Lantern slide, wood frame with a B&W glass slide. Sticker on glass reads in ink "2216 Vue generale du Chateau de Heidelberg." Sticker on wood frame written in ink "Heidelberg on the Rhine - Germany." Written in pencil on wood frame "Heidelberg Castle on the Rhine." X in pencil on BRC of wood frame. Image of Heidelberg castle on the Rhine.

Item is a portrait of woman. Imprint on surface reads, 'Abbe 15 West 57 St. New York'. In white on surface '91241'. Inscribed in black ink on back 'Please Credit Photo by Abbe', and 'Monster Musical Super-Spectacle Happy Days at the new york hippodrome'. Inscription in pencil reads, 'Helen Carr in the' Inscription in pen reads, 'they both in same show' and 'my first wife Elsie's sister, stage name'

Portrait of man with cane. Inscription in purple type on back reads, 'Henry Glosser, 890 Broadway, New York. Negative preserved.'

Lantern slide, glass B&W slide in wood frame. Image framed in purple and gold paint. Printed in gold lettering "T.H. McAllister, Manuf'g Optician, 49 Nassau Street, New York," and on the other side printed is "Herald Building, New York." Sticker on wood frame of a Y. There looks to be some pink newspaper framing the image, perhaps to hold it in place in the frame. Please note that research shows that the image does not look like other photographs of the New York Herald newspaper offices based in New York City. Image is of a building, in a square.

Glass slide. No frame. Black paper covering edges. White frame around image. Handwritten in ink on verso "High St. looking W. from Knox Ho." and in print "T.J. Walls, Optician, 12 Forrest Rd, Edinr." - T.J. Walls still exists today as an optician at 35 Forrest Rd, Edinr. Image is a street scene with clock tower, and another spire in distance. The title refers to the Knox house, one of Edinburgh's oldest houses and was supposedly once the home of Protestant Reformer John Knox. Dominating the skyline are the spires of the Tron Kirk and the High Kirk of St Giles where Knox preached his famous sermons.

Item is a certificate of Honour. Inscription reads, 'High School of Montreal. Certificate of Honour. This is to certify that at the June Examinations, 1906 Edward De L. Orr of 2nd year took first place in and honourable mention in Arithmetic, Dictation, French and Writing. Wellington Dixon, Rector'.

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-".

Item includes four pages of hand written text recording St. Annes history, written by A. Orr.

Brown faux snake skin cover, bound with two screws. Brown pages. No notations.Photographs are glued to pages. Majority of pages are empty, no photographs.

Themes: Hockley Sole, group and individual portraits, architecture.
Accompanying material: 2 pages, each with 2 photographic reproductions, appear ripped from magazine or other publication; documentation obtained from the British Library Document Supply Centre about Hockley Sole.

Item is a business card for Hodgkiss studios. It is white card with red text that reads: "PASSPORT and PORTRAIT / PHOTOGRAPHS / Ready While You Wait / REASONABLE PRICES / Hodgkiss Studios / 3 ADELAIDE E., TORONTO / EM 6-5342 / Old Photographs and Documents Copied". Verso is blank.

Black cardboard and leather cover with gold embossed letters "Photos", bound with white string. White pages with white fabric guards/binding. Notations in black ink. Photographs mounted with glue on one side of page only. Some pages loose where fabric guards/binding have worn through. Some pages left blank towards end of album.

Themes include group portraits at social gatherings, photographs of houses, scenic views, "Parliament Buildings" (place unknown),.

unmounted print with white border, depicting stone bridge over river. Large building in background, many people are walking from building over bridge. Recto caption, top left: "Homosuden of Meiji Shrine, Tokyo." (also, Japanese characters)

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.'

Item is a photograph of a man in a horse drawn carriage with houses and people in the background. It is mounted on grey card.

Photographic image is of a two-horse team standing on a dirt road with cart and driver in front of residential buildings. The card mount is taupe and dark gray.

unmounted snapshot with white border. Depicts a makeshift tent with several men sitting under it, and a cone of leaning stretchers with a red cross flag atop it. Large shadow in upper right corner of image. Recto inscription, bottom edge, black ink: "Hosp. Corp. on the hike."

