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Snowy slope, possibly the Picton cemetery. Reverse: [original printed label] "Stereoscopic Gems. Published by Dingman Bros., Photographers, Picton, Ont. A Choice Selection of Local and Foreign VIEWS always on hand."

COPY; Obverse: "Views of Hamilton and Vicinity" ; Reverse: "No. 16. Queen’s Quarry on Mountain. Photographed by J. Esson "

Obverse: "12724. Women Prospectors on their way to Klondyke."; "James M. Davis, New York, St. Louis, Liverpool, Toronto, Sydney"

Obverse: "Street Scene, Dawson City, Klondike."; banner across street: ‘Nugget Work - Pono & Co. - Sol[d?]’ (rest of banner out of photo)

Obverse: [original label] "Edinburgh and its Environs in the Stereoscope. No. 43-Interior, Holyrood Chapel, Great Window"

Reverse: "Castle - East View" [handwritten]

Obverse: "Scotland’s Pride—The Great Forth Bridge and the Highland Kilt." ; "Copyright 1896 [?] by Strohmeyer & Wyman; Reverse: [printed] Same title in six languages

Reverse: "Entrance to Holyrood Chapel" [handwritten]

Reverse: [original label] "Edinburgh and its Environs in the Stereoscope. No. 62—Holyrood Palace."

Obverse: "(14)-7472- Holyrood Palace, old home of ill-fated Mary, Queen of Scots—Edinburgh, Scotland. Reverse: information on Holyrood Palace

Reverse: [original label] "Edinburgh and its Environs in the Stereoscope. No. 5—High School" ; "Sir D.W.’s School" [donor’s label]

Reverse: [original label] "Edinburgh and its Environs in the Stereoscope. No. 8—Holyrood Chapel"

Reverse: "Interior Holyrood Chapel" [handwritten] ; "Poss. 88 G.W. Wilson 1856-63" [donor’s note]

Reverse: [original label] "Edinburgh and its Environs in the Stereoscope. No. 63—Calton Hill from Waterloo Place." [original] ; "View approximates that from Sir D.W’s House" [donor’s note]

Reverse: [original label] "Edinburgh and its Environs. Burns’ Monument & Old Town from Calton Hill. No. 13…"

Reverse: "Roslin Chapel" [handwritten]

Reverse: [original label] "Interior of Roslyn Chapel—The Apprentice’s Pillar. No. 362."

Interior of Roslyn Chapel showing Apprentice’s Pillar. Same image as (136) and (137).

Obverse: "12700—Burns’ Cottage—Room Where the Poet Was Born, Ayr, Scotland." Reverse: Caption in six languages; Burns’ poem, The Cottar’s Saturday Night

Reverse: "The Path to the Well, Tobermory, Island of Mull. No. 277." [original printed label]

Obverse: [handwritten] "John Knox’s House, Canongate" Edinburgh.

Reverse: "Princes Street and Waterloo Place, N.W. to Calton Hill, Edinburgh, Scotland. Copyright 1908 by Underwood & Underwood"

Reverse: [original label] "3. Monument to Dugald Stewart, On Calton Hill, Edinburgh, With Scott’s Monument, Edinburgh Castle, &c., in the distance."

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Reverse: "69" [handwritten] ; Original printed label, "Scenery among the Thousand Islands" ; "View [handwritten] Pine Gap"

Miscellaneous Canada

Reverse: "No. 468. Hamilton’s Saw Mills, Hawkesbury. From the Rear." [printed] ; "Hawkesbury Mill Early Notman" [donor’s label]

Reverse: "High Falls. Muscoka." [appears to be Wilson’s handwriting; he visited there in 1870]

Obverse: "A Miner’s Home at Cape Nome, Alaska."

Obverse: "Street in Dawson City, Klondike."

Reverse: "83" [handwritten] ; "Scenery among the Thousand Islands" [original] ; "View [handwritten] East from Nells [Wells?] Island"

Reverse: "The Fleet at Halifax at the time of "the Trent" affair. W.L." [handwritten; "Nov 1861? British inspected US ships" [donor’s note]

Reverse: "76" [handwritten]; "Sturgeon Lake? Visited in ’76" [donor’s note]

Obverse:; "North Shore, Lake Superior", "Welcome Island, Thunder Bay"; Reverse: [handwritten] "Mrs. Adam. Fisher. No 34. Dec. 25, 1875"

Reverse: Original printed label: "Lake Superior. No. 30. View on the Puc-i-tah Zebe, (Black River)"

Reverse: "Entrance to Fenelon Falls Dock, Ont." [original] ; [donor’s note] "Belonged to "H. Langton, geographer" Note: Hugh Hornby Langton was U of T Librarian from 1891 to 1924.

Man sitting on rocks. Reverse: "85" [handwritten]; [donor’s note: "Man with beard + hat same as in Toronto Island shot?" [/002(75)]

Yukon

Obverse: "13114. Steamer leaving Dawson City for St. Michaels, Alaska"; "James M. Davis, New York, St. Louis, Liverpool, Toronto, Sydney"

Obverse: "Working No. 4 Bonanza, Klondike" mining camp

Obverse: "Up Eldorado from Grand Forks, Klondike."

Reverse: "Where gold was first discovered at Lawrence Town [?] Nova Scotia. W.L." [handwritten] ; donor label: "W.L. (Westcott Lyttleton)"

Reverse: [handwritten] "Pic Nic Point near Sand Banks Ontario. Dingman Bros Photos"

Reverse: "Queen’s University, Kingston, Ont." [original] Belonged to "H. Langton, geographer." [donor’s note]

Reverse: "Moose Head - W.L." [handwritten] ; W.L. perhaps for Westcott Lyttleton