of card, in black letterpress, "Mason New York". On verso, in pencil, "6.50 DATED" with arrow drawn pointing to a pencil in a different hand, "1883./ Old Man may your thoughts [illeg.] fun./ So Come along."

albumen print mounted on cabinet card with gold border. Depicts a painting of two men and drowned boy in rowboat. Recto caption, top "E. Chigot," bottom: "salon de 1887, Peche Interromptue, A Block, Edit., Paris." Verso caption: "Cette photographie est faite en grande format 24/30c."

albumen print of engraving mounted on card. Depicts woman and two haloed children in pastoral landscape. Verso caption, blue: "156 Madonna im Grunen v. Raphael."

Item is an albumen print of engraving, hand coloured, mounted on card. Depicts four children playing on a wooden gate in a wooded setting. Verso inscription, ink: "Happy as a Thing."

albumen print of painting, mounted on card. Depicts young girl in garden setting. Recto caption, bottom, "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1863, by John P. Soule, in the Clerk's office of the District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Spring. GG Fish, Pinxt. Photo. and Pub. by J.P. Soule, Boston."

photomechanical print of painting mounted on card. Depicts castle, lake with sailboat, surrounded by mountains. Recto caption, bottom right: "Direnmann & Zurich." Recto inscription, bottom: "Chillon."

albumen print of painting mounted on cabinet card. Depicts town harbour. Recto captions: "Griefswald, Verlag von Kruger; S Komoranek, Griefswald Langefuhr Str 25. Griefswald Un Fahr 1552". Verso inscription "100 #3".

All following slides 2008.001.1903.1-20 will have same description. Military or government gathering, in front of a monument or statue. A huge crowd of military personnel, in France. All slides came with slide viewer 2008.001.1903. Inscription "Gedescope Brevete S.G.D.G." and verso "Georges Dreyfus, Paris."

All following slides 2008.001.1903.1-20 will have same description. Military or government gathering, in front of a monument or statue. A huge crowd of military personnel, in France. All slides came with slide viewer 2008.001.1903. Inscription "Gedescope Brevete S.G.D.G." and verso "Georges Dreyfus, Paris."

All following slides 2008.001.1903.1-20 will have same description. Military or government gathering, in front of a monument or statue. A huge crowd of military personnel, in France. All slides came with slide viewer 2008.001.1903. Inscription "Gedescope Brevete S.G.D.G." and verso "Georges Dreyfus, Paris."

Lantern slide, wood frame with glass positive B & W slide - image framed in black and gold. Handwritten in ink "Lake of Como, Italy" on slide. Landscape of water, with mountain and locks. Wood frame has an X marked in pencil on bottom right corner.

Lantern slide, wood frame with glass positive B & W slide. Handwritten in ink on sticker on the slide is "561 - Gutenberg, Faust & Schaeffer, Frankfurt in le Mein." Image of a monument with three statues of men on top.

Lantern slide, wood frame with glass positive B & W slide. Image is framed by black and gold (paint?). Handwritten in pencil on the wood frame is "Panorama of Cairo." Handwritten in ink on a sticker on the wood frame "Cairo - Panorama Egypt." Handwritten in ink on a sticker on the slide "Panorama du Caire 639" in french. Image of Cairo city, looks to be a market outside city walls (?).

Lantern slide, glass B&W slide in wood frame. Image framed in black and gold paint? Handwrtten in ink on a sticker on the glass "1771 Prebischtor cote ouest (Suisse - Saxonne)" and in print "Oelschlaeger Bros., 88, Fulton Street (New York)." Image is of a rock/natural bridge in mountains, it is called the Prebischtor or the Pravcicka Gate.

Lantern slide, glass B&W slide in wood frame. Sticker with Y on wood frame. Handwritten in ink on a sticker on the glass "107 Baden Baden vu au…" left blank because this part of sticker has been ripped off. Image framed in black and gold pain. Landscape image of a town in mountains or hills.

Lantern slide, glass B&W slide in wood frame. Image framed in black and gold paint. Handwritten in ink on a sticker on the glass slide is "Rheinfels Saint Goar et Saint Goars Hausen Rhin." A sticker with Y on wood frame. Image is of the town of Saint Goar in Germany on the Rhine river with a view of the Rheinfels castle.

Lantern slide, glass B&W slide in wood frame. Image framed in black and gold paint. Handwritten in ink on a sticker on the glass slide is "420. Venise cote du Lido" in french, and in print on a sticker "C.T. Milligan, 728 Chestnut Street." Image is of the coast of the Lido, the sandbar that separates Venice from the Adriatic sea.

