Green cover with missing spine. Grey pages with openings to insert photographs. Some photos held in with photo corners. Handwritten notations in white ink.

Locations include: Isola-Bella, Isola-dei-Pescatori, Italy; Monte Generoso, border between Italy and Switzerland; Andermatt, Swizerland.

Themes include: group portraits, scenic landscapes and views, houses, early railroad.

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 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.

Envelope containing letter and negatives of people and skiiers.

Lantern slide, glass slide. Handpainted over B&W image. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 1. No wood frame. Image is handpainted, but looks like a B&W photograph underneath. It is of a man standing alone in the middle of nature, on the side of a mountain on a cliff, looking up at the sky. There's mountains around him, trees towering over him. The sky is blue with some clouds. Date based on research that shows Edward Van Altena's studio was active during 1890s-1910s. This series part of Life Model Slides. "The most popular slides in Victorian times were 'life model slides', which depicted popular sentimental stories of the day.The slides were produced by arranging actors in costume in front of a painted back drop. Stage props were placed in front of the actors and the scenes from the story were photographed. The slides were often hand tinted with colour and sold in boxes, along with a text to be used as a reading.In particular the temperance movement and political speakers used slides to convert a mass audience." (http://www.driffieldtoday.co.uk/wally-simpkins-look-at-east-riding-history/Shadow-shows-and-magic-lanterns.2696708.jp)

Lantern slide, glass slide. Handpainted over B&W image. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 2. No wood frame. Image of covered wagons making their way through the mountains, sky is painted blue and pink. The image is handpainted over a B&W slide.

Glass slide, handpainted over B&W image. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 4. No wood frame. Black paper around glass edges. Image of a man standing in a field looking up at the sky. He's in a field with a wood fence, housing sheep, and there's buildings in the background. The sky is painted blue and pink.

Lantern slide, glass slide. Handpainted over B&W image. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 5. Perhaps the fifth one in a series, because the man in the slide is the same man from 2008.001.1303. Image of two men talking by a gate, at what looks to be a ranch. The one man is the dressed in a black suit, holding a briefcase or suitcase, perhaps a doctor. The second man is holding a cowboy hat, and has a beard. The image is handpainted over a B&W slide.

Lantern slide, glass slide. Handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 6, follows the same series. Heavily painted. Two men and one woman poke their heads out from a doorway, looking at something 'off-screen' - perhaps the two men talking at the gate from the previous slide 2008.001.1304.

Glass slide, handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 9 in the series. Black paper around glass edges. Heavily painted. Image is of a woman standing with a horse, holding its reins, in a field, there's sheep in the background with trees. The sky is blue with pink/white clouds.

Glass slide, handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 12 in the series. Heavily painted. Image is of two men, one standing with his arms and fists in the air, one sitting with a dog in his lap. They're on a porch of a log cabin, with sheep in the field next to them. Trees and blue sky.

Lantern slide, glass slide. Handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 13 in the series. Heavily painted. Image is of a young boy kneeling next to a deer, with a dog next to him, outside the house. He's next to three tree stumps. There are two other unidentified animals in the scene.

Glass slide, handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 14 in the series. Black paper around glass edges.Heavily painted. Image is of a young boy sitting on a log with a baby sheep on his lap, a dog at his feet and a squirrel on his shoulder.

Lantern slide, glass slide. Handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 16 in the series. Black paper around glass edges. Heavily painted. Image is of a young couple holding hands standing on the side of a mountain (?), with more moutains in the distance.

Lantern slide, glass slide. Handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 18 in the series. Printed in BRC of slide "99-68." Black paper around glass edges. Heavily painted. Image is of a young woman with blond hair, crouching by a creek with a bucket. You can see her reflection in the water. She is the same woman from slide 16, 2008.001.1311.

Lantern slide, glass slide. Handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Slide is numbered 19 in the series. Slide is in a cardboard mount. Heavily painted. Image is of a woman and man standing together at a fence outside a house.

