Item is an unmounted portrait of a man sitting with his arm on a table. The whole background has been painted over with opaque paint, singling out the subject. He wears a suit jacket, vest, cravat and chain watch. He has facial hair. His cheeks are painted pink.
Item is a beige folded card card with thin brown border and embossed wreath decoration on cover. Inside, a photograph of a woman with dwarfism leaning against a low table, seated. On verso, in pencil "$25.00/ Set 4"
Item is a cream coloured cabinet card with darker beige backing and gold edging. Vignetted image of three children, two girls with long wavy hair and plaid bouses and a boy in button-up coat and tie. On verso, in pencil "Screened/ $10.00"
Item is a cabinet card photograph of a young woman with blue collar overpainted, affixed to yellow cardstock. On verso, in black letterpress, centred: "L. ROBIRA,/ Late with Theo. LILIENTHAL./ Photographer,/ 245 ROYAL STREET,/ NEW ORLEANS./ Duplicates may be had at any time." In purple pen, handwritten above: "L. Carey/ April 25, 1886". And at top left corner, handwritten in pencil, "400".
Item is a grey coloured cabinet card with silver embossing. Photograph of two young men in front of a studio backdrop showing a classical arch and palm fronds, affixed to a grey card. Man on left is seated, wearing a suit and bow tie. Man on right wears a sailor style suit, and appears again in 2005.001.102. Embossed on bottom edge of card, in silver, "The Royal Photo Co./ 12 Shacklewell Lane/ Kingsland, N.E." On verso, at top left in pencil, "3-". Kingsland N.E. was the name of a village that has now been adopted by the Dalston Junction in the Borough of Hackney, London, U.K.
Four images on either side of cardboard mount. Two photomechanical images of mountain views in Canada. One photomechanical image of seals on rocks and one albumen portrait of an unidentified captain. Inscription in blue ink reads, 'Canada'. Inscription in pencil reads, 'SITA $100' and 'Notman'
Brown leather cover and metal clasp; back cover's part of the clasp is missing. Front cover detached; missing spine; binding broken in several places. White pages with two window openings on each side, with gold borders. Pages have gilded edges. Several tintypes have hand colouring.
Photographs consist of portraits. Many photographs missing.
green-grey cardboard mount, captions recto and verso: "Authorized Ansco Color Finisher; Insist on Ariston Color Prints." Depicts man in trench coat and glasses, carrying a camera case (possibly sx-70?). He is on the deck of a ship, with lifeboat and water visible behind him.
green-grey cardboard mount, captions recto and verso: "Authorized Ansco Color Finisher; Insist on Ariston Color Prints." Depicts four females, one a young girl, in an outdoor portrait.
Brown thermoplastic union case with scroll design by S. Peck and Company. Designed for sixteenth plate size. Purple velvet lining with hand-tinted tintype portrait of a young girl.
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.'
Item is a portrait of a woman in white dress standing beside a window. Inscription in black ink on back of photograph reads, 'To dear Ted, Wishing you a Happy Birthday, Your loving sister, Connie Orr. Dec. /17'
Item features two portraits side by side of same man in different outfits. Black text below photographs reads, 'A.T. Orr c/o Jerry Lodge Associates Ltd. 105 Carlton St, Toronto, 2, Ont. 363-0022'
matte gsp printed on crosshatched textured paper. Mounted on white paper and brown mottled card. Depicts a young man with shaved head and military uniform. Lapels bear the letter 'P.'
matte gsp with white border printed on textured paper. Mounted on brown card. Portrait from chest up of a woman with round glasses, white colar and necklace. No inscriptions.
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."
Item is a raised oval portrait on card of woman in a formal dress. Inscription in black ink on surface of photograph reads, 'To Constance From Dorothy'. Inscription on back of mount reads, 'Dorothy Orr'.
Item is a portrait of woman standing beside photograph of a violinist. Inscription in blue ink on back of mount reads, 'Mrs. Roe Mother of Florence E. Roe Orr'
Item is a portrait of woman standing and wearing a white cape. It is mounted on a large card backing. Inscription in blue ink on back of card reads, 'Mrs. Emily Godard Roe wife of Late Alfred Roe'
Item is a portrait of Mrs. Emily Godard Roe (as identified from additional photographs) holding photograph of violinist mounted on a large piece of card.
Item is a cabinet card portrait of woman in lace shawl. Black text below photograph reads, 'Kirkland Cheyenne, Wyo.' Brown text on back of card reads, 'Kirkland's Studio Cheyenne Wyo. Finest Appointed in the west Portraits in crayon, ink and colors. Fine large work a specialty. Duplicates from this picture can be had at any time.'
green cardboard mount with captions recto and verso: "Authorized Ansco Color Finisher; Insist on Ariston Color Prints." depicts smoking man with glasses, captain with hat, third figure obscured by the first. Outdoors, wearing coats, somewhat out of focus.
green cardboard mount. Captions recto and verso: "Authorized Ansco Color Finisher; Insist on Ariston Color Prints." depicts woman in coat and head scarf sitting near lake with dog.
greensih cardboard mount, captions on recto and verso: "Authorized Ansco Color Finisher; Insist on Ariston Color Prints." image depicts two older men wearing three-piece suits. They are standing outdoors in front of a car and tree.
Item is a black cabinet card featuring a portrait of man with blue eyes, light hair and a beard gazing into the camera. Gold text below photograph reads, 'Wm. Notman & Son Montreal.'
Item is a black coloured cabinet card with a portrait of a man with light coloured hair and a pronounced moustache. Gold text below photograph reads, 'Wm. Notman & Son Montreal.'
Series consists of cabinet cards, cartes de visite, ambrotypes, daguerreotypes, tintypes and gelatin silver prints made by professional photographers, generally featuring a studio mark or imprint. Prints are usually found mounted on cards.
The collection consists of a large number of studio portrait photographs from the late 19th and early 20th centuries in carte-de-visite or cabinet card formats. There is a large collection of landscape and industrial imagery dating from the Victorian era to the 1960s. The collection also comprises many vernacular photographic albums, good examples of glass and metal photographic processes including cased daguerreotypes, ambrotypes and tintypes. The fonds is comprised of the following 8 series: Portraits (sub-series for Groups and Celebrities), Vernacular Photography (amateur snapshots), Landscapes and Industry (sub-series for Slides), Albums, the A.T. Orr collection and a Miscellaneous group of images which were generally created in mixed media.
Series consists of albums on a variety of subjects, but all are personal in nature, created by individuals or families. Many focus on geographic locations as subjects of a tour. Some WWI and WWII family and military tour records.