Lantern slide, glass B&W slide in wood frame. Image framed in black. Handwritten in ink on a sticker on the glass slide is "2285 Cathedral of Cologne," and in print above "J. Levy & Cie. Suc. de Perrier P.F. & Soulier, Paris." Sticker on wood frame of a Y. Image is of the Cologne Cathedral in Germany.

Lantern slide, glass B&W slide in wood frame. Image framed in black. Handwritten in ink on a sticker on the glass slide is "4318 Vue sous les tilleuls a Berlin," in french. Note that "sous les tilleuls" translates to "under the linden trees" which in German is "unter den linden," and this is the name of the street the statue is on. Sticker on the wood frame handwritten in ink "Frederick the Great." Handwritten in pencil on actual wood frame "Statue of Frederick the Great." Image is of the equestrian statue of Frederick the Great in Berlin, Germany.

Lantern slide, glass B&W slide in wood frame. Remnants of handwritten note in ink on a sticker on the glass slide, unreadalbe. Sticker on wood frame of a Y. Stickers are miscoloured and faded yellow. Image is of the front of a mansion, with a statue of a man facing the house, with a long yard and trees.

Lantern slide, glass B&W slide in wood frame. Image framed in black and gold. Handwritten on the wood frame in pencil "Fountain of the Monte-Pincio, Rome." Image is a fountain with a standing figure of a man, two seated figures on either side of him and two obelisks on either side of the actual fountain, with a building in the background.

Lantern slide, glass B&W slide in wood frame. Sticker with a Y on wood frame. Handwritten in ink on sticker on the glass "6240 Church of the Theatine, Munich." Printed on sticker is "Levy & Cie Sucrs de Ferrier, P.F. and Soulier - Paris." On opposite side of slide, written in gold letters "49 Nassau Street, New York." The initials CS in bottom left corner (stickers to you) on actual image. Image is of a church dome with two spires.

Lantern slide, glass B&W slide in wood frame. Image framed in black and gold. Sticker on glass handwritten in ink "550 Chambre de Bustes au Vatican." Sticker on wood in ink "Chamber of Busts Vatican Rome Italy" same in pencil on wood frame. Image of inside the chamber of busts in the Vatican, walls lined with statues/busts.

Lantern slide, glass B&W slide in wood frame. Sticker on glass handwritten in black ink "Field of Lava From Mt. Vesuvius, Italy. Bay of Naples in the distance." Sticker on wood in ink "View field of lava Mt Vesuvius Italy." In pencil on wood frame "Italy." Image of rocks in foreground (field of lava) and water in distance (Bay of Naples).

Lantern slide, glass B&W slide in wood frame. Image framed in gold and black. Sticker on glass handwritten in ink "4300 The Palace Berlin" in print above "J. Levy & Cie Succrs de Ferrier Pere Fils & Soulier." On other side in black and gold print "T.H. McAllister, Manuf'g Optician, 49 Nassau Street, New York." Image is of a side view of the palace, and an equestrian statue on a bridge next to the palace. Palace known in Germany as the Stadtschloss which translates to 'city palace.'

Lantern slide, glass B&W slide in wood frame. White sticker on glass in black ink "Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome, Italy." Sticker on wood in ink "Santa Maria maggoir, Rome Italy." Scratch out marks in pencil on the wood. Image of a basilica with two domes, and a clock tower with an obelisk out front. This basilica is dedicated to the Virgin Mary.

Lantern slide, glass B&W slide in wood frame. Image framed in black and gold. Sticker on glass handwritten in ink "1430 Palais de Potsdam Neu (Prusse)" in french. Sticker of a Y on wood frame. Image of the New Palace (Potsdam), former prussian palace, in Germany.

Lantern slide, glass B&W slide in wood frame. Image framed in black. Sticker on glass in black print "Rhine" and "51." Sticker with Y on wood frame. Image of the façade of a cathedral, with houses/rooftops on either side.

Lantern slide, glass B&W slide in wood frame. Image framed in black and gold. Sticker on glass handwritten in pencil "Devils Bridge" and perhaps the word "Switzerland." In print "E. & H. T. Anthony & Co. New York." Image of two bridges spanning a river, in a canyon. Research showed that it is the Devil's bridge of St. Gotthard's Pass in Switzerland. It is recorded that the first bridge was destroyed by a flood in 1888, and the second bridge was built in 1826 and third one in 1958. This image shows two bridges, the original and the second which is why the slide is date ca. 1826-1888.

Lantern slide, glass B&W slide in wood frame. Image framed in black and gold. Handwritten on slide in black ink "765 Fragment de forum Triangulaire Pompei" in french. Handwritten in pencil on wood frame "Fragment of Triangular Forum, Pompeii, Italy." Handwritten in pencil on sticker on the wood frame "..of Forum Triangulaire.." rest of sticker ripped off. Image of ruins, columns and buildings from Pompeii, Italy.

