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[man working at machinery]

Item is a glass-covered 35mm slide with silver paper surrounding image. Red tape holds the edges of the glass. Image depicts a man in goggles working at a piece of machinery in a factory setting. Small sticker Recto top right reads "17."

[man pulling plow]

vignetted gsp mounted on brown mat board with decorative border. Depicting a flat field landscape, where large group of men watches a man harnessed to a plow and another sitting on the plow. Recto ink inscription, bottom right: "Keller." Verso inscription in pencil: "J. Cramner."

[machinery close-up]

Silde with cardboard holder. Image depicts a close-up of some machinery. Recto caption, top: "5, Made in U.S.A." Recto inscription, pencil, top right: "3." Verso captions: "Processed by Kodak," "Kodachrome Transparency."

[lower cloister interior, copy]

Matte print on crosshatched/textured paper, ounted on grey paper, mounted on larger thick brown card. Copy from same negative as 2008.001.612. Depicts the interior of a building, perhaps a lower level, with stone walls, arched window openings, and arched ceilings. A wooden stircase is seen in the background. no inscriptions.

[liquid oxygen truck]

glass covered slide, silver mat, red taped edges. Depicts tanker truck in front of building. Back of truck reads "Liquid Oxygen produced by Canadian Liquid Air Company" Building sign reads "Canadian Liquid Air Co Ltd."

[liquid air tank]

glass covered slide with silver mat, red taped edges. Depicts a tank with several hoses at bottom. It reads: "L.A. Bulk Oxygen Installation, Liquid Air, L.A. Oxygen." Recto inscription in pencil, top right: "31."

[lilies]

grey mottled cardboard mount, blue captions recto and verso: "Insist on Ariston Color Prints; Ansco Color." Image depicts whie lilies and other foliage in garden.

[laundry machinery] (sub-series 2)

matte gsp with white border, mounted on motteld green card. Depicts a woman, facing away from camera, reaching into what could be a clothes washing maching (vertical cylinder shape). Beside her is another machine, a horizontal cylinder, that may be a dryer. clothes hang on racks in the background. no inscriptions.

[horse-drawn turkey float]

Print on grey mat. Depicts horse-drawn parade float with turkey, coat of arms, and children riders. Embossed recto caption, bottom left: "Dinkler, Chapman St. Greenfield Mass." Verso inscription, ink: "Nov 32." Image transfer on verso from platinum print.

[horse-drawn mayflower float]

print on grey mat. Depicts forse-drawn parade float in the shape of a ship. Reads: "Mayflower 1620." Riders have pilgrim costumes on. Embossed recto caption, bottom left: "Dinkler, Chapman St. Greenfield Mass." Verso inscription "Mayflower #5." Image transfer on verso from another platinum print.

[horse-drawn float, plymouth rock]

print mounted on grey mat board. Depicts horse-drawn parade float marked "9," "landing of Pilgrims at Plymouth Rock." Background is a fairground with grandstand, decorated coaches, american flag. Embossed caption, bottom left: "Dinkler, Chapman St. Greenfield Mass." Verso inscription, pencil, "Pilgrims landing at Plymouth Rock #6." Image transfer on verso from another platinum print.

[horse-drawn float with vase]

print on gery mat board. Depicts horse-drawn parade float with arches, large vase, coat of arms, children riders. Embossed recto caption, bottom left: "Dinkler, Chapman St. Greenfield Mass." Verso inscription, ink: "Sept- 90." Image transfer on verso from platinum print.

[horse-drawn float with ram]

print on grey mat board. Depicts parade float with ram crest (and zodiac symbol?), evergreen branches, riders, and grandstand in background. Embossed recto caption, bottom left: "Dinkler, Chapman St. Greenfield Mass." Verso inscription, pencil: "#24 March." Image transfer on verso from another platinum image.

[horse race]

print with white border depicting a horse race and spectators with umbrellas. Hilly landscape in background. Verso inscription, blue ink: "Quand Meme after winning 7 1/2 furlong on the flat by 15 lengths ! Muddy course dogged my competitors; I won by cantering along the cinder track on the outside."

[horse and wagon]

print with white border mounted on black roughly-cut mat board. Image depicts a horse and wagon, with two men standing in front and a child riding inside. Treed, grassy setting. Verso inscription in pencil, top right: "1oo".

[horse and wagon with flowers and bell]

print mounted on grey mat board. Depicts horses and wagon decorated with flowers- wagon has flower arches and paper bell. Four women sit in the wagon. Background is a fairground with grandstand, american flag. Embossed caption, bottom left: "Dinkler, Chapman St. Greenfield Mass." Verso inscription, pencil, "#3." Image transfer on verso from another platinum print.