Lantern slide, glass slide. Handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 22 in the series.Black paper around glass edges. Heavily painted. Image is of a man sitting at an easel, that's been set up outdoors, and he's painting a woman standing in nature. The colours are very vivid.

Glass slide, handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 24 in the series. Black paper around glass edges.Heavily painted. Image is of a man and young boy standing in a field, surrounded by a dog, deer, bear and sheep.

Glass slide, handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 32 in the series. Black paper around glass edges. Heavily painted. Image is of a man and boy with dog in a field of sheep. Sky is blue and pink.

Lantern slide, glass slide. Handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 33 in the series. Black paper around glass edges. Heavily painted. Image is of three men standing by a fence post, looking off to one side. They don't look happy.

Glass slide, handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 34 in the series. Black paper around glass edges. Heavily painted. Image is of three men and a young boy, standing outside a house, near a watering trough and well, where a sheep is drinking, and dog is watching. There are sheep in the field behind the men, and the house.

Glass slide, handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 35 in the series. Black paper around glass edges. Heavily painted. Image is of three men and a young boy next to a watering trough and water well with a house behind them. Two sheep have fallen (dead?), one still stands with his head in the trough and a fourth sheep is laying down. The dog stands with his two front paws on the edge of the trough. The men looks upset and confused.

Glass slide, handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 36 in the series. Black paper around glass edges. Heavily painted. Image is of three men and a young boy outside a house. Two men are standing next to a fence, third man and boy crouching near fallen sheep.

Glass slide, handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 37 in the series. Black paper around glass edges. Heavily painted. Image is of a group of people standing together outside the house, with the young boy still kneeling and sheep at his feet.

Glass slide, handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 38 in the series. Black paper around glass edges. Heavily painted. Image is of a man sitting at the reins of a horse drawn carriage.

Glass slide, handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 40 in the series. Black paper around glass edges. Heavily painted. Image is of a three couples, one kissing in the road, one in a carriage, and one descending from a carriage. Near a mill wheel/ water wheel.

Glass slide, handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 50 in the series. Black paper around glass edges. Heavily painted. Image is of a man standing in front of a big tree with no leaves, and a young boy laying on the ground with his head on a sheep's back.

Lantern slide, glass slide. Handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 45 in the series. Black paper around glass edges. Heavily painted. Image is of a man and woman. They are next to a machine, possibly a grain grinder. The man looks to be turning a crank on the machine. The woman is sitting behind him, on a fence, with her arms around his shoulders.

Glass slide, handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 49 in the series. Black paper around glass edges. Heavily painted. Image is of a young boy kneeling and looking up to the sky, beside a tree with no leaves, beside him is a dog and a deer with antlers.

Lantern slide, glass slide. Handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 51 in the series. Black paper around glass edges. Heavily painted. Image is of a man holding a young boy in his arms. The boy's eyes are closed and the man is looking up to the sky.

Glass slide, handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 53 in the series. Black paper around glass edges. Heavily painted. Image is of men and sheep, outside two barns.

Glass slide, handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 54 in the series. Black paper around glass edges. Not as heavily painted as the other slides. Some of the black & white image shows through, like it was never hand painted. Image is a scene of people in carriages, on horses, a barn, a ditch, some sheep.

Lantern slide, glass slide. Handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 57 in the series. Black paper around glass edges. Heavily painted. Image is of two men with what looks like fallen trees. Could be they have fallen on their house.

Glass slide, handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 59 in the series. Black paper around glass edges. Heavily painted. Image is of an outdoor barn scene, people in carriages and on horses, standing around looking at one man talking on a bridge. The group has their fists raised in the air.

Glass slide, handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 61 in the series. Black paper around glass edges. Heavily painted. Image is of an outdoor barn scene, people in carriages and on horses, standing around one man who is laying on the ground, his head resting in a woman's lap.

