Item is a photograph of King Street. It shows the Arch of Welcome to Portsmouth on King Street at the Penitentiary. Erected in 1879 in honour of the visit of the Governor-General the Marquis of Lorne and his wife Princess Louise. There is a horse drawn streetcar in the foreground.
Item is a photograph of an angled view of the hospital inscribed 'The building in which Lord Sydenham held the first Parliament of United Canada, now the main wing of the Kingston General Hospital'.
Item is a photograph of a view of Kingston from Fort Henry. Photo shows man, woman and child sitting on the hill and a dirt road with the old bridge to Kingston.
Item is a photograph of King Street. It is a view looking north along King Street from north of Earl Street. To the right is the edge of former town property of J.S. Cartwright; next is the Bank of Montreal which later became the Frontenac Club; then the Commercial Bank (which is now Empire Life Building). In the distance is the clock tower of the King Street wing of City Hall which burned in 1865. At the far left of the photograph is Saint Georges' steeple and 224-226 King Street E.
Three pages of albumen prints showing various views of Kingston including St. Georges Cathedral (exterior and interior), Kingston Mills locks and bridge, Shoal Tower, City Hall and skating rink and view of Kingston and RMC from Fort Henry.
Item is a photograph of a view of Kingston taken from atop City Hall, showing the British American Hotel at left, Clarence and King, Regiopolis at right; St. George's; Customs House, Post Office, King Street prior to 1868.
Item is a photograph of a view of the waterfront in front of City Hall showing the Market Battery and railway line. Also shows the S.S. Pierrepont on the water. Note the artificers' cottages.
