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[Sunbeam boat]

Cyanotype image of a boat with the name Sunbeam. Boat is docked in a river, with a group of men (facing away from camera) out front, and another woman in the background. Boat is two levels, looks like there are people on top level. Wood cabins on opposite shore in background. Very thin paper.

Empty photograph envelopes

Various photograph envelopes from Kodak in Montreal QC, Gurds Sports Hobbies in London ON, and Tamblyn Tel-Vision Prints in Toronto. Advertisements for Verichrome Safety film on Kodak envelopes. One envelope contains two prints of A.T. Orr, one with him and a group of friends, the other holding game after hunting.

Snapshot album

Blue leather album with an embossed gold flower and the title "Snapshots" on cover. Inside, brown card pages have inserts for photographs. Mostly filled with pictures of men, women and children outdoors. Last image is missing.

The Morn After the Wedding

albumen print of drawing and poem, mounted on yellow CDV. Depicts man and woman talking to older man on sofa, with portraits on the wall behind them. Recto caption "The Morn After the Wedding" and accompanying poem. Verso inscription "5.00"

Mother Shipley by J C Walker & Co

albumen print of a painting, mounted on cabinet card with gold border and lettering. Depicts an old woman with hat, cape, basket, broom. Recto caption, bottom: "J.C. Walker and Co. 147 Yonge Street Toronto, Ont." Verso inscription, "Mother Shipley."

"Bachantin"

Item is an albumen carte-de-visit copy of a drawing of half-dressed woman pouring wine over her head into a glass. Man slumped over table. Hand coloured. Recto caption: "Bachantin".

[Infants with fan]

Brown card with thin gold border and a photograph of a drawing of two infants playing with an oversized paper fan with floral motif. At the bottom left of the image, an artist's signature reading "f. Dvorak 1887". At the bottom right of the image, an overturned bottle with decorative stopper.

His only pair

Cream card with photograph of an engraving of an old woman in a rocking chair holding her hand through a hole in a pair of trousers while a young boy, about 5 years old, leans against the chair in only his shirt and waistcoat. There is a small white dog at his feet, and the angle of the window gives the appearance of an attic. At the bottome edge, in purple letterpress, "HIS ONLY PAIR." On verso, handwritten in pencil, "3-".

Dick Whittington

Magic lantern used to project this type of circular slide was of German design, and was available c.1850. Magic lantern slides were popular in the 1890s. This design was for domestic use, and the slide was illuminated by an oil lamp,and projected a circular image. The slides, often hand coloured, were often mounted six to a small disk. This one in particular has eight hand coloured images. It tells the story of Dick Whittington, and English folktale, the title is written on the slide in three languages, English, French and German (Gesetzlich Geschutzt). It is the story of a young man who makes his fortune in London, with his cat.

The rat-catcher of Hameln

Magic lantern used to project this type of circular slide was of German design, and was available c.1850. Magic lantern slides were popular in the 1890s. This design was for domestic use, and the slide was illuminated by an oil lamp,and projected a circular image. The slides, often hand coloured, were often mounted six to a small disk. This one in particular has eight hand coloured images. It tells the story of the pied piper or the rat-catcher of Hameln, a town in Germany, who comes into a small village and leads the rats away, only to return when he receives no payment, to lead the children away. The title is written on the slide in three languages, English, French (Le preneur de rats de Hameln) and German (Der rattenfanger v. Hameln)

Slide viewer

Small cardboard slide viewer, known as a "Gedescope", with lens at one end, and a slot to place the slide at the other. Miniature size. Inscription on top "Gedescope Brevete S.G.D.G." SGDG Sans Garantie du Gouvernement? acronym from Military and GovernmentCardboard made to resemble wood grain.

Military personnel

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."

Georges Dreyfus

Military personnel

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."

Georges Dreyfus

Military personnel

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."

Georges Dreyfus

Military personnel

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."

Georges Dreyfus

Military personnel

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."

Georges Dreyfus

Military personnel

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."

Georges Dreyfus

Military personnel

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."

Georges Dreyfus

Military personnel

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."

