Item is a photograph with a decorative border, featuring an image of two small boys sitting on a blanket outdoors. Children identified as Alfred T. Orr and Edward del Orr from other photographs in the collection.
Item is a colour photograph of a man and woman smiling in front of a landscape. Inscription on verso in ink reads, 'This is a kodacolor print made by Eastman Kodak Company T.M. Regis. U.S. Pat. Off. Week Ending Sept. 3, 1955.' The man has been identified as Alfred Thorburn Orr from other photographs in the collection.
Item is a photograph of three women sitting on rocks in front of a lighthouse. Inscription on verso reads, 'Point Prim Light house Rigby N.S. July 7th 1921, Miss Ada Coughlin, Miss Constance Orr, Miss Dorothy Orr'.
Item is a photograph of two women and a man sitting on rocks by a lake. Inscription on verso reads, 'Dr A. E. Orr, Constance Orr, Dorothy Orr, Point - Prim Light Aug 14th 1921'.
Item is a photograph of two girls in traditional dress. Text beneath photograph reads, 'Delintraz Phot. Rue Duphot, 9.' Text on back of card reads, '9, Rue Duphot, 9 Cidevant No 15, en face l'Eg de la Madeleine a l'Entree du Boulevart. Delintraz Photographe Specialite de reproductions et tous genres. PARIS'
Item is a carte de visite of a little girl with parasol in winter coat sitting on a chair in a studio. William Notman photo. Ink inscription on recto reads, 'Florence E Roe'. Illegible inscription on verso.
Item is a carte de visite of a young man in a jester costume sitting in a photography studio. Text below photograph reads, 'Camille Rensch, Phot' Text on verso of card reads, 'Camille Rensch Photographe 19 Rue Royale St Honore au premier PARIS' Inscription on verso reads, 'Mon ami Alfred Roe, Garcia William, 8 Mars 1866'
Item is a cabinet card of a professor with a long beard. Imprint below photograph reads 'Kellie and Co. Portraits', illegible inscription on surface of photograph. Inscription on verso reads, 'From Prof. Duchariue to his pupil Florence L. Roe Dec 26th 1893. 900 Dorchester St Montreal'.
Item is a cabinet card of a man and woman on a sled. Text below photograph reads, 'Summerhayes & Walford, Montreal'. Text on verso of card reads, 'Summerhayes & Walford Photographers, Montreal'. Illegible inscription on verso.
Item is a publicity portrait print of Betty Burroughs, taken by theatrical photographer Nasib. Inscriptions in white on surface of print read, 'Betty Burroughs' and 'NASIB 7'. Inscription on back in pencil reads 'Betty Burro-' and in purple stamp, 'Wine, Woman and Song' and 'Photo for newspapers only'.
Item is a full length portrait of girl on iceskates wearing a butterfly costume with wings spread. Imprint on surface reads, 'White Studio 48 Broadway, New York.' Inscription in pencil on back reads, '31, 98, 11'
Item is a carte de visite portrait of a man. Black type on back reads, 'N.C. Lalonde Photographer, 18 St. Lawrence St. Montreal.' and 'In case of demand the Negative is preserved'. Inscription in pencil on back reads, 'John Doolittle White died 1870 at 89'
Item is a tintype portrait of Teddy Orr as a boy with a friend. Housed in a black embossed mat. Inscription in pencil on back reads, 'Teddy Orr & Friend, April 1912'
Item is a full length portrait of woman in Victorian dress. Black text below photograph reads, 'Phot E. Bondonneau 173 Palais Royal'. Black text on back of card reads, 'Cliché No. Il suffit d'indiquer ceNo poar obtenir des epreuves semblables. Emile Bondonneau Photographe Editeur. Galerie de Valois, 173 (Palais Royal.) Entree des Voitures, 1, Rue de Valois Paris.'
