Aperçu avant impression Fermer

Affichage de 1642 résultats

Description archivistique
Shields, Lorne Anglais
Aperçu avant impression Affichage :

51 résultats avec objets numériques Afficher les résultats avec des objets numériques

Two men beneath palm trees

Item is a photograph of two men standing under some palm trees. Inscription on verso reads, 'June 4th 1950 Hialeah Race Course, Miami, Florida A.T.O & Baldy the Pretzel? (Bent over like one) better still it is a good snapshot of the 'Royal Palms''

Six men holding string of fish

Item is a photograph of six men standing in a row outside holding a string of fish. Inscription on verso reads, 'Raymond C. Franklin Phila. W. H. McElwee Phila. D.J. Gilwour Quebec. A.E.Orr, G.A. Moutain, Ottawa. Lawson, Ottawa. Kennybunck Beach, ME. 19th August 1915'.

Taj mahal

Item is a cut out photograph of the Taj Mahal. Inscription on verso reads, 'This is the Taj Mahal the tomb Shah Jehan built for his wife & is considered the most beautiful building in the world of pure white marble beautifully carved unfortunately this little photo with Ed in the foreground gives no idea of what it really is.'

Seven men

Item is a portrait of seven men. Stamp on back of card reads, 'F.H. Denison, Photographer, Dealer in Picture Frames, Chromos, Oil paintings, Stereoscopic Views, Albums, Wall Pockets, Brackets, &c. Court St. Fergus Falls, Minn.'

F.H. Denison, Photographer

Rochester Institute of Technology course completion card

Item is a course completion card for A.J. Orr in quality control for the chemical industries. It reads: "Rochester Institute of Techonolgy / EVENING AND EXTENSION DIVISION / THIS CERTIFICATE INDICATES THAT / [inscribed in blue ink] A. J. Orr / HAS COMPLETED THE COURSE IN / [inscribed in blue ink] Quality Control of the Chemical Industries". It is signed by President Mark Ellingson and Director Burton C. Stratton and dated 1951-52.

Rochester Institute of Technology

Painting reproduction

Item is a photographic reproduction of a painting by Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, titled 'Marie-Antoinette de Lorraine-Habsbourg, reine de France et ses enfants'. It is mounted to a cream coloured card featuring a blue decorative border with the letters 'ND' in the corners. Words on bottom of print read, 'Musee de Versailles - Marie-Antoinette et ses Enfants, par M - Vigée Le Brun'. Inscribed in pencil on verso, 'A Happy New Year - '.

Portrait of woman

Item is a cabinet card portrait of woman. Gold imprint below photograph reads, 'Elmer Chickering 21 West St. Boston'. Black text on back of card reads, 'The royal studio, Massachusetts charitable mechanic association founded 1795 inc. 1806. Awarded at the seventeenth exhibition 1890, highest award, Elmer Chickering Proprietor 21 West St. Boston, Duplicates can be had at any time', inscription in pencil on back reads, '86503'

Royal Studio

Edith A. Murphy

Item is a portrait of woman. Gold text beneath photograph reads, 'Boissonnas, Geneve' Gold ink on back of card reads, 'Photographie Instantanee Medailles D'argent Zurich 1883, Stuttgart 1887. Boissonnas 4 Quai de la Poste Geneve La Maison N'est Pas a L'Angle. Tous les cliches sont conserves'. Inscription in black ink reads, 'Property of Edith A. Murphy, Geneva Suitz. '89'

Boissonnas Photographie Instantanee

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.'

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.

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

Lantern slides series

Series consists of sets of lantern slides, often of historical monuments or landscapes. One set of painted slides appears to recount a story, with images of people outdoors on a farm, in a carriage, dancing and fighting. Another set of non-photographic painted slides depicts children working and playing. The slides in this series were mass produced for the commercial market.

Interior Milan Cath.

Lantern slide, wood frame with glass positive B & W slide - image framed in black and gold. Handwritten in ink "455 Interior Milan Cath." - sticker says that slide was manufactured by "T.H. McAllister, Manufacturing Optician, 49 Nassau Street, N.Y." - slide is dated at c. 1880s because that is when McAllister started selling lantern slides. Wood frame has a sticker on it with the letter Y written inside.