Lantern slide, glass B&W slide in wood frame. Image framed in black. Handwritten in black ink on the slide "4249 Le Pont a Tragne" in french. In pencil looks like "Bohemia" is written below the ink. Cannot be sure that it is Tragne or Fragne, no trace of either. Handwritten on a sticker on the wood frame "Bridge at Tragne." Image of a town with a bridge and statue in foreground. Looks to be the start of the bridge, big covered archway. In BLC (white sticker facing you), you can see the ghost of people walking. Cannot find where bridge is, as not sure to the correct spelling of its name.

Lantern slide, glass B&W slide in wood frame. Image framed in black. Sticker of a Y on wood frame. Printed on the slide "J. Levy & Cie Sucrs de Ferrier P.F. & Soulier - Paris." In ink "9118 Mount Blanc, from d'Sivier" in french, difficult to read that second word 'Sivier' (note that Mount Blanc means White Mountain). Image of mountains in the distance, in the foreground there's a road, trees, grass. Mount Blanc, also referred to as The White Lady (La Dame Blanche), is a mountain in the Alps. The mountain lies between the regions of Aosta Valley, Italy, and Haute-Savoie, France.

Lantern slide, glass B&W slide in wood frame. Image framed in black, and shaped like an circle. Y sticker on wood frame. Image of the interior of St Giles-without-Cripplegate Anglican church in London, England. It shows the tombs of Ben Johson, Edmond Spencer, John Milton and Samuel Butler. When the church was built it stood without (outside) the city wall, near the Cripplegate. The church is dedicated to St Giles, patron saint of beggars and cripples. It is one of the few medieval churches left in the City of London, having survived the Great Fire of 1666.

Lantern slide, glass B&W slide in wood frame. Image framed in black. Handwritten on sticker on glass "Baptistery Pisa." Printed on sticker on glass "T.H. McAllister, Manuf'g Optician, 49 Nassau Street." Image of the baptistery of the Cathedral of Pisa in Italy. It is round domed building, very ornately decorated. It is located in the Piazza dei Miracoli, near the Cathedral and the leaning Tower.

Lantern slide, glass B&W slide in wood frame. Image framed in black. Handwritten on sticker on glass "6326 The Museum Dresde." Sticker of a Y on wood frame. Image of the facade of a building with arches and a dome. Research into Dresden museums showed that it resembled the facade of the Old Masters Picture Gallery, state art museum located in the Semper wing of the Zwinger Palace.

Lantern slide, glass slide in wood frame. Image area is circular as is the hole in the wood frame. Illustration is hand coloured and drawn onto the glass. No information on slide. Illustration of a ship with sails in rough waters.

Glass slide in wood frame. The glass slide is exposed, no protective covering. Missing the moveable part of the slide to make the illustration change. The black paint around the illustration is exposed. The illustration is a handpainted joker with a jester hat and costume, his tongue is sticking out and it looks like he's holding a big blank book that covers his body.

Lantern slide, glass slide in wood frame. Image area is circular as is the hole in the wood frame. Illustration is hand painted onto the glass. Printed on a sticker on wood frame "Express Train - Railroad Bridge by Moonlight." Illustration of a railway bridge over water, with a forest behind and the moon above. Unable to find reference to title on slide.

Lantern slide, glass B&W slide. Image framed in black, with no wood frame. Sticker on glass handwritten in black ink "7582 ... Rome" in french. Two words in between the number and Rome are indecipherable. Image of the Tiber river with a bridge and the Mausoleum of Hadrian, usually known as the Castel Sant'Angelo, in the distance.

Glass slide, handpainted over B&W image. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 4. No wood frame. Black paper around glass edges. Image of a man standing in a field looking up at the sky. He's in a field with a wood fence, housing sheep, and there's buildings in the background. The sky is painted blue and pink.

Lantern slide, glass slide. Handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 7 in the series. Black paper around glass edges. Heavily painted. Seven people are standing inside a house, the room has a fireplace, bed, table with a staircase leading up. An older woman sits on the stairs, and the rest are standing. The man holding the suitcase, from earlier slides, is now inside with the others.

Glass slide, handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 14 in the series. Black paper around glass edges.Heavily painted. Image is of a young boy sitting on a log with a baby sheep on his lap, a dog at his feet and a squirrel on his shoulder.

Glass slide, handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 24 in the series. Black paper around glass edges.Heavily painted. Image is of a man and young boy standing in a field, surrounded by a dog, deer, bear and sheep.