Lantern slide, glass slide. Handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 62 in the series. The number 99-183 is scratched into slide, BRC. Black paper around glass edges. Heavily painted with pinks and blues. Image is of a landscape view of a canyon or pit.

Glass slide, handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 64 in the series. The number 99-14 is scratched into slide. Black paper around glass edges. Heavily painted. Image is of a landscape view of a field with sheep in it, and lots of sky with clouds.

Lantern slide, glass slide. Handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 67 in the series. Black paper around glass edges. Heavily painted. Image is of a couple embracing, man looks to be comforting the woman. Looks like there's paint on the sides of the image, like the colourist was testing his colours before painting slide.

Glass slide, handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 68 in the series. Black paper around glass edges. Heavily painted. Image is of a man standing in a field with a dog by his side, and sheep in the field behind him.

Lantern slide, glass slide. Handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 11 in the series. Black paper around glass edges. Heavily painted. Image is of a man and woman standing together underneath an arbour, that seems to be covering machinery of some sort. Perhaps woodworking machines?

Lantern slide, glass slide. Handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is not numbered. Black paper around glass edges. Image is an outdoor scene, with barn, bridge, people, machinery and horses.

Cyanotype image of a man feeding three chickens. Man wears a suit and hat. Inscription handwritten in pencil on verso "Breakfast time." Paper is very thin.

Image of a forest scene. Photograph is bright green color. Inscribed in black ink on bottom of photograph, 'Port Elgin, ONT' Pencil inscription on back of photograph reads, '9-1932 Glass Between'

Image of a mountainous landscape with a road running along the edge of one mountain, a car is seen on the road.

Image of waterfall and surrounding landscape. Text in white on surface of photograph reads, '1923 Kemcowaterfall Copy 5'

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

Image of landscape with a river running through the middle of it. Reflections of trees in water.

Image of a the fields of an aloe farm tucked into the foothills of a mountain.

Image of stone bridge and surrounding landscape. People dressed in white strolling.

Image of men working in a field. Text in white on surface of photograph reads, '213'.

Image of cliff and water, with canoe in the foreground. Inscription on back of photograph reads, 'Specimen - $4.50'.

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 depicting a church and walled churchyard. A group of children stand in front of the wall.

Unmounted print depicting three Mexican men in a courtyard of a possible native Mexican archaeological site (perhaps the Zapotec site of Mt. Alban). The stone walls are covered in geometric carved designs.

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."

Item is an unmounted albumen print of governor's palace at edge of Oaxaca plaza. Numerous figures stand outside. Verso inscription: "Gov. Build, & Governor's Palace: Oaxaca."

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."

unmounted POP print depicting an archaeological site with walls on either side and a row of columns down the middle. Three figures are seen between the columns.

unmounted POP print depicting a man standing at the end of a corridor in an archaeological site. The walls are covered in intricate stone carving designs.

unmounted POP print depicting a large tree, perhaps a willow, with a group of people surrounding its trunk. Some have musical instruments, some are picnicing.

unmounted POP print depicting cathedral and open spare in front.

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."

borderless print depicting blurry image of woman with hat, standing with horse in rural outdoor setting. Verso inscription "nip and tuck"

Borderless print depicting the exterior of areal estate office and surrounding landscape. Building sign reads "Est 1908, R. Lamont & Co Real-Estate"

Print with white border, depicting a puppy in an alley with telephone poles and garages.

print with white border. Depcits water buffalo in field with houses visible in background. Reto caption: "water buffalo near Honolulu"

print with white border depicting a rural landscape with dirt road. Horse and carriage are on the road, decorated with banners and union jack flags. Another carriage is coming behind it.

Print with white border, depicting large factory building with railroad tracks running in fron of it. Steam engines/machinery sit outside near the tracks. Several smokestacks and smaller garages surround the factory.

matte borderless print mounted on wthie card with embossed floral border. Depicts two small sailbroats in water, with oriental-type sails, each with two men sailing. Recto insciption "July 1899". Verso inscription "July 16 / 99"

print mounted on balck mat board. Depcits a view of a roadway lined with columns and statuary with pedestrians walking between. This is a view of the lincoln parkway entrance to the pan american exposition grounds, built for the exposition of 1901 in Buffalo NY. Verso inscription "Pan American Exposition 1903, The Pan American Exposition 1903, compliments of MR. Luther Cand."