Panorama of Naples and Vesuvios

Lantern slide, wood frame with glass positive B & W slide - image framed in black. Sticker on slide that has handwritten in ink "773 Panorama de Naples & du Vesuve" in french. Landscape image of the coast of Naples with Mount Vesuvios in background, with a three masted ship at sea.

Arch of Constantine in Rome

Lantern slide, wood frame with glass positive B & W slide - image framed in black. Handwritten in ink on sticker on the slide is "Arc de Titus a Rome" but the word Titus is scratched out and written over top is the word Constantine. Image of an arch with the colloseum in the background, to the right. Wood frame has the word constantine written in pencil above image.

Stolzenfels on the Rhine

Lantern slide, wood frame with glass positive B & W slide. Handwritten in pencil on the wood frame is "Stolzenfels on the Rhine." Handwritten on a sticker in ink "Stolzenfels on the Rhine." Landscape image of a lake with a town and a castle - that of Stolzenfels - in the hills.

The Dome of Cologne

Lantern slide, wood frame with glass positive B & W slide. Sticker on wood frame with the letter Y written on it. Handwritten in ink on a sticker on the slide "5229 Pont of Dome de Cologne." Image is of a floating bridge with the Dome of Cologne in the background, looks to be scaffolded like it's still being built.

[Glacier]

Lantern slide, wood frame with glass positive B & W slide. Sticker on wood frame with the letter Y written on it. Handwritten in ink on a sticker on the slide "4123..." the rest of inscription is impossible to decipher. Image is of a mountain and glacier.

Seaside Town

Lantern slide, glass B&W slide in wood frame. Sticker on slide in print "Levy & Cie. Succes de Perrier Pere File & Soulier - Paris," and handwritten in ink "Cablentz" (?) Difficult to read. Image is of a seaside town with a boat in foreground. Sticker on wood frame with a Y.

St Angelo's, Rome

Lantern slide, glass B&W slide in wood frame. Image framed in black paint. On slide in print "538. Chateau et Pont Saint-Ange, a Rome" in french, and handwritten in pencil on wood frame above image is "Castle of St. Angelo, Rome." Handwritten on a sticker on the wood frame is "St. Angelo & bridge Rome Italy." Image is of St Angelo's Castle and bridge in Rome.

[Cascades]

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 "335. Cascade de Cerni" (sp?) in french. A sticker with Y on wood frame. Image is of a waterfall or cascade and moutain. Location is unknown as it is difficult to read the name.

[Cathedral]

Lantern slide, glass B&W slide in wood frame. Image framed in black and gold. No stickers with information. Nothing written on wood frame. Image is of a cathedral.

Ruins of Pompeii

Lantern slide, glass B&W slide in wood frame. Image framed in black and gold. Handwritten in ink on a sticker on the glass slide is "7681 Ruines de l'Hotelerie a Pompei" in french, and on a sticker on the wood "Ruins of the Hotelerie Egypt Pompeii." Handwritten on the wood frame in pencil "Ruins of the Hotellerie Pompei." Image is of ruins (walls), with a mountain in the background.

La-Ca-d'Oro Palace, Venice, Italy

Lantern slide, glass B&W slide in wood frame. Image framed in black and gold. Sticker on wood frame handwritten in ink "La-Ca-d'Oro Palace Venice." White sticker on glass handwritten in black ink "Palace La-Ca-d'Oro, Venice, Italy." Printed directly on slide "444 Palais La-Ca-d'Oro a Venise" in french. Image of Ca-d'Oro (golden house) in Venice along the Grand Canal - also known as the Palazzo Santa Sofia.

Santa Croce, Florence

Lantern slide, glass B&W slide in wood frame. Image framed in black and gold. Sticker on glass handwritten in ink "299 Sta Croce Florence," and in pencil "Dante Statue." Sticker of a Y on wood frame. Image of the facade of the Basilica Santa Croce (Basilica of the Holy Cross) in Florence, with the statue of Dante out front.

Résultats 301 à 400 sur 1642