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View of Lugano, Switzerland

Lantern slide, glass B&W slide in wood frame. Image framed in black and gold. Handwritten in lack ink on a white sticker on the glass "View of Lugano from Hotel du Parc, Swiss" but Swiss is crossed off in pencil and "Italy" is written overtop. Sticker on wood reads "Lugano Switz" and on wood in pencil "Swiss." On slide itself "7493 Vue du Lugano, prise de l'Hotel du Parc (Suisse)." Image of statue, mountains, seaside town. Lugano in Switzerland borders Italy which may be why Swiss is scratched off and Italy is written overtop.

Victoria Rock : 37 feet

Item consists of a photograph of someone diving from a cliff, likely Queen Victoria's Rock in Lake Rousseau Muskoka. It is mounted on brown card, with an inscription that reads "VICTORIA ROCK 37'" below the image. On the verso in pencil is inscribed: "WRBenson / 1918".

Victoria Foundry

item is a mounted, burnished albumen prints, slightly glossy surface. Depicts exterior of Victoria Foundry building, surrounding landscape, equipment and several workers. Recto caption at bottom of mat board: "United States Photo Company, Montreal." Verso centre, "Further copies may be had by referring to No. 298. United States Photo Co. Wm. Martel, Manager, 3 Place D'Armes Hill, Montreal."

Vauxhall Victor Instrument Panel (car sub-series)

Glossy gsp with white border. Depicts the steering wheel and driver's side interior of a car. Recto inscription in black ink, bottom left: "2." Typed caption on paper taped to recto top edge of photograph: "FOR REALEASE IMMEDIATELY This handsome instrument panel is one of the many styling features of the new Vauxhall Victor, introduced today by General Motors of Canada, Limited. The Vauxhall is built in England by General Motors. -30- (E)"

Vauxhall Victor (car sub-series)

Glossy print with large white borders. Car paked in front of stables. One man and two women stand looking at the car. Liscence plate reads "Victor." Lettering on front of car hood reads "Vauxhall." Recto inscription in ink, bottom left: "2 Vauxhall (A) Victor 101." Verso inscriptions include croppings marks in pencil. Top right: "55/mm-Feb"; centre: "20 picas"; bottom right: "$10," "4410," "44.5."

Vatican Obelisk

Lantern slide, glass B&W slide in wood frame. Image is framed in black and gold. Remains of a sticker on the wood frame. Handwritten in ink on a sticker on the glass "282 St. Pierre Rome" in french. Image is of the Saint Peter's Square and Basilica with the Vatican Obelisk in the Vatican City.

Utah, Victoria B.C

7 photographs on either side of a cardboard mount. Three platinum prints of scenes of Victoria, B.C., three various gelatin silver prints and one photomechanical print of a baby crying surrounded by ostrich hatchlings. Inscription in ink reads, 'illegible', and 'Utah'. Inscription in pencil reads, 'Sita $50'

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'.

Utah

Six gelatin silver prints mounted on either side of cardboard. Images are of Salt Lake City, Brigham Young's grave, Amelia Place, a dance floor, a Mormom temple and a portrait of Brigham Young and each of his 21 wives. Inscriptions in pencil read, '$200, 31' and 'SITA $200'. Inscription in blue ink read, 'Utah Salt Lake City, ill. wife'

Unionville

Item consists of eight photographs taken at Unionville of a young boy and a young girl. The children are accompanied by adults in two of the photos. In one of them both children are carried by adults with another woman standing by. In the other the young girl is standing in front of a man.

Une Voyage Commence

Item consists of a toned black and white photograph of a group of men and women on a sailboat. Five women dressed in long skirts and three men in turtlenecks or ties stand and sit on one end of the boat, posing for the photographer. In the foreground, a boy is turned away from the camera, looking at the group. He is wearing a hat and has his sleeves rolled up. The boat seems to tilt sharply to the left. On the back of the photograph is handwritten in pen "Une Voyage Commence" which is French, and translates to "a trip / journey begins".

UK and France album

Brown fabric cover with gold embossing. Gold finish on edges of pages. Spine and bindings missing. White pages with notations in pencil. Gold initials "MRTB" on title page. Photographs mounted with glue.

Other items mounted to pages include postcards, newspaper clippings about Stonehenge and other rock monuments,
Loose items include "Bain's Map of the Country of Nairn" (partly torn).

Sites and locations include: Roman Arena; Nice, France; Nairn River; Brodie Castle; Inshoch Castle; Pict and Scot War Stone; Queen's Head in Burley.

Themes include: scenic views and vistas, landscapes, some architecture images of churches and castles, harburfronts.