Georges Dreyfus

[Parade]

Item consists of a photograph of a parade at 'Iolani Palace in Hawaii. At the front are flag bearers for Australia, United States of America, Hawaii, and another unidentifiable flag. Following behind the flag bearers is a marching band. To the side of the parade are spectators by the palm trees.

[Group Conversation]

Item consists of a photograph of a group of people talking to each other with their backs turned to the camera. One man is crossing his arms and looking directly at the camera. In the background there is the roof of a structure that appears to be a bandstand.

Utah

Six gelatin silver prints mounted on either side of cardboard. Images are of Salt Lake City, Saltair Beach and a Mormon Tabernacle. Inscription in ink reads, 'Salt Lake City Utah' and 'Utah 1903'. Inscription in pencil reads '$100' and '$100 SITA'.

Santa Barbara

Four gelatin silver prints on either side of a cardboard mount. Images of Santa Barbara, California. Potter Hotel, the baths and Hotel del Monte in Monterey, California. Inscriptions in pencil read, 'Santa Barbara, California' and 'Potter Hotel, Santa Barbara' and 'The Baths, Santa Barbara' and 'Hotel del Monte, Monterey, California'. Also inscribed in pencil in different penmanship is 'Sita' and '$125'

Honolulu

Four gelatin silver prints on either side of a cardboard mount. Images of Honolulu. Inscriptions in pencil read, 'Pemahou Avenue: Honolulu' and 'Surf riding, Moana Hotel, Honolulu' and 'Rice ploughing with water-bullocks, Honolulu'. Also inscribed in pencil in different script is 'Edwardian period tour photos, SITA $75, Honolulu, California, etc.'

California, Victoria B.C.

Six gelatin silver prints on either side of a cardboard mount. Images of the parliament building in Victoria, B.C, loggers, Beacon Hill Park Victoria, B.C., an onion farm, a sweet pea farm and a harbor. Inscriptions in pen read, 'Onion Farm, California, Sweet Pea Farm'. Inscriptions in pencil read '$50 - 23' and 'SITA'.

Newfoundland and the Nile

7 photographs. 1 albumen, 2 gelatin silver prints and 4 photomechanical on either side of cardboard mount. Inscriptions in ink read 'General View of Assouan' and 'January 1907'. Text in red ink on two of the images reads,'Group of Sakka at the Nile, Groupe de Sakkas' and 'Assouan - First Cataract'. Other inscription in ink reads, 'St. John's Newfoundland' and 'Mrs. Fraser & Child, [illegible] Drynan' abd 'St. John's Newfoundland - after the Great Fire 1890', Inscription in pencil reads, '$100'.

Amsterdam

Mounted image of bridge over river in Amsterdam. Inscription in black ink beneath photograph reads, 'Amsterdam, eglise St. Francois Xavier & pont sur le canal'. Inscription in pencil on back of mount reads, '$20'

Dr. Morgan the Outlaw

Mounted image of boy on horse. Inscription in black beneath photograph reads, 'Dr. Morgan (The Outlaw)' and 'Bertie Henderson. Up. (Youngest Hunt Club Rider in B.C.) Sticker on back of mount reads, 'From Brown Commercial Photographer 1123 Quadra St. Victoria, B.C. Expert Amateur Finisher.'

Silver Belle

Mounted image of man on jumping horse. Inscription in black beneath photograph reads, 'Martinized Spokaur'. Inscription in pencil on back of mount reads, 'Silver Belle better known as Sleepy Bess in a morning exercise..jumping a 4'6'' regulation hurdle at the Interstate Fair held at Spokane Wash. Sept 4-9-1916. Owned and ridden by E. Henderson Victoria B.C.'

Stock Exchange

Mounted image of stock exchange. Paper slip that was against photograph was inscribed in pencil with the words, '$40, Stock Exchange, London, Eng. (?) c. 1880 LK-'

Elsie K. Orr

Item is a portrait of woman reclining in a black leotard. Embossed on lower right hand side of photograph reads, 'Arnold, Brooklyn, N.Y.' Inscription in blue ink on back of photograph reads, 'Elsie K. Orr My first Wife, (illegible letter).V.O.'

Constance Orr sitting at a table

Item is a portrait mounted on card of young woman in white side button boots and white opera length gloves and white bow in her hair. Text below photograph reads, 'Westlake Chatham, Ontario'. Inscription in black ink on back of mount reads, 'Constance L. Orr. April 19th, 1913.