Glass slide, handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 35 in the series. Black paper around glass edges. Heavily painted. Image is of three men and a young boy next to a watering trough and water well with a house behind them. Two sheep have fallen (dead?), one still stands with his head in the trough and a fourth sheep is laying down. The dog stands with his two front paws on the edge of the trough. The men looks upset and confused.

Lantern slide, glass slide. Handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 41 in the series. Black paper around glass edges. Heavily painted. Image is of a woman dancing in the middle of a group of people, all watching and clapping. Same Halloween dance as previous slide 2008.001.1328

Glass slide, handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 49 in the series. Black paper around glass edges. Heavily painted. Image is of a young boy kneeling and looking up to the sky, beside a tree with no leaves, beside him is a dog and a deer with antlers.

Glass slide, handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 54 in the series. Black paper around glass edges. Not as heavily painted as the other slides. Some of the black & white image shows through, like it was never hand painted. Image is a scene of people in carriages, on horses, a barn, a ditch, some sheep.

Glass slide, handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 65 in the series. Black paper around glass edges. Heavily painted. Image is of a group of people, outside a barn, looking at one man standing on a bridge, their fists are raised in the air and they look angry. The man staning on the bridge is looking up at the sky, a young boy kneels on the bridge too with dead sheep around him.

Lantern slide, glass slide. Handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 11 in the series. Black paper around glass edges. Heavily painted. Image is of a man and woman standing together underneath an arbour, that seems to be covering machinery of some sort. Perhaps woodworking machines?

Lantern slide, glass slide. Handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is not numbered. Black paper around glass edges. Image is an outdoor scene, with barn, bridge, people, machinery and horses.

Glass slide. No frame. Black paper covering edges, but two pieces of glass held together with tape. Some parts of edges exposed glass. Sticker with number 15 on glass. Image is framed in an oval, and is of a young Indigenous woman in traditional dress.

Black box containing 99 35mm slides, originally sold with 100 -1 missing. Various geographic subjects. A handwritten table inside the box gives the locations, but the slides are out of order.

Series consists of camera models, from individually hand-crafted to mass-produced, and camera equipment, including filters, light meters, and timers, and darkroom equipment, including enlargers, chemicals, and printing papers. Several non-photographic optical devices are also found in this series, including two toys, a mono print viewer, and a stereo film viewer.

Watercolour outfit for hand-colouring photographic prints. The tan cardboard box has a tan label printed with black ink: "VELOX TRANPARENT WATERCOLOR STAMP OUTFIT." Included in the box is a plastic palette and an instruction booklet with colour stamps separated by vellum sheets labeled: "LIGHT YELLOW, FOLIAGE GREEN, DEEP YELLOW, DEEP GREEN, FLESH TINT, LIGHT BLUE, BRILLIANT RED, DARK BLUE, SCARLET, VIOLET, WARM BROWN, STONE GRAY." There is an empty tray for brushes.

Item is a grey coloured cabinet card with silver embossing. Photograph of two young men in front of a studio backdrop showing a classical arch and palm fronds, affixed to a grey card. Man on left is seated, wearing a suit and bow tie. Man on right wears a sailor style suit, and appears again in 2005.001.102. Embossed on bottom edge of card, in silver, "The Royal Photo Co./ 12 Shacklewell Lane/ Kingsland, N.E." On verso, at top left in pencil, "3-". Kingsland N.E. was the name of a village that has now been adopted by the Dalston Junction in the Borough of Hackney, London, U.K.

Item is a cream coloured cabinet card with darker beige backing and gold edging. Vignetted image of three children, two girls with long wavy hair and plaid bouses and a boy in button-up coat and tie. On verso, in pencil "Screened/ $10.00"

Item is a bi-fold card with greenish marbled paper. Inside, a photograph of a young woman in a flowered dress, standing in front of a window and table. On inside front-left flap, handwritten in ink, "To Cara".

Item is a photograph mounted on beige card with image of a man with a large moustache and a wool suit coat. At top, handwritten in blue ink, "1.50".

Item is a bi-fold card with mottled green pattern and embossed floral decoration at upper left. Inside portrait of a woman holding a violin. In black letterpress, at bottom inside "Herbert E. Paige/ 259 1/2 YONGE ST./ TORONTO"

Item consists of a portrait of a band of women musicians with loose-fitting coats with braided buttons and oversize top hats. The drum at the centre of the picture has the words "OAKWOOD/ SYNKFUNNY/ ORCHESTRY" written on it.