Item is a photograph mounted on grey card, featuring an image of a Georgian style house.

Lantern slide, glass B&W slide in wood frame. Printed on slide "Houses of Parliament London" on one side, and on the other printed in gold on black background "C.T. Milligan, Magic Lantern Manuf'r, No. 728 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa." Sticker with a Y on it. Thinner wood frame with paper or thin cardboard pasted over top. Image of the Parliament building in London, England.

Form of Thanksgiving hymnal from January 31, 1886.

Item is a cabinet card portrait of Broadway actress Ida Mulle sitting on a garden bench.

Purple textured cardboard cover bound with red string. Black pages, photographs mounted with glue. Tissue interleaving with spiderweb pattern.
Subject of photographs is primarily British military men riding horses and at camp in India. Some family photos are loose at the back of the album.

Mounted image of a house's interior.

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.

Lantern slide, glass B&W slide in wood frame. Image framed in black and gold. Sticker on glass handwritten in black ink "283 Interieur de Saint Pierre, Rome." in french. Image of the interior of St. Peter's Basilica, the nave.

Item is an unmounted albumen print depicting landscape with river, and more distant bridges and town. A man and boy fishing are in foreground. Recto caption: "Inverness from below the islands. 2980. G.W.W."

Invitation. Inscription in black text reads, 'The President and Cadets of the Gunroom Mess request the pleasure of the company of Lieut. A.T. Orr at the Naval Cadets Command Ball to be held at Canadian Services College Royal Roads at 2100 on Saturday, the seventh of August. R.S.V.P The Gunroom Mess Secretary Cadet Training Establishment H.M.C. Dockyard, dress formal.'

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.'

Invitation to Ball. Inscription reads, 'To have the honour of meeting His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales The Chairmen and Executive of the Citizens' Committee request the pleasure of the company of Misses Constance and Dorothy Orr at a Ball in the Windsor Hotel Montreal, on Thursday evening October the thirtieth nineteen hundred and nineteen at nine-thirty o'clock.'

Item is a borderless albumen print mounted on cabinet card. Depicts a storefront with wooden sidewalk in front and man standing in the doorway. Painted on exterior of second floor: "J.Y.S. Kirk Groceries and Provisions." Sign in front windows read: "This property For Sale [...] the stock [...] without reserve. Great bargains. J.Y.S. Kirk." Verso inscriptions in pencil: "6/30, 150, Kim"

Glossy gsp with white border. Side view of a sports car on white studio background. Recto inscription, bottom left, black ink: "2." Verso red ink stamp, top centre: "Please Credit Jaguar Cars Inc. 32 East 57th Street New York 22." Verso inscriptions in green ink- top right: "55/mm-Sept"; centre: cropping marks, 27 1/2 picas"; bottom right: "100 scr. 3inc half." Verso inscriptions in pencil- centre: "23 3/4 R"; bottom right: "$25," "B669."

Item is a black lacquered wood cover with painted decoration. White accordion folded pages with green edges. Photographs are mounted with paste and perhaps burnished. Images hand coloured. All folds in tact; no breakage.

Locations include: Shiba, Tokic; Mukojima, Tokyo; Sanjinko, Nikko; Yokohama; Yhama; Kamakura; Hakone; Castle of Nagoya; Kioto; Sarusawa at Nara; Hikone; Inland Sea; Nagasaki.

Themes include: temples, flowers and bamboo, ships, man-drawn carriages, domestic portraits of girls - spinning cotton, singing, drawing up water, shell-picking. m

Item is an accordion album with 50 handcoloured albumen photographs. An embossed red and gold cardboard sleeve protects the cover. Red and white woven fabric cover. White accordion folded pages. Photographs mounted with glue. Tissue interleaving.

Photographs are hand-coloured and largely depict women and girls in various activities and settings, some men - possibly monks, scenic landscapes and sites of interest, agriculture and crop farming, buddha statues.

