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The collection consists of pictures taken by an unknown photographer, or photographers, in Kingston and the surrounding area, around the turn of the twentieth century. The photos show local landmarks such as Kingston City Hall, Kingston homes, Kingston Mills, Martello Towers and Jones Falls. Also included are photographs of the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery, men, horses and guns. Steam vessels such as the Rideau Queen, the Toronto and even pleasure sail boats, ice boats and quite a number of pictures of canoes and canoeists are included along with pictures taken at or near the Kingston Yacht Club. There are many pictures of as yet unidentified individuals in various poses including family scenes, picnics and fishermen. Another sizable lot of pictures were taken away from Kingston at various sites that have yet to be identified. One series were shot in what looks like a summer resort area and several others are of cities or a city yet to be identified.

Diary of a young woman touring the Thousand Islands for the month of August 1883 starting in Hartford, Connecticut on August 1st, 1883 and ending in Montreal on September 1st, 1883. The author spends much of the diary remarking on the beauty of the scenery, the quality of the food and variations in the weather. She recounts day excursions on both American and Canadian islands and towns and mentions Clayton, Alexandria Bay, Gananoque, Brown's Bay, Hay's Island, Whitney Point, Guernsey Point, and Stave, Bluff and Skinner islands. She is traveling with the Redfield family (Mr. and Mrs. Redfield and their children George and Henry) and the "Professor". They encounter a Dr. Norris who is known to the family. When they arrive in Montreal they stay at the Windsor Hotel, which is greatly admired.

There is an additional three page entry at the end of the diary describing a trip to the White Mountains in New Hampshire in September of 1885.

Contains selected copy books from Frontenac County, City of Kingston, Kingston Township, Pittsburgh Township and Wolfe Island.

The album consists of Dominion Day celebrations, family gatherings, a farm team, and church interior at Maple Hill, Ontario; scenes along the Madawaska River, and the bridge crossing it, at Stewartville, Ontario; scenes at Glasgow Station, Wolf Lake Wolverine Camp, and Beaver Meadow, Ontario; scenes on Brule Lake, Ontario, including a cottage and lumbering; and scenes at, and around, 'The Knolls', Mount Vernon, New York.

Consists of two illuminated volumes of the Koran. Also includes a file of notes on the acquisition of the volumes.

Holograph score of the song loosely bound in a copy of the Montreal Herald, 8 July, 1852.

Appointments to Christopher A. Hagerman, William Henry Draper and William Conway Keele as commissioners to look after an estate.

Relates to proposed road from 8th to 21st concession, Wolfe Island, with map and description.

Journal relates to household expenditures such as groceries, dressmaking, furniture and upkeep, with additional information pertaining to interest payments and general financial matters.

Photocopy of original log and notebook regarding trip and traffic on the Rideau Canal, Ottawa to Kingston. Notebook entries appear to be made by an attorney. Notes regarding each lock on the canal.