Westlake

Portrait of a balding man in a suit

Item is a portrait of a man, possibly affiliated with the Stanley Cup. It is mounted on brown card in a folding paper housing. Inscription in black ink below photograph reads, 'From Uncle Curly'. Inscription in pencil below photograph reads, 'Selby'. Embossment below photograph reads, 'Rice Montreal'.

Rice Studio

Sketch of interior of Cornelius Vanderbilt House

Item is a sketch of the interior of a room with furnishings, made with ink on glassine paper. Inscriptions read: "Geo. S & Polley & W. Pub. Boston" "Interior Cornelius Vanderbilts Residence". The mansion was located on 1 West 57th Street in New York City and was built in 1883. Cornelius Vaderbilt II was an heir, socialite and businessman. The house was sold at the beginning of the First World War for seven million dollars.

Eastman's Squeegee album

"Photographs" is embossed in black ink on the tan clothe-bound album cover. There are 50 spaces for photographs on the 26 pages, and the 38 extant images are of people at work and play in rural and urban areas. A sticker on the last, empty page reads “Eastman’s Squeegee Album, for 3 ½ x 3 ½ pictures, style A, manufactured by Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, NY.”

Eastman Kodak Company

The American Annual of Photography and Photographic Times Almanac for 1895

Green clothe-bound cover is embossed with “Scovill’s Photographic Series" and gold letterpress "The American Annual of Photography and Photographic Times Almanac for 1895.” This 438 p. book contains photomechanical reproductions of Alfred Stieglitz' "Outward Bound", p. 27, and "A Young Garibaldi", p. 254. Unpaginated appendices include vendor lists and advertisements.

Scovill & Adams Company

Black album, "Photographs"

Black leather album, lined with satin, bound with black string. "Photographs" is embossed on the front cover, and "Royal Albums" and "Made in USA" are in gold letterpress inside the back cover. Snapshots are glued to 40 black construction paper pages. Primarily vernacular images of weddings, soldiers, and vacations. Only Dick Gossett, Alan Pride, Bill McMillan, Duncan Wallace, and Minnie (Wallace) Owens are identified. One photograph of young men is entitled "Bolsover Flirts."

Royal Albums

Black album, no cover

154 photographs affixed to 24 black paper pages, 11 loose prints--the album cover itself is absent. The photographs have primarily vernacular images: snapshots of individuals and small groups, individual and group portraits, vacation scenes. Captions and dates are in white pencil: "1929," "Pt. Stanley 1937," "Wingham 1937," "Cub Camp 1939," "Churchill 1940-1," "Lake Joseph," and "Natural Park." On the verso of one photograph is partially written "Dear Gertrude,-This is a picture...of our new home...Mildr(ed?)" A truck is shown painted with "...S TAXI CABS, 2400 CHATHAM." A boat is shown painted with "The 100 Mile Cruiser To NATURAL PARK, SAGAMO." A park entrance gate made of tree branches spells out "CAMP TINAWATAWA, YWCA, YMCA." On a page entitled "Camp 1921" the prints have been typed on "Lake Couchiching." One loose print is written on verso "May 1963."

Shields, Lorne

Canada album

Item consists of a brown album with gold embossing and darker brown detailing. Item has part of a metal clasp on right of cover. Pages are white with gold embossing and sleeves with cutouts to insert the photographs into. Spine is torn and in very poor condition.
Photographs are all carte de visite size, and there are 5 tintypes in paper mats spread throughout the album. Some are hand-coloured. They are all portraits, some are labeled in pencil or black ink on the back of or below the photograph with the subject's name and sometimes a date. The photographs were taken accross Canada in Charlottetown, Montreal, Halifax, Pictou, Ottawa, and others as well as Boston, Washington D.C., New York and Auckland New Zealand. Some of the studios that made the photographs in this album are the Notman Studio, Brady's National Portrait Galleries, James Inglis, and J.W. Black. Photographers include C.S. Lewis and Tanton.

Loose materials include: photographs, tintypes in individual envelopes.