[horse and rider after race]

rpint with border depicting man on horse (marked #8). Horse is being tended to by a man in a turban. Racetrack, hilly landscape in background. Verso inscription, blue ink: "Quand Meme after winning the 1 1/2 mile race, Ooty Hunt Flat Races, Oct '46."

[horse and equestrian]

print with white border, depicting man in equestrian garb holding reins of horse. Stables, man in turban, and second horse in background. Verso inscriptions, blue ink: "Jabberwocky, O.H. Gymkhana, May '46 (Hortense in the background)."

[horse and carriage with sunflowers]

print on grey mat board depicting horse and carriage. Large sunflower decorations and several riders. Embossed recto caption, bottom left: "Dinkler, Chapman St. Greenfield Mass." Verso inscription, pencil: "John Wilson #11" Image transfer on verso from another platinum print.

[horse and buggy with flowers]

platinum print mounted on grey mat board. Depicts two women with parasol in carriage drawn by horse. Carriage is decorated with flowers. Background is a fairground with gradstand and american flag. Recto embossed caption, bottom left: "Dinkler, Chapman St. Greenfield Mass." Verso has image transfer from another platinum print. Verso inscription, pencil: "#8 Mrs. C L Firk."

[grocery store interior]

semi-glossy gsp with white border, mounted on mat board. Depicts interior of a grocery store, with woman at the counter. Brands visible on shelves include: Kirkman Granulated Soap, Rinso, Oxydol, Silver Dust, Clean Quick, Ivory Snow, Super Suds, Gold Dust, Fels-Naptha Soap Chips, Lux, Ohio Blue Tip Matches, Birds Eye, Canada Dry Spur, Nestle's Toll House, Campfire, Rex Fly Spray, Kool-Aid, SOS, Ashokan Rice, Minute Tapioca, Red Seal, Fairlawn Coffee. Garden tools, map of America, and refrigeration unit are also visible. no inscriptions.

[fox hunt]

borderless unmounted print depicting two figures on horses, many dogs, and three children in background. Verso inscription, blue ink: "Sir Lionel and Landy Gasson M.F.H., Ootacamund Hunt, May '46."

[forestry landscape]

slide with cardboard holder. Image depicts forested landscape with cleared area in the centre of frame. Crane, pipeline and labourers visible in clearing. Recto captions printed in blue- top left: "date," right side: "made in Canada," left side: "Patented," bottom edge: "Project from this side arrow shows position." Verso captions in blue- "Mitchell Photo Supply Ltd. Dominion Sq., Montreal," bottom centre: "Processed by Etco."

[forestry landscape]

35mm slide in cardboard holder. Image depicts forest landscape with trees in centre cleared. Pipeline and machinery are visible in open area. Recto captions in blue- top left: "date," right side: "made in Canada," left side: "Patented," bottom edge: "Project from this side arrow shows position." Verso captions in blue- "Mitchell Photo Supply Ltd. Dominion Sq., Montreal," bottom centre: "Processed by Etco."

[forested hill]

white cardboard mount with grey spiderwed pattern, red stripes. Recto captions in red: "Ansco Color." Verso captions: "date; made in canada." Depicts hillside with ress, river with small island in distance.

[family on lawn]

Item is an albumen print mounted on a mat board with gold edges. Depicts an extended family sitting on the lawn in front of a house with white siding, porch and bay window. They include three children, one dog, three, men, four women. Verso top right in pencil: "J."

[factory machinery]

slide with cardboard holder, depicting a piece of machinery in a factory interior. Recto caption, bottom: "Made in U.S.A., 15," embossed: "Apr 59." Recto inscription, pencil, top right: "2." Verso captions; "Processed by Kodak," "Kodachrome Transparency."

[exterior pipeline welding]

silde with cardboard mount. Depicts men working outdoors on a pipeline in a forested landscape. Recto inscription, top, blue ink: "35 x 335 IMA used 6" line- 18 joints/hour." bottom left: "21." Recto captions in blue- top left: "date," right side: "made in Canada," left side: "Patented," bottom edge: "Project from this side arrow shows position." Verso captions in blue- "Mitchell Photo Supply Ltd. Dominion Sq., Montreal," bottom centre: "Processed by Etco."

[equestrians]

print with white border. Depicts four main figures on horses, two more partially obscured. Verso inscription, blue ink: "Ken Leech and Lord & Lady Shannon, Ooty- May '46, Miss Jean Wise."