White bi-fold card with the design of a naked woman holding a mirror above the text "Lou Walters/ Latin Quarter". At the top left, "So this is Gay Paree.../ come along with me/ we're stepping out/ to see the/ Latin Quarter". Inside, a photograph of 4 men and 1 woman seated around a table, in the background several mirrored walls. The diners have all signed the bottom of the card and dated it. "1/26/56" "Dave Narved(?), Chas Bocklet(?), Burwell Abel, Marg Dunn, Run(?) Dunn". On back of card, blue print reading "Souvenir Photo" surrounded by a blue border. At bottom right, further blue text reads "For extra copies write to:/ PLANETARY PHOTO/ 311 West 34th Street/ New York 1, N. Y./ Use Number of back of Print/ Stating date taken and name of Club/ along with description of Photo."

Item consists of a photograph mounted on light grey card with dark grey borders. Image shows a group of ment standingon the steps to a light brick building. Each man has a number written on his chest (handwritten on negative) and the words "PHOTO BY/ BERT'S/ JAN 8-17." appears also handwritten to the right of the group. At the top edge of the photo, probably also added to the negative, "GRAHAM'S SCIENTIFIC BREEDING SCHOOL K.C.MO." Handwritten in pencil on verso, "$10.00".

Item consists of a photograph mounted on white card with black letterpress at bottom edge, reading from left to right "J. Russell & Sons/ Photographers", "By special appointment to/ His Majesty the King.", "17, Baker Street. W. &/ 13, High St. Windsor." Photograph shows a long gothic style hall (probably the nave of a cathedral) laid out with tables for dining, and men seated at all the tables. Handwritten in pencil on the verso, "25.00" and "797113".

Item consists of a photograph mounted on light grey card with diamond patterned texture. Image shows two rows of boys (and one older man in the first row) seated outdoors in front of a brick wall on the ground. A black dog is at the centre of the first row, and the boy on the right end of the first row holds a smaller dog in his lap.

Item is a studio headshot with white border, depciting man in suit jacket and tie. Recto ink stamp "Don Cornell." Verso ink stamp "This portrait through courtesy of A. Gilbert Studios, Toronto."

Item is a studio headshot of man with dark curly hair in shit jacket and tie. Recto ink stamp: "Eddie Fisher." Verso ink stamp "This portrait through courtesy of A. Gilbert Studios, Toronto."

Item is a studio headshot with white border. Depicts a man in suit jacket and tie with slicked-back hair. Recto ink stamp: "Art Lund." Verso ink stamp "This portrait through courtesy of A. Gilbert Studios, Toronto."

Item is a studio headshot of man with pinstripe suit and checked tie. Verso ink stamps "Oscar Peterson," "This portrait through courtesy of A. Gilbert Studios, Toronto."

Item is a studio headshot of an unidentified singer or entertainer wearing checked jacket. Verso ink stamp: "This portrait through courtesy of A. Gilbert Studios, Toronto."

Image of boat on a river, a bridge to the left foreground, and a large house in the right hand background. A man is standing on the river.

Image of house and river and garden.

Image of waterfall and surrounding landscape. Text in white on surface of photograph reads, '1923 Kemcowaterfall Copy 5'

Image of landscape with a river running through the middle of it. Reflections of trees in water.

View of the Oahu Railway Station. Text in white ink on surface of photograph reads, '156'.

Field of pineapple plants, two men with donkeys and a cart full of pineapples in the background.

unmounted POP print depicting a church and walled churchyard. A group of children stand in front of the wall.

snapshot with white border depicts an older man wearing earphones, sitting in front of radio equipment .a statue of liberty lamp sits on the cabinet with the machinery.

snapshot with white border. Depicts seven people sitting in and on a model t car with the top down. There is snow on the ground and houses behind. A little girl is in the driver's seat holding the steering wheel.

snapshot with black border depicting two boys with horse and carriage. The carriage reads "The Right House, 32, Thomas C. Watkins, Limited."

print with white border. Depicts interior of barn with a group of farm workers. Lettuce in crates is being used as seating.

Print with white border, depicting a puppy in an alley with telephone poles and garages.

print mounted on balck mat board. Depcits a view of a roadway lined with columns and statuary with pedestrians walking between. This is a view of the lincoln parkway entrance to the pan american exposition grounds, built for the exposition of 1901 in Buffalo NY. Verso inscription "Pan American Exposition 1903, The Pan American Exposition 1903, compliments of MR. Luther Cand."

paper envelope with halftone photo of dog and camera. Printed text reads "His master's choice. Kodaks and supplies. F. Hurndall Photographer, 624 Columbia St. New Westminster B.C. Developing, Printing, Enlarging. Finishing for the particular amateur." REcto inscriptions "Toomey. 6. 25 c. 35. 868 Dup."