Shields, Lorne

Summer Snapshots album

Item consists of an album with a black leather cover with the word Photographs embossed on the front in gold; bound with black string. Labels adhered to cover read "Jack's own snaps taken while at OAC & Summer trips North & to England 1939-1941" and "#10". Pages are black with labels handwritten in white ink. Black photo corners are used to hold the photographs. Many pages remain blank, appearing to have never had photographs attached. Some photographs are coming off pages.

Photographs are of from Jack's summer trips to England and while he was at OAC. They are amateur snapshots taken at various camps and lakes in Ontario. Canadian locations include Long Lac, Quebec Bridge and Belle Isle; sports, parades and other events in and around Toronto; Niagara Falls, New York; Hamilton and Bellville Ontario. British locations include Salisbury, Cardiff, London, Bristol, Edinburghand Glasgow.

Notable themes include early telescopes and cameras; portraits, Queenston Power Development, The Manchester Citizen [ship], Blenheim Bombers, Kenilworth Castle, Changing of the Guards, Big Ben, The Crown Jewels and Buckingham Palace, Napoleon's Tomb, the Eiffel Tower, the English Channel.

Additional material includes one "Vote Nixon" card attached to a page.

Dates include: spring 1937, spring 1939.

Agnes Osberg album

A leather bound cabinet card album with a metal adornment on the front cover, designed like a shield and engraved with the words "Minne" and "…at" along with the owner's name: "Agnes Osberg". Inside front page is printed in German "Von dankbaren Elewen" and Swedish "Nääs 19/12 1892." Many sitters are identified and portrait photographers whose card texts are visible areidentified as Swedish and American.

Osberg, Agnes Isabel, 1867-1935

Japanese accordion album

Item is a folding album with a black lacquered wood cover, including painted and ivory inlay decoration. White accordion folded pages. Tissue interleaving. 50 albumen photographs are mounted with glue. Images are hand coloured.

Photographs include scenic views and landscapes, architecture of buildings, portraits - mostly of women engaged in cotton-spinning, cooking and other activities.

Floral family album

Item consists of a black album with a flora design on the cover. The pages have painted floral illustrations around the photographs and gold detailing on the edges. It contains portraits of mostly individuals and a few families or group. Most photographs are by American photography companies from Iowa, Chariton and Michigan.

Landscapes and industry series

Series consists of photographs of landscapes, usually featuring factories, mills, bridges or other industrial and man-made objects, and images of agriculture. There area few small sub-sets of images in this series related to sports, which show horses and jockeys, cars and grandstands at racing events.

[Stockholm cityscape]

Matte gsp with no borders. Depicts a city landscape centred on a large building, which has signs reading, "Margaretaskolen," "Hotell Stockholm," "Aftonbladet," "SAS," "GULF," and "British European Airways." No inscriptions.

Rhyl Pier and Sands

albumen prints mounted on white card. Depicts pier, beach, water and men riding donkeys. Recto caption: "Rhyl Pier and Sands." Verso purple ink stamp: "Harris, watchmaker, jeweller, and diamond merchant, The Havana cigar stores, 6&7, High Street, Rhyl."

Capital, Providence, R.I.

matte gsp with white border. Depicts an aerial view of prividence Rhode Island, centred on the state capitol building and surrounding area. Recto caption, bottom left: "(070-886I-8)(5-25-32-1P)(12-2000) CAPITAL, PROVIDENCE, R.I."

[Ontario dump truck and steam shovel]

Glossy gsp, white border. Depicts machinery and labourers at a construction or mining site. Dump truck marked with number "63." Steam shovel reads: "Lorain," "King Paving Co. Ltd. Oakville, Ont." Verso black ink stamp, bottom right: "C.A. Love Druggist, Jun 8 - 1944, Ingersoll, Ont. Guaranteed Photo Finishing." Verso bottom left, in pencil: "1"

[Ontario: gas pumps, men and garages]

glossy gsp, white border. Depicts two men standing in an open area with large garages/barns and gas pumps behind them. Verso bottom right, black ink stamp: "C.A. Love Druggist, Jun 8 - 1944, Ingersoll, Ont. Guaranteed Photo Finishing." Verso bottom left, pencil inscription, "11"

[Ontario: quarry explosion]

Glossy gsp, white border. Depicting hoses, machinery and stakes in a trench, and an explosion occuring further back in the trench. Verso bottom right, black ink stamp: "C.A. Love Druggist, Jun 8 - 1944, Ingersoll, Ont. Guaranteed Photo Finishing."