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.

Item is a folding album with a black lacquered wood cover, including painted and ivory inlay decoration. White accordion folded pages. Tissue interleaving. 24 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 or other activities.

Item is a cabinet card portrait of English actress and singer, Jennie Beauclerc.

American actress and "Gaiety Girl", Jennie McNulty was the leader of the Chroisters' Association in 1895, a predominately women's club with four small rooms for reading, writing, and relaxing and two large rooms for rehearsals.

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 cabinet card portrait of a young man sitting on a railing holding a walking stick. Text in black ink below photograph reads, '289 West Madison Street'. Inscription in black ink on back of card reads, 'John S. Orr, died 1887'

Item is a cabinet card portrait of actress Kate Stokes.

Copy photograph of a painting of Edward VII in his 20's.

Black leather cover, gold embossing ("photographs" and "showboat days"). Black pages with photographs glued in. Album bound by black braided string. "No. A Balmoral Album / Made in Canada by Canadian Kodak Co. Limited (Genuine Leather)."

Mostly collage work, cut out from show program, newspaper clippings of reviews and photographs from the London Kiwanis Club "Showboat Days Revue" at the Grand Theatre.

The review included glee club performances, theatrical acts and minstrel shows. The minstrel performances included several white performers in blackface.

Minstrel shows are a style of variety show, most popular during the late 19th and early 20th century, in which white performers use make-up and costumes to depict racist and stereotypical caricatures of Black people. The genre originated in the United States, but Canada had its own troupes and touring companies, and the format was popular with schools, community groups, and religious organizations.

print with white border. Depicts parkland with lake, islands and gardens. Large building in background. Recto inscription, top right: "Kiyosumi Park, Fukagawa."

Blue cover embossed with black design and gold "Kodak." White pages with one window per side. Fabric binding. Notation in black ink.

Blue and clear plastic case contains a self-timer, an adaptor, and instructions. The self-timer is metal, and has "MOD. ll" in red, and a red and ivory painted plate with the words "KOPIL, MADE IN JAPAN." The instructions are on blue vellum.

Image of large building. Type in white beneath photograph reads, 'N. 49 ANVERS - L'Hotel de Ville G.H.phot.'. Inscription on back in black type reads, 'Belgique. Edifices. H'

Item consists of a black and white photobooth strip of a man in a vest and tie. In all images he is looking to the left. On each frame is handwritten in pencil "813427" and on the back in the same handwritting is "L.S.H.LL 10 Years on General Principles". There is an uneven black border around each frame, and some damaged from fingerprints on the middle frame.

Mounted image of men in front of buildings. Text in white beneath photograph reads, 'No 52 ANVERS. - La Maison Espagnole, G.H. phot.'. Black text on back of mount reads, 'Belgique. Edifices. H'. Inscription in pencil on back of mount reads, '$20'

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.

Item is a photograph of a view of water and trees from camp.

Lantern slide, wood frame with glass positive B & W slide - image framed in black and gold. Handwritten in ink "Lake of Como, Italy" on slide. Landscape of water, with mountain and locks. Wood frame has an X marked in pencil on bottom right corner.

File consists of an album with the words "scrapbook" written on the front in red and blue letters. On the cover there is a picture of a boy sitting at a desk with a crown counting coins. In the room around him are pictures of a knight fighting an ogre; a picture of two hunters, and a fireplace with a clock on the mantle beside a mounted horse figurine, some books. and a calendar. The pages are plain off-white in colour and have articles and photographs glued in, along with many loose clippings and photos spread throughout.
Scrapbook contains images and newspaper articles about the Lambert and Fellows families, including wedding and death announcements.

Accompanying loose materials include: postcards, photoengravure reproduction, pen and ink drawing, photographs - mounted and unmounted, newspaper articles.

Dates on pages and accompanying loose materials include: 1885, 1889, 1894, 1904, 1907, 1908, 1911, 1918.

