File consists of silver gelatin prints and one sample print on "velox" paper pasted onto grey album leaves. Many of the prints are accompanied by captions. Images show scenes in various communities in southern Ontario and one domestic scene in Winnipeg, including: operations at the MacPherson Fruit Company in London; the Thames River near Woodstock; Robert Ross Scott, secretary-treasurer of the MacPherson Fruit Company, in his office; moonlight on Lake Ontario; a view of London showing the power houses and Grand Trunk Railway bridge; the Thames River in winter; Springbank; Mountain Road in Hamilton; sledding during winter in High Park; King Street bridge in London; York County bathing beach; the Pere Marquette locomotive at Port Stanley; interior of a house on Roslyn Road in Winnipeg; Annie Pixley's mausoleum, "Woodland," in London; the steamship "Melbourne" at Port Stanley; the Custom House in London, decorated for the Old Boys Reunion in 1905; interior of the gymnasium at the London Collegiate Institute; a backyard rink in 1904-05; the Grand Trunk Railway station platform in London; a survey party of the Canadian Pacific Railway; Byron Dam, London; damage to rail cars at Caledon; the old church at Niagara-on-the-Lake; Fort Mississauga, Niagara; the Culinary Department, Becher Street house; a man standing with a horse-drawn carriage and barrels in an Ontario orchard; and various individuals identified only by their initials.
Railways
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File consists of 48 silver gelatin prints mounted onto stiff white leaves with another 7 prints loosely inserted. Several of the mounted prints have captions and most of the people in the loose prints are identified. The first page of the album bears the inscription, "A.M.M.C., from W.M.W. June, 1906." The photographs show construction of the C.P.R.'s rail line near Wolseley and Grenfell, Saskatchewan, including: group images of the construction crew; views of the camp in summer and winter; railway tracks and bridges under construction; surveyors with their equipment; railway stations and streets in Wolseley and other towns; a grain elevator; a view of Quebec City and the Chateau de Frontenac hotel; a paddle steamer (possibly on the St. Lawrence River); and a passenger car of the Gatineau Railway.