Canada

Inventory list
Identifier Sort ascending Title Level of description Date Digital object
B2014-0037/001(188) Reverse: "Mic-Macs Halifax N.S. W.L. The only one I have left. W.L." [handwriting] ; W.L. is perhaps Westcott Lyttleton ? Item n.d.
B2014-0037/001(189) Reverse: "Selected Series" ; "G.F. Sproule, Druggist, Brantford, Ontario" [original - unclear whether Sproule is photographer or seller]; unidentified statues and paintings Item n.d.
B2014-0037/002(01) Obverse: [donor’s note] "University Museum 1875 (Fire 1890). Only known photo of the [University of Toronto Museum in] University College Museum [sic], (pre-fire) 1890. ’75-’76." Reverse: "12" [handwritten] Item 1875 - 1876
B2014-0037/002(02) Obverse: Leopards with human bones; "Leopard bones - still life, "University College [sic] Museum artifacts? Observatory Grounds? [sic]" [description provided by donor’s label]. Reverse: "55" [handwritten] Item 1875-1876
B2014-0037/002(03) Obverse: "View at the University. Toronto, Ont." Reverse: "Old Medical bldg - built 1906" [donor’s note] Item [ca. 1906]
B2014-0037/002(04) Obverse: "Knox College, Toronto [1 Spadina Circle]" [original] ; Reverse: Belonged to "H. Langton, geographer [sic, librarian]" [donor’s label] Item [ca. 1906]
B2014-0037/002(05) Obverse: "University [College building], Toronto, Ont." [original] Item 1905
B2014-0037/002(06) Obverse: Meteorological instruments: 10 square inch orifice rain gauge, with parts standing separately; photo taken on Observatory grounds; Reverse: "44" [handwritten] Item n.d.
B2014-0037/002(07) Obverse: Nesting screen [initially called a "shed"] (doors closed), mounted on a mobile wall. Photo taken on Observatory grounds; Reverse: "60" [handwritten] Item [pre-1870]
B2014-0037/002(08) Obverse: Side view of nesting screen (doors closed), mounted on a mobile wall; photo taken on Observatory grounds; Reverse: "61" [handwritten] Item [pre-1878]
B2014-0037/002(09) Obverse: Thermometers in nesting screen, doors open: [on left] self-registering thermometers made by Negretti and Zambra, London; at top is a minimum thermometer, at bottom a maximum thermometer; [on right] psychrometer, composed of dry bulb and wet bulb thermometers, ,made by James J. Hicks, London; photo taken on Observatory grounds; Reverse: "62" [handwritten] Item [pre-1878]
B2014-0037/002(10) Obverse: Side view of thermometers, mounted in Stevenson screen, doors open photo taken on Observatory grounds; Reverse: "63" [handwritten] Item [pre-1878]
B2014-0037/002(11) Obverse: Four-cup hemispherical cup anemometer, sitting on table outdoors; photo taken on Observatory grounds; Reverse: "64" [handwritten] Item [pre-1878]
B2014-0037/002(12) Obverse: Windmill vane anemometer, sitting on same table as (11); photo taken on Observatory grounds. It was manufactured in 1876 and is now housed in the Canada Science and Technology Museum in Ottawa.; Reverse: "66" [handwritten] Item [1877?]
B2014-0037/002(14) Obverse: Image of a woman on horseback and a woman in a carriage in front of a house. Reverse: "45" [handwritten]; Donor’s note: "Home of Jas K. Kerr Q.C. 1888-1916, Poplar Plains Rd. Previously William McMaster 1860+" Item [1875?]
B2014-0037/002(15) Obverse: Mansion with a circular drive. Reverse: "46" [handwritten] Item [1873?]
B2014-0037/002(16) Obverse: George Brown’s house at Beverley and Baldwin Streets.; Reverse: "47" [handwritten] Item [1875-1876?]
B2014-0037/002(17) Obverse: "Allen Gardens 1875 (Fire 1902)" [donor’s note] Reverse: "Horticultural Gardens" [handwritten] ; "53" [handwritten] Item 1875
B2014-0037/002(18) "Allen Gardens 1875 (Fire 1902)" [donor’s note]; Reverse: "54" [handwritten] Item 1875-1876
B2014-0037/002(19) Obverse: "Glimpses of Toronto" [series]; image of Toronto street, with house and picket fence, with water sprayer. Reverse: "6" [handwritten] Item [ca. 1880]
B2014-0037/002(20) Obverse: "Post Office Toronto. W. Oakley photo" [handwriting] ; [donor’s note] "Demolished 1872, 8H Post Office Toronto - looking N" Item [ca. 1872]
B2014-0037/002(21) Obverse: "Ontario Parliament Buildings, Toronto, Canada" Item [189-?]