UK and Canada album

Item is an album containing photographs of Canada and the UK. Item has a black cloth cover bound with red string. Notations are handwritten in ink and pencil.
Canadian locations include: Lake Manitoba, Lake Champlain, St. Lawrence river, Port Stanley, Quebec. UK locations include: Manchester Ship Canal, Liverpool, New Brighton, Chester, Wallasey, Bidston.
Two photographs dated 1905.
Themes include: ships, boats, sailing, fishing, S.S. Dominion, Campania, family photographs, mountainous landscapes, trains, early motorcycle, horses as transportation.

Shields, Lorne

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''

Two girls in traditional dress

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'

Delintraz Photographe

Tru-Vue viewer

Binocular viewer is brown plastic, with black metal slide at the bottom for reel advancement. The eye pieces are fitted with transparent lenses for viewing images against translucent plastic backs--these allow ambient light to illuminate the images from behind. Molded into the body of the viewer is "TRU-VUE, ROCK ISLAND ILL, MADE IN U.S.A., U.S. PAT. 90564", and "INSERT FILM THIS END" (left side). The two-piece cardboard box has a silver top printed with the Tru-Vue logo in black, and a black bottom printed with "Tru-Vue Inc., Pictures With Depth, Rock Island, Illinois, printed and made in U.S.A." in silver.

Tru-Vue Company

Tree Huggers

Mounted image of three men with arms stretched out encircling a big old tree and holding hands. Text in blue ink below photograph reads, 'Korner-Eiche Dallwitz'. Text in blue ink on back of mount reads, 'W Fritsch Neu-Drahowitz bei Karlsbad, Specialist fur Platinbilder u. Vergrosserungen. Die Platten werden fur Nachbestellungen aufbewahrt.'

Travel album

Grey cloth cover with "4" stamped in black ink on cover. Grey pages. Notations in pencil. Some loose photographs. Some photographs quite faded and significantly yellowed.

Locatiosn include The Hague [notation: "Den Haag"] in the Netherlands; Scheveningen; Amsterdam;Southampton, England; Lissabon, Portugal; Tangier, Morocco.

Theems include portraits, scenic landscapes and waterscapes.

Transiberia album

Green cloth binding with "photos" embossed in black on the cover; number "7" stamped in blue. Grey pages with dark green border around photos. Notations in black ink. Photographs are mounted onto a card betwen two additional pieces of paper; the outside pieces of paper have windows cut to fit around the photographs.

No loose photographs however several photographs are becoming loose and peeling out of their windows. Many photographs are significantly faded and yellowing has occurred.

Locations include Scheveningen, Antwerpen, Kharbin, Kayota (Korea), Seoul, Kobe.

Themes include: street views, architecture, Transiberian railroads, landscapes and waterscapes.

Dates include September - December, 1912; 1-12 Januari, 1913; Februari, 1913.

Toronto album

Black textured cover album with black pages. Handwritten notations in white ink. Photographs are glued in.

Inside cover has what appears to be a very small, very thin horseshoe mounted to the page; also, a small card is mounted to the page - contains two poems: "In Flanders' Fields" written by Colonel John McCrae from Canada serving in France 1917, and "America's Answer" written by R. W. Lillard appearing in the New York Evening Post.

On the third right-hand page, centre photo "Belle of a Masquerade", bottom left corner, faded date 1919. Other handwritten notations include summer 1911, summer 1913

Other items include newspaper clippings of marriage announcements,

Locations include: Simcoe, Humber River, Kew Beach, Toronto "Ex", Scarborough Bluffs, Scaroborugh Beach Park, Lake Ontario, Allan Gardens, Canadian Rockies, sites in Frisco [San Francisco], California, "Moore's Ltd" 380 Yonge - Toronto;
Thmes include: casual portraits, dogs,

Toboggan Run

Mounted image of people on a tobaggan run. Inscription in ink on envelope that was originally holding object reads, 'Quebec Toboggan Run $10.00'. Inscription in pencil on back of mount reads, '$10.00'

Tilbury East Farmers' Club

Item consists of a glossy gelatin silver print mounted on tan mat board with an embossed border. It depicts a display at an agricultural fair in an exhibition hall. Four men stand around the display. It consists of a feriis wheel, flags and corn on display. It reads: "Tilbury East Farmers' Club. The County Worth While."

They played ball and ate chicken

Item consists of a photograph mounted on grey card of a baseball team arranged in four rows, the first three sitting or kneeling. Handwritten (on the negative), "THEY PLAYED BALL (?) AND ATE CHICKEN/ AUG. 27TH 1908". At bottom left, also written on the negative, "PHOTO BY CHURCHILL".

Churchill

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)

The apple thief

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 Apple Thief, the title is written on the slide in three languages, English, French (Le voleur de pommes) and German (Der Apfeldieb).