Item is an unmounted albumen prints of town with river and two suspension bridges. Recto caption "inverness from the castle. 670. G.W.W."

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 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."

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."

Item is an albumen print mounted on white mat board. Depicts exterior of four storey white stone building in the style of the early Chicago school. Horses and carriages are on the street in front. Top of building reads "McInnes & Co."

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."

snapshot of wooded landscape with dirt road, fence, and river in distance. Verso inscription: "Souris River from Gowan Brae Gate. 188"

Snapshot of large barn with three men and wagon in foreground. Verso inscription "Gowan Brae Barn. 989."

Snapshot of house with scaffolding and worker on roof. Verso inscription "Gowan Brae House from front (left). 188."

snapshot of landscape with water visible through silhouetted trees. Fence runs along line of trees. Verso inscription "St. Peter's bay from front porch of house. 989."

snapshot of cemetary showing multiple gravestones and trees. Image obscured on right side of frame as if something was blocking the lens.

snapshot of house being built/renovated. Scaffoling on outside with worker standing on it. Verso inscription, pencil: "Gowan Brae house from yard. 989."

snapshot of large house with tree branches in top of frame. Verso caption "St. Peters house- distorted because taken so close."

Snapshot of large house looking up at large front entrance, peaked roof and two chimneys. Verso inscription: "st. peters house."

DOP unmounted print of man standing on grass of dog racing track. Holds pad of paper in hand. Verso inscription: "A.B. Dade."

unmounted print depicts large crowd of people gathered in field behind wooden fence. There are several horses and carriages in the mix. Houses and farms visible in background. Verso ink stamp "This photograph was made in a hurry and is not guaranteed permanent. Pringle and Booth 181 George St. Toronto."

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."

unmounted print depcting horse, cart and driver. The cart is a two-wheeled sulky used for harness racing. A large building is visible in the background. Verso ink stamp "This photograph was made by Pringle & Booth, 181 George St. Toronto, duplicates can be had at any time."

unmounted print depicts rider on horse jumping over a wooden obstacle .another man looks on. Verso inscription: "Philosopher." verso ink stamp "This photograph was made by Pringle & Booth, 181 George St. Toronto, duplicates can be had at any time."

unmounted DOP of man in formal dress, white hat, cane, holding his gloves in outdoor setting. Verso inscription "Mr. I N George (?)" Verso partial ink stamp "[…]graph was made[…] and is not […] d permanent […] e & Booth […] Toronto"

borderless unmounted print depitcs four men on horses corssing railroad tracks in rural setting. Orchards are visible in background. Verso ink stamp "This photograph was made by Pringle & Booth, 181 George St. Toronto, duplicates can be had at any time."

unmounted print shows two men on horseback in fron of two houses. A group of hounds stands nearby.

unmounted DOP depicting man in profile smoking cigar in outdoor setting. Verso inscription "Chas M Hays."

unmounted DOP depicting four men, one with bowler hat, others with fedoras, standing on grass racetrack. Ole holds flag, one holds pad of paper. Verso inscription, "W.A. Dade the starter and his assitants." Verso ink stamp: "This photograph was made by Pringle & Booth, 181 George St. Toronto, duplicates can be had at any time."

unmounted DOP depicts group of men in jackets and hats standing outside near a striped awning/tent.

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."

unmoutned POP depicting horse and rider turned away from camera. They stand beside a fence of a racetrack. Verso inscription "Charter-Wise turns his head from camera." Verso ink stamp "This photograph was made by Pringle & Booth, 181 George St. Toronto, duplicates can be had at any time."

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

Item is a snapshot photograph with beveled edges featuring an image of the side of a mountain covered in snow.