B2014-0037/002(22) Obverse: "Crowds at the Royal Military Review, Duke of York’s Reception, Toronto, Canada. Sun Sculpture Works and Studios, Copyright 1901 by Underwood & Underwood" Item 1901
B2014-0037/002(23) Obverse: "Lunatic Asylum, Toronto."; Donor’s note: "John Howard design, 100 Queen W. Built 1850? Wings added 1860?" Item 1873
B2014-0037/002(24) Obverse: "Metropolitan Methodist Church and St. Michaels Cathedral, Toronto, Ont."; Reverse: No. "9" pencilled in Item n.d.
B2014-0037/002(25) Reverse: "Yonge Street Dock. Toronto, Ont."; Donor’s note: "Belonged to H. Langton, geographer [sic, librarian]." Item n.d.
B2014-0037/002(26) Cemetery (no caption). Reverse: [faint handwriting] "Brockville Cemetery"; Donor’s note: "Probably Toronto, in Colorado [?] ; Acropolis looking across Don?"; "28" [handwritten] Item n.d.
B2014-0037/002(27) COPY Obverse: "784. [Old] Union Station." Item n.d.
B2014-0037/002(28) Reverse: Original printed label, "No. 36513. Niagara in Winter, Icicles below Terrapin Tower" Item [after 1860]
B2014-0037/002(29) Obverse: "3880. Great Ice Mountain, Niagara" [original] Item n.d.
B2014-0037/002(30) Reverse: "No. 70. Niagara. The Horse Shoe Fall from Goat Island" [original printed label] Item [1859?]
B2014-0037/002(31) Reverse: "No. 164. Terrapin Tower and Horse Shoe Fall from Goat Island" [original printed label] [donor’s note] "Terrapin Tower for visit of Prince Arthur 1860+" Item 1859
B2014-0037/002(32) Reverse: "Niagara in Winter. No. 6060. Ice jam on the rapids." [original printed label] Item [186-?]
B2014-0037/002(33) Obverse: "Niagara Falls, Canada. General View from Convent.—No. 113." Item [after 1860]
B2014-0037/002(34) Obverse: "Lunar Tree—No. 445" ; "Niagara Scenery / Niagara Falls Canada." Reverse: "G.R. 15/2/75" [handwritten] Item 1875
B2014-0037/002(35) Obverse: Whirlpool Rapids below the Falls with the suspension bridge in background [bridge opened in 1855 and was replaced in 1897]; Reverse: "36" [handwritten] Item [between 1855 and 1897]
B2014-0037/002(36) Obverse: "198 General View, Victoria Point."; Reverse: "40" [handwritten]; Donor’s note: "Sir D.W. Wilson visited after his train crash in 1855 [sic, 1853]+ afterwards" Item [after 1873]
B2014-0037/002(37) Obverse: "473 Interior of Cave of the Winds, Niagara Falls"; Reverse: "77" [handwritten] Item [after 1873]
B2014-0037/002(38) Obverse: "508 In front of American Falls Niagara" Reverse: "79" [handwritten] Item [after 1873]
B2014-0037/002(39) Obverse: "440 Luna Island Scenery, Niagara Falls." Reverse: "88" [handwritten] Item [after 1873]
B2014-0037/002(40) Obverse: "173, Side View of Old Susp. Bridge, Niagara N.Y.; Reverse: "$8.00" pencilled in Item n.d.
B2014-0037/002(41) Obverse: "703.Horse Shoe Falls & Sister Islands, Niagara, N.Y."; Obverse: "No 108" [appears to be same handwriting as bolded numbers] "M.N.H" [handwritten] Item n.d.
B2014-0037/002(42) Obverse: "889 American Falls and Village of Niagara Falls"; Reverse: "89" [handwritten] Item [188-?]
B2014-0037/002(43) Obverse: "96—Luna Island Scenery—Winter—Niagara."; Obverse: "No. 105" [appears to be same handwriting as bolded numbers] Item [188-?]
B2014-0037/002(44) Reverse "Imperial views by George Barker"; "899 Scenery near Streets Island—Niagara" Item [188-?]
B2014-0037/002(45) Obverse: "Imperial views by George Barker"; "979 Below Table Rock—Winter—1875" Item 1875
B2014-0037/002(46) Obverse: "Imperial views by George Barker"; "Winter Wonders of 1875—Ice Arch in Prospect Park" Item 1875
B2014-0037/002(47) Obverse: "Imperial views by George Barker"; "940 Winter Wonders Prospect Park—Niagara Feb—1875" Item 1875
B2014-0037/002(48) Obverse: Imperial views by George Barker"; "801 Great Ice Bridge—Niagara" Item [1875?]
B2014-0037/002(49) Obverse: Imperial views by George Barker"; "865 Sunshine and Shadow—Luna Island—Niagara" Item [1875?]