Studios include: The Cavendish Studio, Speaight, Cantuar Photo Co., Whiteley, Meisenbach.

Matte print mounted on white paper and brown card. Deckled edges. Image depicts a cottage surrounded by trees and covered in vines. Verso inscription, pencil, upper right: "Landsberg of Warthe." (Landsberg an der Warthe is German for the Polish city of Gorzów Wielkopolski)

Item is a photograph of a lake with a boating dock in the distance. Inscription on verso reads, 'H.M.C.S. Cornwallis Main Drill Deck & Police Office Main Gate Flag Pole, Oct. 45'

Mounted image of landscape, including house, windmill and various people.

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.

Wood box has sliding lid and is covered with patterned brown paper. Nine of the glass slides are painted with scenes of children engaged in play and work, and one includes the phrase "Good Night." Three slides have been painted with four vignetted cityscapes each. All of the slides are edged with orange tape.

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.

Image of large bridge.

Item is a mounted albumen photograph of large building.

Large building with a carriage in the foreground. Inscribed in black text on right hand side of mount are the words, 'Anderson' and 'Melrose'.

Item is a photograph of a large crowd on a pier, some are in uniform.

Image of waterfall and surrounding landscape. Text in white on surface of photograph reads, '1917 Kemco oauth 2'

American actress, appeared in Richard Stahl's operetta "The Sea King".

Item is a typerwitten letter with blue text that reads, 'November 15th, 1910. Dr. A.E. Orr, Anatomical Department, Medical Building. Dear Dr. Orr, I have pleasure in informing you that at a meeting of the Board of Governors held yesterday, your stipend as Demonstrator in Biology and Embryology was increased to $500 for the current session. Yours very truly, W. Vaughan Secretary.'

Item is a letter to A.E. Orr from John Baile, Honourary Secretary of the Outremont Golf Club, stating that he was appointed a member of the Handicap and Match Committee at the last executive meeting.

Thin 8 1/2x11 paper with the logo "REID BROS.,/ ARTISTS AND PHOTO ENGLARGERS" at the top of the page. The address is given as 33 Roeland Street, Cape Town and addressed to a relative in Canada. The letter expresses regret that over the death of a young woman named Jessie.

Various letters and parts of letters between members of the Orr family.

Lantern slide, glass B&W slide in wood frame. Image framed in black and gold. Handwritten in black ink on sticker on the glass "Library of Vatican, Rome, Italy." Sticker on wood handwritten in ink "Library of Vatican Rome Italy." Handwritten in pencil directly on the wood "Rome" and "17." Image is of the Vatican Library.

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.

Item is a snapshot photograph of a light house seen through trees, and palms.

Black bakelite light meter with transparent plastic dial guides for shooting conditions: "DULL, BRT., SNOW, BEACH." Made by "PIERCE FILM."

Black metal light meter snaps open to reveal sensor and guides.

Item is a photograph of a lighthouse. Inscription on verso reads, 'Point prim light bay of Fuudy Entrance to Bigby Gap'.

Lillian Russell, born Nellie Leonard in Clinton, Iowa in 1861, was a famous comic opera actress in New York city. She made her stage debut in "Time Tries All" in Chicago in 1877 before moving to New York in 1879 and continuing her career in musicals, burlesque and dramatic shows. Near the end of her life, she was appointed as a special investigator to study immigration conditions by President Harding. She presented a report to the United States Department of Labor that suggested an "immigration holiday" of 5 years, the sifting of immigrants on the other side, and 21 years residence in the US before naturalization. See "Lillian Russell Dies of Injuries", The New York Times, June 6, 1922, pp. 1-2. Retrieved on December 15, 2010.

Matte print with white border. Depicts an aerial view of Washington including monuments, shoreline, and bridge. Recto caption, bottom of image area: "013-851A-8)(8-1-32-2P)(12-800) Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C."

Item is a photograph of a girl standing at a wooden garden door holding a basket and wearing a hand-coloured red cape.

Item is a snapshot of a little boy outside.