Item is a photograph of a building and two blurry figures in foreground. Inscription in black ink on back of photograph reads, 'First visit to Canada and (illegible) of Edward Prince of Wales, 1919.', written over illegible inscription in pencil.
Item is a group portrait on boat. Inscription on back of mount reads, 'Taken on board (illegible) Lake Champlain Oct: 1900 from Florence L. Orr (illegible)'
Item is a cabinet card portrait of woman in Victorian dress, decorated with flowers. Brown text below photograph reads, 'Jones Photographer, 42 Fabrique St. Quebec'. Inscription in black ink on back of card reads, 'Dr. A.E. Orr 85 Union Ave'.
Item is a cabinet card portrait of man. Text below photograph reads, 'Elmer Chickering, 21 West St. Boston'. Text on back of card reads, 'The Royal Studio, Elmer Chickering Proprietor 21 West St. Boston.'
Item is a portrait of man. Text below photograph reads, 'Wm. Notman & Son - Montreal'. Text on back of photograph reads, 'W. Notman, also at Toronto, Halifax, Ottawa, & St. John, N.B.'
Elongated cabinet card profile portrait of woman with vignetting. Text in gold below photograph reads, '(illegible) 1025 Larkin Street Dorner Sutter 8'
Item is a license to Operate a Radio Receiving Equipment, licensed to Edward de Lory Orr by the Canada Department of Marine and Fisheries Radiotelegraph Branch.
Text reads, 'No. 787 The Lodge of Antiquity formerly The Lodge of Social & Military Virtues. No. 227 G.C. I. This is to Certify that Brother Ed. Vivian de Lery Orr who hath signed his name in the margin hereof is a Life Member of this Lodge. (subject to assessment) Given under our hands and the Seal of the Lodge at Montreal this 21st day of April A.D. 1948 A.L. 5948 (illegible signature) W.M. (illegible signature) Secty. Initiated 21-10-25 Passed 3-2-26 Raised 3-3-26.'
Item is a notebook filled with hand written text, including quotations and prose. Cover reads: "Common Place Book / Cookshire Oct 24th 1880 / A.E. Orr / Yours truly Yours truly"
Notes on family history. Four pages of notes inscribed in black ink. Titled "The Hugeoueth[?] Family". Other family names mentioned include LeBlanc, Henry IV, Doolittle, Osbourne and others.
Invitation. Inscription reads, 'The Aide de Camp in waiting is commanded by Her Excellency The Countess of Minto to invite Doctor A.E Orr to a Reception on Thursday the 27th of November at 9:45 pm o'clock, An answer is requested to the A.D.C. in waiting.'
Scene of river and bridge between two little towns. More graphic than photographic. White text on bottom of image reads 'Khmer Keene' and 'Bidetord'. Raised letters read, 'Worcester' and 'Bristol'.
Panoramic scene of village. Illegible pencil inscription below photograph. Inscription on bag that was holding photograph reads, 'Unknown American Circa 1905 $10.00'
typewritten document outlining a theory of the Mexican native's links to prophesy in the book of Mormon. Accompanies a group of unmounted prints of Oaxaca city and nearby native ruins.
unmounted POP print depicts the church/monastery Santo Domingo de Guzman in Oaxaca Mexico. Figures are visible in the foreground sitting in the shade in the square in front of the church. Verso inscription, pencil, "Cathedral."
unmounted POP print with a view of Oaxaca city square form an upper-storey window of a building. Includes central gazebo, trees, statue, benches, cathedral tower in background. There is a group of men posed in front of the statue. Verso inscription reads "Plaza Oaxaca, Cathedral tower."
unmounted POP print depicting a newly built road with an obelisk at the end, a bicyclist in middle, and streetlights and stone benches long the sides. Mountainous background. Verso inscription: "New Pasco or Drive, Oaxaca."
borderless snapshot mounted on thin card of the same size. Depicts a wooden waterwheel with three female figures standing around it. Verso inscription: "May. The Water Wheel. Mr. L and I had half and hour 's argument- because I refused to sit upon the stump marked with a cross. if I had succeeded in getting on I should have fallen off backwards because it was much steeper behind than in front. You would hardly believe what a long jaw we had over such a silly thing. Mary has on the Russian headdress."
