Item consists of an album that is beige with a linear, green, geometric design and brown tape along the spine. It is held together with black string. Pages are green. Photographs are loose. Other loose accompanying material includes ink, pencil and colour sketches, various postcards.

Most photographs are from Toronto, Ontario. 1 photograph shows the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir at the Peace Festival in 1919. There is a publication with a Plan of York Minster Sh3wing the Architectural Styles from 1931. 1 photograph of Sir Geo Scott Roberston, M.P.

Locations include: Hamilton, Ontario; New York City, New York; Boston Massachusetts; Bradford, England; York, England; and Yorkshire, England.

Dates include: 1906, 1907, 1908, 1912, 1926, 1931.

Item is a brown card with silver border and silver letterpress, showing Ontario crest and text "B. Frank Stewart/ ORILLIA, ONT." Image is of a man playing a guitar. He sits on an elaborate cushioned chair in front of a painted backdrop depicting plants. On verso, handwritten in pencil, "Toronto - Normal S. opened Nov 1. 1847/ Miss J. Dawson(?)"

Item is a studio headshot of a man in tuxedo jacket and bow tie. Verso ink stamps read "Johnny Desmond" and "This portrait through courtesy of A. Gilbert Studios, Toronto".

Item is a studio headshot of large man with pinstriped jacket and flowered tie. Verso ink stamps "Tony Pastor," "This portrait through courtesy of A. Gilbert Studios, Toronto."

Item is a studio headshot of man with curly hair, wearing jacket, sweater vest and tie. Verso ink stamps: "Vic Damone," "This portrait through courtesy of A. Gilbert Studios, Toronto."

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.

Item is a cabinet card portrait featuring an image of Rose Lee.

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

Item is a cabinet card portrait of Marion Manola, American actress.

Item is a cabinet card portrait of actress Kate Stokes.

Item is an albumen carte-de-visit copy of a drawing that two men in top hats; two girls in acrobatic costume, one getting a 'piggy back ride'. Recto caption: "CANCAN S".

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

American actress, burlesque performer. She is recorded as having performed in "Our Cinderella: A Burlesque" by William Gill in the Colville Company's 1878-9 season, and in "The Magic Slipper" for Haverley's Theater in New York in August 1879, produced by Samuel Colville's Opera Burlesque Company.

Item is a cabinet card portrait of theatre actress Viola Clifton

Item is a photograph of the actress Marie Heath, known as "The Little Sunbeam." Credited in the production of "For Mother's Sake" (1904) produced by Rusco and Holland, minstrel company, Cincinnati & New York.

Item is a studio headshot of a woman. Dark background and deep shadows. Recto ink stamp "Kaye Starr." Verso ink stamp "This portrait through courtesy of A. Gilbert Studios, Toronto."

Item is a studio headshot of man with blonde hair in tuxedo jacket and bow tie. Recto ink stamp "Guy Mitchell." Verso ink stamp "This portrait through courtesy of A. Gilbert Studios, Toronto."

Item is a studio headshot of man with moustache wearing jacket and tie. Recto ink stamp: "Cab Calloway." Verso ink stamp: "This portrait through courtesy of A. Gilbert Studios, Toronto."

Item is a studio portrait of man with moustache, leaning his chin on his hands. Recto ink stamp: "Dizzy Gilespie." Verso ink stamp: "This portrait through courtesy of A. Gilbert Studios, Toronto."

Grey card with texture. Photography of a girl in short white dress and a bow in her hair playing violin. Art nouveau screen behind her, along with medieval-style x chair. At bottom, embossed in silver, "Edwards & Co" with an image of a royal crown at centre and on the right "STRATFORD/ FOREST GATE/ AND EAST HAM." On verso, in pencil "23 078".

Item consists of a grey card with green letterpress at bottom, "Henderson,/ Artist/ LINCOLN AVE,./ YORK, NEB." Photograph is a full length portrait of a young man in suit jacket with high starched collar wearing a kilt and tartan sask and holding a flute.

Item is a cabinet card portrait of Carrie Hapgood, actress.

Item is a cabinet card portrait of a young woman wearing a dress leaning over a ledge.

Item consists of a photograph mounted on grey card. Image shows a large group of men and women assembled on aset of bleachers with a band in the centre of the group.

Item consists of a photograph mounted on grey card. Image shows a brass band with drum on the right labelled "BOWMANVILLE". They are arranged in two rows in a photographic studio setting.

Item is a studio headshot of blonde man with checked jacket and tie. Recto ink stamp reads "Mel Torme". Stamp font and image format matches others from A. Gilbert Studios.

Item is a studio headshot of man with suit jacket and tie. Verso ink stamp "This portrait through courtesy of A. Gilbert Studios, Toronto." Verso inscription "Frankie Lane.

Item is a studio portrait of man wearing white jacket and dark pants, no tie. Possible copy print of existing print. Recto inscription on negative or original print: "To a swell 580 member, fondly, Sinatra." Verso ink stamp: "This portrait through courtesy of A. Gilbert Studios, Toronto."

Item is an unmounted portrait of a man standing against a studio backdrop of a castle in the mountains with a lake and flowers in foreground. He right arm is held behind his back, the left one hangs at his side. His feet are apart, and he wears dark slippers with dark leotards. His shirt hangs down to mid-thigh, and is fringed around the bottom and at the sleeves. It has a pattern of leaves on it. He is blond, and his cheeks are tinted pink. He stands still with the aid of a body stand. Top and bottom left corners angled off.

Item is a cabinet card featuring an image of an unknown actress sitting on a bench adjusting her stocking.

Item is a cabinet card portrait of a man sitting on a raised stool holding a violin attached to a trumpet and piano by a number of strings.

Item is a cabinet card portrait of actress Louise Eissing.

Item consists of a photograph of a group of musicians with brass instruments (and 1 drum) posed on a residential street. They are all dressed like clowns. Photograph is mounted on a card backing, and handwritten on the verso, "g(?)".

Item is a bi-fold card with mottled green pattern and embossed floral decoration at upper left. Inside portrait of a woman holding a violin. In black letterpress, at bottom inside "Herbert E. Paige/ 259 1/2 YONGE ST./ TORONTO"

Item consists of a portrait of a band of women musicians with loose-fitting coats with braided buttons and oversize top hats. The drum at the centre of the picture has the words "OAKWOOD/ SYNKFUNNY/ ORCHESTRY" written on it.

Item is a studio headshot with white border, depciting man in suit jacket and tie. Recto ink stamp "Don Cornell." Verso ink stamp "This portrait through courtesy of A. Gilbert Studios, Toronto."

Item is a studio headshot of man with dark curly hair in shit jacket and tie. Recto ink stamp: "Eddie Fisher." Verso ink stamp "This portrait through courtesy of A. Gilbert Studios, Toronto."

Item is a studio headshot with white border. Depicts a man in suit jacket and tie with slicked-back hair. Recto ink stamp: "Art Lund." Verso ink stamp "This portrait through courtesy of A. Gilbert Studios, Toronto."

Item is a studio headshot of man with pinstripe suit and checked tie. Verso ink stamps "Oscar Peterson," "This portrait through courtesy of A. Gilbert Studios, Toronto."