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 cabinet card portrait of actress Lizzie McCaul.

Item is a cabinet card portrait of American actress Lizzie McCall.

Item is a cabinet card portrait of American burlesque theatre actress Lizzie Webster.

Inscription on front of envelope in black ink reads, 'Lock of Florence E Orr's hair found in her room January 9th 1914 after she went to Homewood Sanitarium.'

Item is a cabinet card portrait of actress Louise Eissing.

Item is a cabinet card portrait of American actress Louise Montague.

matte gsp with white border. Aerial view of NYC. Recto caption, lower left corner of image area: "(0255-870N-8)(11-23-34-1P)(12-900) LOWER MANHATTAN, N.Y."

matte gsp with white border. Aerial view of NYC and surrounding bodies of water. Recto caption, bottom left: "(028-876A-8)(1-13-28-2P)(12-2000) LOWER MANHATTAN- NEW YORK CITY."

Item consists of a grey card with b& w photograph. Image shows a gathering outdoors on a large grassy space, with flags and drums and a horse on the far right. The large group is posed for the camera. Members of the Loyal Orange Lodge of Crandell, Manitoba, probably on a parade day. At bottom of image, handwritten (on negative), "L. O. L. CRANDELL 7/12/12".

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 "66. Corridor, Palais du Luxembourg, Paris" in french, and printed on sticker "Oelschlaeger Bros, 88, Fulton Street (New York)." Sticker on the wood frame of a Y. Image is of a corridor inside the Luxembourg Palace in Paris. The corridor is lined with busts.

Mounted image a luxurious interior. Black text below image reads, 'Self-Toning'. Inscription in pencil on back of mount reads, 'Specimen $6.00'

Item consists of a black album with the letters M. F. Peck embossed in gold on the front cover. There is a metal clasp at the top and bottom of the album (bottom one is missing a piece). Contains predominantly tintypes with some colour retouching. Most of the album pages are left empty.

Item is a cabinet card portrait of Mabel Stantley.

albumen print of engraving mounted on card. Depicts woman and two haloed children in pastoral landscape. Verso caption, blue: "156 Madonna im Grunen v. Raphael."

Item is a cabinet card featuring a portrait of Maggie Moore, American-Australian actress, sitting on a railing.

Item is a carte de visite portrait of man standing in a portrait studio. Made by Notman, Montreal.

Item is a carte de visite portrait of man standing in a photography studio. Made by Notman, Montreal.

Item is a carte de visite portrait of man standing in a studio beside a chair and table. Made by Notman, Montreal.

Item is a carte de visite portrait of man sitting at a table in a photography studio. Made by Notman, Montreal.

Green fabric-coated album with some decorative linear gold embossing. Spine torn along edges. First and last page have a decorative leaf pattern. Notations are handwritten in black ink. Photographs are mounted in between two layers, seemingly embedded into album's pages.
Photographs are of a family traveling through Malta, Italy, Portugal and China, taken at sites such as Pompei, Mount Vesuvius, the Temple of Heaven, and Summer Palace, as well as some photographs of the railway through a mountainous countryside.
Some photographs include images of the crew and family aboard the S.S. Somali, a British passenger and cargo steam ship that travelled between England and Hong Kong, stopping at locations such as Italy and India to drop off or pick up cargo. The ship was built in 1930 and was destroyed by a bomb while being towed on March 27, 1941. The shipwreck still remains upright off the coast of the United Kingdom, on the East side of Glasgow off the shore of North Sunderland.

Assuming dates of album are between 1930-1941, based on S.S. Somali's active days, King of Italy pictured would be King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy and his Queen, Elena of Montenegro.

Places: Chapel of Bones, Mount Vesuvius, Camaldoli Monastery, Temple of Venus, Temple of Jupiter, Temple of Mercury, Temple of Heaven.
Locations: Pompei, Baia, Malta, Naples, Italy, Gozo, Pekin, China.
Themes: portraits, S.S. Somali, landscapes, railroads, sailing, King and Queen of Italy.