[drugstore interior]

matte gsp with white border, mounted on black mat board. Depicts the interior of a store, including counters, display cases, magazine rack, and three clerks. Product names include Redbook, Modern Priscilla, Ainslee's, S.S. White Toothpaste, Hershey's, Mysto. no inscriptions.

[cows in field]

green speckled cardboard mount. Captions on recto and verso: "Authorized Ansco Color Finisher; Insist on Ariston Color Prints." Image depicts cows in field with wire fence in foreground. Leaves on trees are autumn colours.

[country road]

green flecked cardboard mount. Captions on recto and verso: "Authorized Ansco Color Finisher; Insist on Ariston Color Prints." Image of grassy landscape with road, telephone poles, barbed wire fence.

[cleared forest with trench]

sile in cardboard mount. Depicts forest setting with cleared area, trench dug, pipeline being laid. Truck, crane and two figures are visible. Recto top inscription in blue ink: "4 x .188 or .237, 6' x .200 + .280.310" Recto captions in blue- top left: "date," right side: "made in Canada," left side: "Patented," bottom edge: "Project from this side arrow shows position." Verso captions in blue- "Mitchell Photo Supply Ltd. Dominion Sq., Montreal," bottom centre: "Processed by Etco."

[city wall gate]

Unmounted print with borders on top and bottom. Depicts a street in an old city, the focal point being a gate/arch in a battlement or city wall. Several figures are seen walking through it, some are blurred by motion. No inscriptions

[church relief sculpture]

Matte print with white border, mounted on brown card. Depicts a relief sculpture on the interior wall of a church. Sculpture includes various figures kneeling and standing, crests, text pantels in latin, columns and architectural elements. At the top of the frame, arches from the ceiling can be seen. At the bottom, top of door frame and seats are visible.

[church interior] (sub-series 2)

Matte print with white border, mounted on blue striped card. Depicts the interior of a church/cathedral, including altar with cross and candles, paintings, stained glass, relief sculpture, organ pipes, statuary, and ornaments hanging from the domed ceiling.

[church cloisters interior]

matte print mounted on white paper, mouned on large brown card. Depicts interior of church building perhaps cloisters on lower level as in 2008.001.612. Stained glass windows and arched ceilings are shown. Signature under bottom right corner of image seems to have been erased.

[christmas card with countryside photo]

borderless print mounted on offwhite greeting card with brown inner paper. Fastened with fabric ribbon. Front cover of card includes photograph of rural hilly landscape as seen from hilltop, and caption bottom centre: "Best Wishes." Inside right hand of car includes flower icon, and caption centre top: "To wish you every happiness this chrismastide and througout the coming year." Inscription, centre bottom, black ink: "From All, to Jennie, When upon this desk you write, you must study with all your might, and if you wuse it faithful and true, I'm sure it will be useful for you."

[cartoon, cabinet card]

reproduction of drawing on cabinet card. Depicts oversize bed with many women in it, and a row of cradles with babies at the foot. Across the top of the bed is printed "Bringham Young's Bedstead". Above border of image, "THIS SHOP TO LET." A quote at the bottom of the image reads "And the place which knew him once shall know him no more for ever./ MOMENTUM CIRCUMSPICE./ FOR HIS MONUMENT LOOK AROUND!"

[cargo ship deck]

slide in cardboard mount. Image taken from deck of cargo ship in port. Recto captions in blue- top left: "date," right side: "made in Canada," left side: "Patented," bottom edge: "Project from this side arrow shows position." Verso captions in blue- "Mitchell Photo Supply Ltd. Dominion Sq., Montreal," bottom centre: "Processed by Etco."

[car on display at 11th Tokyo Motor Show] (car sub-series)

Glossy gsp, white border. Depicts a car on display in an exhibition hall. A sign on the wall in the background reads "11th Tokyo Motor Show." A sign on the ground in front of the car has some Japanese characters and "Rotary Piston Engine Test Car (800"/2 cylinder)". Recto bottom left in pen: "2." Verso inscriptions in pencil- cropping lines; top right: "55/mm-Jan'65"; centre: "27 1/2 picas"; bottom centre: "110 scr. 3inc half"; bottom right: "$20," "4101," "52."

[automobile hoists] (car sub-series)

Glossy gelatin silver prints composite photo depicting four different auto hoists, three with cars on them. The print has white borders. Recto has cropping marks in blue ink. Recto caption, bottom left: "H-228." Verso black ink stamp, top right: "MAR 26 1958." Verso inscriptions in ink- centre: "20 1/2," bottom right: "$15," bottom right: cropping lines, "13 picas," "55/mm-May," "100 scr. 3inc half," "Rotary." Verso black ink stamp, bottom right: "3415."

