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Item is an decorated oval electro-steel engraved portrait of Zachary Taylor, the 12th president of the United States, 1849-50 (b.1784-d.1850). On top of the portrait is a repsentation of Taylor's hmilitary hat, saber and gloves over a book and some paper. BElow the iage is a repsentation of a battelfield scene with "Okee-cho-hee Decr. 25th, 1837 below it identifing the battle. The engraving is by T. W. Hunt from a Drawing by Brady.

Engraved image of Thomas Stanley Barber, died 1899, British landscape artist. On stone by S. Rayner from a sketch by O. Oakley.

Item is an electro-steel engraved image of Thomas Clarkson, born 1760 - died 1846, English abolitionist and lead campaigner against the slave-trade in the British Empire. He helped found the Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade and helped pass the Slave Trade Act of 1807, which ended the British slave trade. Engraved by J. Cochran from a painting by S. Lane. Published by Fisher, Son & Co. (London & Paris).

Item is an electro-steel engraving of Henry Cooke, born 1788 - died 1868, Irish presbyterian leader.

Item is an electro-steel engraving of Henry Dixon, writer and lawyer engraved by J.H. Baker from a photograph by Appleton &Co. Includes print of handwritten salutation and signature.

Item is an albumen photograph taken by Dr. R. Bell in 1878. It shows the gardren and storehouse at York Factory. It is marked with a number 22 in the bottom left corner. Bears the stamp of Sir Sandford Fleming.

Item is a half tone magazine print of a York boat from Lesser Slave River in Alberta

Item is an electro-steel engraved image of Julien Xavier Chabert, born 1792 - died 1859, French-US magician who performed feats of daring, skill, and deception using fire. He performed in France and London before moving to the United States to work as a pharmacist. In 1836 he was celebrated as a chemist and physician for aiding in the New York cholera outbreak of 1832-1834.

Item is an illustration of Wijk bij Duurstede (municipality and city in the central Netherlands). Painted by A. Rademaker. 1640

Item is a half-tone print from a magazine. It is a reproduction of a photograph showing Wycliffe College in Toronto.