Item is an unmounted albumen print of a paddle boat docked in lack with mountains in background. Reto caption "Ben Nevis from Corpach. 1615. G.W.W." Verso inscription, ink: "M.S.D. with […] from P.B."
Item is an unmounted albumen print depicting a large church building from across a river. Mountainous background. Recto caption: "Benedictine Monastery, Fort-Augustus. 2318. G.W.W." Recto embossed caption: "B F K Rives."
Item is an unmounted albumen print depicting battleground with large vertical stone markers and stone masonry watchtower. Forest in background. Recto caption "Culloden Moor. 2973. G.W.W."
Item is an unmounted albumen print depicting shore of lake with ruins of castle. Reto caption: "Urquhart Castle (from N). Loch Ness. 1397. J,V." Verso inscription "M.S.D. with his love from P.B."
snapshot depicting a farmer's field with trees along edges of crop area, including three very tall prominent ones. Verso inscription, pencil: "The mound to the west of the pond at Gowan Brae gate. 188."
unmounted DOP with black stripe at top of print. Depicts dogs racing down trac with crowd of people in background on bleachers. Sign in background reads "Kerr[…] Cloughen Tait Bonhag at Big Eaton […] Meet here Sat June […]" Verso ink stamp "This photograph was made by Pringle & Booth, 181 George St. Toronto, duplicates can be had at any time."
unmounted print depicting group of men (and one young girl) in open field littered with leaves and sticks. One man in pointing at something with his cane. There is a saddle on the ground. Verso ink stamp "This photograph was made by Pringle & Booth, 181 George St. Toronto, duplicates can be had at any time."
unmoutned print depicting a young boy in jockey outfit. He stands with hands on hips, against a white wall of a barn/stable. He is covered in mud. Verso ink stamp "This photograph was made by Pringle & Booth, 181 George St. Toronto, duplicates can be had at any time."
unmounted print depicting two men walking outdoors with crowd behind. Both have walking sticks and bowler hats, and one carries binoculars. Verso ink stamp "This photograph was made by Pringle & Booth, 181 George St. Toronto, duplicates can be had at any time."
Cyanotype image of a church with its surrounding grounds. Looks like a swing set in background. Inscription handwritten in black ink on recto "Presbyterian Church." Paper very thin. Dated 1904 because same handwriting as 2008.001.1881.
Cyanotype image of a church and its grounds. Neighbouring houses in background. Power lines and poles are obvious in picture. Inscription handwritten in black ink on recto "Methodist Church." Paper very thin. Dated 1904 because same handwriting as 2008.001.1881.
Image shows the sightseers on the last trip of the B.C. Electric Railway Observation Car in Vancouver on Sept 17, 1950. The photographer's name is given at the bottom of the image, "Harry Bullen Photo. 177 West 5th Ave."
This yellow paper photo album, "Mercury deluxe Album Snapshots", is printed in blue, and held by a blue plastic binder. The photographs show examples of early-20th century residential architecture, and are captioned "Santos (Brasil) 1950 new suburb" and "2nd house we lived in, in Cuba."
Image is of a hillside garden in summer--treetops, smokestacks, and rooftops stretch to the horizon. The thin frame is gold-painted wood, with glass, and on the back a sticker reads "Stedman's Book Store Limited, Brantford, Picture Framing and Fine Stationary."
Blue and green cardboard mailer has a die-cut opening revealing souvenir photographs of Mount Vernon, Va. The mailer is addressed to Miss Lenore Parkinson, c/o Auditor of Disbursements Office, Bell Telephone Co., Elgin Bldg., Toronto, Ont., Canada, Room 902. The mailer is U.S. stamped, and cancelled.