[auto parts store, interior] (car sub-series)

print with white border, mounted on black mat board. Depicts the interior of an auto parts store/ repair shop. A man and woman stand behind the counter, and a child sits on a chair. 2 automobiles are visible in the background. Signs above the counter read: "Not Responsible for Theft or Fire," "Keep Smiling," "Not REsponsible for Work Left Over 10 Days," "Credit is Out," "If You Don't See What You Want, Ask For It," "No Tools Loaned."

[airliner over ocean]

glass covered slide with silver mat and red tape on edges. Depicts a silver and red propeller airliner over a large body of water. The image is quare, leaving the top and bottom of the frame black. Small label upper right recto: "7."

[Young girl posed on a chair]

Item is an unmounted tintype featuring an image of a young blond girl sits in a chair, in a studio portrait with elaborate background. Her one leg is crossed underneath her. The chair is made of wood, and looks like branches. She wears a sailor style dress.

[Young Indigenous woman]

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.

[Woman standing with horse]

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 9 in the series. Black paper around glass edges. Heavily painted. Image is of a woman standing with a horse, holding its reins, in a field, there's sheep in the background with trees. The sky is blue with pink/white clouds.

[Woman dancing at Halloween dance]

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

[Woman crouching by water]

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 18 in the series. Printed in BRC of slide "99-68." Black paper around glass edges. Heavily painted. Image is of a young woman with blond hair, crouching by a creek with a bucket. You can see her reflection in the water. She is the same woman from slide 16, 2008.001.1311.

[Wienhausen, church interior]

matte gsp mounted on white paper, mounted on yellow-brown mottled card. Depicts the interior of a church with intricate murals and decorations. There is an arched door visible in the middle and a staircase leading up on the right. Verso inscription, top centre, pencil, reads: "Wienhausen, Aufgary Normenchar" (?)

[White Mountain]

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.

[Two men with a fallen tree]

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 57 in the series. Black paper around glass edges. Heavily painted. Image is of two men with what looks like fallen trees. Could be they have fallen on their house.

[Two men talking]

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 56 in the series. Black paper around glass edges. Heavily painted. Image is of two older men talking, one has his hand on the other's arm, and one is wearing a cowboy hat.

[Two men talking by gate]

Lantern slide, glass slide. Handpainted over B&W image. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 5. Perhaps the fifth one in a series, because the man in the slide is the same man from 2008.001.1303. Image of two men talking by a gate, at what looks to be a ranch. The one man is the dressed in a black suit, holding a briefcase or suitcase, perhaps a doctor. The second man is holding a cowboy hat, and has a beard. The image is handpainted over a B&W slide.

[Two men standing, one man and young boy crouching next to 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 36 in the series. Black paper around glass edges. Heavily painted. Image is of three men and a young boy outside a house. Two men are standing next to a fence, third man and boy crouching near fallen sheep.

[Two men smoking]

Item is an unmounted studio portrait of two men, seated and smoking pipes. Both have facial hair, and are wearing hats and jackets. Casual pose, man on right has legs crossed and looks at camera. Man on left looks away from the camera, and leans in his chair, arm resting on the back. Both men's cheeks are tinted pink.

[Two men posed with fists up]

Item is an unmounted tintype featuring an image of two men posed in studio, with their fists up in imitation of a fight. They face each other, man on right has a pipe in his mouth. He is wearing a long coat, tall hat with a coloured flower in it.Man on left has a pink spot near his mouth. Studio backdrop is of a mountain, plants, water. Sticker on the back of tintype says "$4.00."

[Two men in top hats]

Item is an unmounted studio portrait of two young men, dressed in black suit jackets, with top hats. They are sitting side by side, one on right is holding an umbrella, and one on left a can. Dressed in gentleman's attire. Two top corners are angled off.

[Two men and a dog on the porch]

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 12 in the series. Heavily painted. Image is of two men, one standing with his arms and fists in the air, one sitting with a dog in his lap. They're on a porch of a log cabin, with sheep in the field next to them. Trees and blue sky.

[Three people poking head out of door]

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 6, follows the same series. Heavily painted. Two men and one woman poke their heads out from a doorway, looking at something 'off-screen' - perhaps the two men talking at the gate from the previous slide 2008.001.1304.

[Three people outside]

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 a man and woman sitting in a carriage, with another man smoking a pipe and looking at them. It's a close up, but you can see a house in the background.

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