The collection consists of a number of tintypes and other photographs collected by Herman Balesic over the years. The hand-tinted tintype portraits were mainly taken by J.D. Wallis, melainotype artist, who had an office on Market Square in Kingston, Ontario. The other portraits are examples of the work of other local photographers such as Spohn, Bell, Abbott and Sheldon and Davis.
The collection consists of postcards depicting scenes in Kingston, Napanee, Belleville, Brockville, Prescott and the Thousand Islands, as well as digital images of photographs of the Tannery staff, 1938, and the Kingston Penitentiary staff, ca. 1955.
Fonds consists of a photo album of their time at Queen's, and especially Barbara Lemoine's time, as a nurse at Kingston General Hospital and subsequent nursing reunions.
The collection consists of both Leal's own photographs and those he collected. There is a large number of portrait photographs which are arranged by surname but are undated. There are also a number of personal photographs which are listed by date (1937-1953) and topic and include such subject matter as the royal visit of King George to Kingston in 1939, some World War II activities, social events of the Canadian Locomotive company as well as collected photographs of air races, 1928-1930. There are also a number of commercial business photographs.
Fonds consists of approximately 20,000 negatives documenting events and people in Kingston and district during the period from the late 1940's to the early 1960's. The fonds has very large sections devoted to Queen's University, Canadian Industries Limited, Fort Henry, and military establishments in Kingston. Also many significant national and international new events are covered.
The fonds consists of photographs taken by Hazelgrove depicting limestone buildings in Kingston and the surrounding area. Includes a finding aid and map, which lists the location of each building.
Close up view of lady riding on elephant. Back of elephant is covered with a cloth advertising perfums, toilet soaps and dentifrices. They are passing in front of R.M.Horsey & Co. (stoves & tinware), 189 Princess St.
The fonds consists of correspondence, manuscripts, typescripts, galley proofs, author files, financial and other business records. Author files deal with all aspects inherent within the publication of that author's manuscript. The reseacher is able to trace the development and the forces that come to bear upon the publication, from the initial submission of a manuscript to the ultimate printing and sale of that manuscript. Manuscripts, typescripts, galley proofs and press proofs of most published manuscripts are included in the fonds.