Fonds consists of glassplate negatives depicting people and places in Kingston, Ontario; an album containing prints of various Kingston and area landmarks, including the interior and exterior of the Powell Studio, persons, and events.
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.