Lantern slide, glass B&W slide in wood frame. Image framed in black and gold. Sticker on wood frame of a Y. Sticker on glass in ink "2418. Florence prise de San Mimacho (sp?), Italy." Image is of a skyline view of Florence, the Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore (the Duomo) is visible, with a road in the foreground and mountains in background.

Lantern slide, glass B&W slide in wood frame. Handwritten on sticker on glass "Church Cologne," but the words are difficult to decipher. Sticker of a Y on wood frame. Image of a town, view of rooftopes, a square, a man with horse & buggy, a church in the background.

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.

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 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.

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 cathedral and open spare in front.

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.

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 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."

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

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"

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 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'

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

Matte print mounted on white paper, then on brown card with deckled edges. Depicts a narrow street with arches over it. Figures in sihouette and in sunlight are visible walking down the street. Verso inscription, pencil, upper left: "N 34, Siena, Strassenzug." (strassenzug meaning street of houses)

Photographic print on grey mat board. Depicts horse-drawn parade float, decorated with crest, watermelons, grasses, and children riders. Embossed recto caption, bottom left: "Dinkler, Chapman St. Greenfield, Mass." Verso inscription, pencil: "August #29." Image transfer from another platinum print.

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 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 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.

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

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 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."

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."

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

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 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."

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

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

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."

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."

Item is an albumen print mounted on a mat board with gold edges. Depicts an extended family sitting on the lawn in front of a house with white siding, porch and bay window. They include three children, one dog, three, men, four women. Verso top right in pencil: "J."

Glossy print with no border, mounted with glue on the corners to a brown mat board. Depicts newly built homes in a prairie landscape. There is empty land in the foreground, but more neighborhoods can be seen behind. Recto caption, bottom left of image area: "188," in circular logo: "E.F. Gove, 7 Thomas Block, Calgary." Bottom right, circular logo: "C A E."

Matte borderless print mounted on thin white paper, then mounted on large brown card with deckled edges. Depicts a large church on a hill with surrounding town and landscape. Verso inscription, top left, in pencil: "Siena, S. Dominico." upper right, "N 29."

Semi-gloss print with white border depicting a mountainous landscape with forest and lake. There is a path around the lake with figures on it. A parkin glot is also visible through the trees.Verso red ink stamp, bottom right: "Enlargement by Eastman Photographic Materials Ltd. Vancouver, B.C." Cardboard support (not attached to photo) reads "Just a B.C. Lake. no significance."

Matte print mounted on white paper and green mottled card. Exterior view of tudor revival style three storey house. The yard and surrounding trees are covered in snow.

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)

Matte print with white border, mounted on green mottled card. Depicts a line of stores/houses along a street in what looks like Germany. No inscriptions.

Green cardboard mount. Captions recto and verso: "Authorized Ansco Color Finisher; Insist on Ariston Color Prints." Depicts a river in winter, agricultural landscape with red barn.

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

Lantern slide, glass B&W slide in wood frame. Image framed in black and gold with gold printing on slide "Ancne. Mon F.P.F. & S. J.L. & Co. Sucrs. Paris Steroscopic and Lantern Slides, Vues Stereoscopiques & Lanternes Magiques." Sticker with Y on it. On other side, handwritten in black ink "Geneva." Image of a city view with bridge and river in foreground. Geneva is situated where the Rhône River exits Lake Geneva, which could be the river in the 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 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.

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 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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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 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.

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

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.

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"

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

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 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."

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.

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 consists of an albumen print with no border, mounted on thick paper of the same size. Depicts the Sir Walter Scott monument in Edinburgh, Scotland, and surrounding park landscape.

Borderless print mounted on black mat board. Depicts several teams of horses pulling various wagons and construction machinery through a flat, dry, landscape. Recto caption in white, bottom left of image area: "RR Construction in Alberta, D.F. McArthur," bottom right: "8570." Verso has two halftone images (horses pulling a load of lumber through the snow, close-up portrait of a man) and printed caption: "Lumbering in Canada/ Blair's Photographs of G.T.P. Ry. Construction, Lumbering, Farming and Other Scenes Illustrating Real Life in Canada. Address, Edwin C. Blair, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Negative Number.........." Note: similar image from Blair's Photographs in the collection of the City of Edmonton Archives, ref. # EA-10-2088.

Thick card album page with cloth guiard attached. One gsp on each side of page. Recto depcits statue and surrounding park landscape. Recto inscriptions in black ink: "Lincoln Monument Lincoln Park Chicago." Verso depicts cattle, barn, and fences. Verso inscriptions in blakc ink: "#47 Steers in stock yards, Chicago. Only 10 minutes more to live." Each side has decorative borders in black ink.

Unmounted, borderless gsp depicting a river and bridge. The bridge has shops built on it all the way across the river. An awning on one of these buildings reads: "Fratelli Tempesti Pone Vecchio."

Matte print mounted on white paper, then mounted on large dark green card. Depicts the exterior of a stone church, with tile roof and clock on tower. Clock reads 2:00. no inscriptions.

Green-grey cardboard mount, captions recto and verso: "Authorized Ansco Color Finisher; Insist on Ariston Color Prints." Depicts trees with autumn leaves.

Unmounted print with borders on top and bottom. Depicts a street in an old city, the focal point being a gate/arch in a battlement or city wall. Several figures are seen walking through it, some are blurred by motion. No inscriptions

Glossy print with white border. Depicts Union Station in Washington D.C. Many cars and pedestrians, as well as a large reflecting pool, are visible in foreground. No inscriptions.

Matte print with white border mounted on black mat board with embossed decorative border. Depcits two men, one woman and dog in yard in front of a stone house with wire gate. No inscriptions.

Matte borderless print mounted on slightly larger white paper, then mounted on brown card with deckled edges. Depicts a coutyard and collonnade of a large basilica. Verso inscription, pencil, top centre: "Rom. Kreuzgang S. Paolo fuori le mura." The basilica was constructed around 395 and has been restored many times since the 4th century, and it has been declared a national monument by the Italian government.

Matte print with white border, mounted on mottled green card. Depicts the ecterior of a white house in winter. There is a wrought-iron fence at the edge of the property. Thre ground and trees are covered in snow.

Matte print with white border, mounted on green mottled card. Depicts a line of stores/houses along a street in what looks like Germany. Several overlapping rooflines with tile roofs. No inscriptions.

Matte print mounted on white paper, mounted on brown card with deckled edges. Depicts a river with bridge over it. The bridge has shops and buildings all the way across. Verso inscription, top left, in pencil: "N25. Florenz. Ponte Vechhio[sic]."

Matte print mounted on white paper and brown card with deckled edges. Depicts a roadway leading to a building with tile roof. Surrounding landscape inludes evergreen trees, bushes, etc. Verso inscription in pencil, upper left: "S. Miniato, of Florenz, N 23."

Colour transparency film. Depicts a pagoda at the edge of a lake. Edge marked "Kodak safety film."

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

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

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."

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

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 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."

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.

Matte print with no borders. Depicts a church exterior at night with snow on the ground. Windows and cross are illuminated. No inscriptions.

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 an albumen print of engraving, hand coloured, mounted on card. Depicts four children playing on a wooden gate in a wooded setting. Verso inscription, ink: "Happy as a Thing."