The Volunteer's Vision

albumen print of painting, mounted on card. Depicts soldier surrounded by family in clouds. Group of men watch from a distance. Recto caption: "The volunteer's vision. The pledged we the wine cup and fondly swore / from my home and my weeping friends never to part / my little ones kissed me a thousand times o'er / my wife sobbed aloud in her fulness of heart. Lith. and Pub. by J.H. Bufford, 313 Wash. St. Boston. Bufford's print, Soule photo. Entered according to act of congress, in the year 1862, by J.H. Bufford in the clerk's office, of the district court for the district of Massachusetts. Bufford's publishing house, 313 Washington St. Boston Mass."

The Rock, White Rock, BC

Items consists of a post card of a 4 men and 4 women standing and sitting on a large rock. Image is circular and likely shot on an early Kodak Brownie. On the front, above the image someone has handwritten in pencil "The Rock", and below in pencil "White Rock B.C". The back of the photograph is printed with a post card format. This image was developed on Velox photographic paper, the first commercially successful photo paper.

The Palace, Berlin

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.'

The Old Oaken Bucket

photo of an engraving, mounted on card with gold border. Depicts boy drinking water from a well bucket. Two dogs nearby, house in background. Verso inscription, pencil: "The old oaken bucket." Verso caption, purple ink stamp: "Photographed by G.W. Squires, 4 State Street, Rochester NY."

The Old Mission, Santa Barbara Calif.

Geatin silver dop postcard depicting a spanish-style church and surroiunding landscape including palm trees. Recto caption in white, bottom edge: "The Old Mission, Santa Barbara, Calif." Verso has a green 1 cent U.S. stamp and postmark stamped "Yreka, Calif. Apr. 22 1230pm 1931." Verso caption, top middle: "Post card"; left: "correspondence"; right: "address." Verso inscription in pencil, left side: "Darling Babe, We'll soon be home now and it will be wonderful to see you. Will you sace this card for me as it is the only one I have of Santa Barbara. Helen." right side: "Miss Marian Macgowan c/o Miss E. Hurst, 1235 12th St. New West Minster BC Canada."

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"

The Lodge of Antiquity

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.'

The Lido, Venice

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.

The Inconsolable, CampoSanto, Italy

Lantern slide, glass B&W slide in wood frame. Image framed in black and gold. Printed on slide "C.T. Milligan, Magic Lantern Manuf'r." Image of a female statue in mourning, called "The Inconsolable" (1843 by Lorenzo Bartolini) found in the Camposanto, a cementary and cloister, in Pisa, Italy.

The Duke and Duchess of York & Infant Prince

Item is a cabinet card of a man and woman leaning over infant. Text below photograph reads, 'T.R.H. The Duke & Duchess of York & Infant Prince. Gunn & Stuart Photographers to H.M. The Queen. Richmond, Surrey.' Inscription on verso reads, '7 [ill.] LONDON AUGUST 14th 1894.

Gunn & Stuart Photographers to H.M. The Queen

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.

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

The Amazon, Berlin

Glass slide in wood frame. Image framed in black. Handwritten on slide in black ink "The Amazon, Front of Museum, Berlin, Germany." Handwritten in ink on wood frame "Amazon" the rest of the sticker has come off. Image is of an equestrian statue outside a building with columns. The statue is of a naked woman, holding a spear, sitting on a horse rearing up, with a lion latched to its throat. Cannot figure out which museum it's in front of in Berlin, Germany. Please note that the wood frame is a thicker cut than the others, and not a straight cut.

Temples of Saturn and Vespasian

Tinted B&W lantern slide in wood frame. Printed on slide on a sticker "44 Rome - Forum - Temples of Saturn and Vespasian." Image of temples and ruins. The background looks tinted red. Wood frame has a copyright symbol engraved in it. Sticker on wood frame with a Y written on it.

Ted & Buster

Item consists of a black and white photograph of a woman posing with a dog. The woman is wearing a white dress, stripped stockings, a headband and boots. She is putting her face next to the dog's, who has its tongue out. They are sitting on the front porch of a house. There appears to be a slight light leak coming from the left side of the frame. There is a small white border around the image. On the back of the photograph is handwritten in pencil "633" and in pen "Ted & Buster"

Tangiers album

Red cloth cover, with number 5 stamped in black ink. Notations in pencil.

Themes include cathedrals, scenic views, street views,
Locations include: Tangiers, Morocco; Cadix, Seville [S'evilla], Giralda, and Cordoba in Spain
Sites include: Plaza de Isabel II; Parque Genoves; Alemada Hercules, Plaza de la Constitucion Sierpes, Alcazar in Seville.

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.'

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