[Ontario: quarry and truck]

Glossy gsp with white border. Depicts a wide trench below grade where several men are working with a truck and several hoses and pieces of machinery. Tank on truck reads: "King Paving Co. Ltd. Oakville, Ont. No. 3" Verso bottom right, black ink stamp: "C.A. Love Druggist, Jun 8 - 1944, Ingersoll, Ont. Guaranteed Photo Finishing." Verso bottom left, in pencil, "2"

[Ontario: steam shovel in quarry]

glossy gsp with white border. Close-up of steam shovel and dump truck in quarry, below grade, with wet road way at the bottom. Verso bottom right, black ink stamp: "C.A. Love Druggist, Jun 8 - 1944, Ingersoll, Ont. Guaranteed Photo Finishing." Verso bottom left, in pencil: "13"

[Ontario: dumping rocks]

glossy gsp with white border. Dump truck dumping pieces of rock in a pile at the edge of a river near a small bridge. Verso bottom right, black ink stamp: "C.A. Love Druggist, Jun 8 - 1944, Ingersoll, Ont. Guaranteed Photo Finishing." Verso bottom left, pencil: "5"

[Ontario: quarry with workers and pump]

glossy gsp, white border. Image shows quarry, dug below grade, with workers building wooden supports near rock/gravel wall. Pump/engine nearby, as part of the ground is covered in water. Houses, power lines visible on grade level. Verso bottom right, black ink stamp: "C.A. Love Druggist, Jun 8 - 1944, Ingersoll, Ont. Guaranteed Photo Finishing." Verso bottom left, pencil: "3"

[Ontario: quarry and pipeline]

glossy gsp with white border. Depicts work being done in quarry with several workers, truck, and pipelines. Some areas of water at bottom of quarry. Verso bottom right, black ink stamp: "C.A. Love Druggist, Jun 8 - 1944, Ingersoll, Ont. Guaranteed Photo Finishing." Verso bottom left, pencil inscription: "6"

[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."

Bison side view (car sub-series)

Glossy gelatin silver prints with whtie border. Shows a side view of a futuristic truck/industrial vehicle with '75' printed on the side. A man sits in the driver's seat. Reflection of the wheels is visible on the floor. Recto caption, bottom centre: "Bison." Recto inscription, bottom left, black ink: '2." Verso inscription in pencil, bottom left: "GM," bottom right: "$25."

RR Construction in Alberta, D.F. McArthur

Borderless print mounted on black mat board. Depicts several teams of horses pulling various wagons and construction machinery through a flat, dry, landscape. Recto caption in white, bottom left of image area: "RR Construction in Alberta, D.F. McArthur," bottom right: "8570." Verso has two halftone images (horses pulling a load of lumber through the snow, close-up portrait of a man) and printed caption: "Lumbering in Canada/ Blair's Photographs of G.T.P. Ry. Construction, Lumbering, Farming and Other Scenes Illustrating Real Life in Canada. Address, Edwin C. Blair, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Negative Number.........." Note: similar image from Blair's Photographs in the collection of the City of Edmonton Archives, ref. # EA-10-2088.

[Chicago album page]

Thick card album page with cloth guiard attached. One gsp on each side of page. Recto depcits statue and surrounding park landscape. Recto inscriptions in black ink: "Lincoln Monument Lincoln Park Chicago." Verso depicts cattle, barn, and fences. Verso inscriptions in blakc ink: "#47 Steers in stock yards, Chicago. Only 10 minutes more to live." Each side has decorative borders in black ink.

[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.

[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.

Wienhausen Klosterrcirche [Wienhausen monastic church]

Matte print mounted on thin white paper, mounted on thicker mottled brown car. Photo depicts the interior of a 13th century Cicesterian monastery, converted to a Protestant nunnery. Photograph shows wood seating, stained glass windows, and painted walls and vaults. Verso inscription in pencil, top centre: "Wienhausen Klosterrcirche."

[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.

[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.

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