This is a solar print enhanced with graphite and /or crayon. This type of work was done between the 1860's to the 1930's. The portrait is of a man about 20 - 30 years old, wearing a dark colored suit. He has a very long dark bear and mustache.
This black and white solar photograph is a portrait of Walter B. McLaughlin(1829-1906) as a middle aged man with short trimmed hair and a handle bar mustache. He is wearing a light colored suit jacket and a stripped tie. The solar print has been enhanced with charcoal or pencil to sharpen the image. The frame is very elaborate and made of many layers of frames. The matting has water damage but the image does not appear to be damaged.
This object is an enlarged sepia photo of the northern shoreline on Grand Manan Island, NB. The image shows a man standing on a point of land and a dory on the rocks near him. He is standing at the base of the rock formation called "Seven Days Work". In the background, you can see "Ashburton Head" and "Buttermilk Rock".
This object is an enlarged sepia photo of the southern shoreline of Grand Manan Island, NB. The image shows a man standing on top of the 300+ foot cliff. From the angle of the photo, the photographer would have been half way down the cliff on the next peninsula. There is a beach at the bottom of the cliffs with the edge of the water being foamy from crashing on the rocks. Printed in the bottom left corner of the photo is "Copyrighted 1889, H.G. Peabody, Boston".
This item is a class photo of the McGill Medical Class of 1898. Each student is dressed in their gown. The individual images are in a small oval with their name below their photo. There re 3 photos of buildings inset among the people images - The Medical Building, the Montreal General Hospital, and the Royal Victoria Hospital. There is a wide mat inside the glass. The dark wood frame has carved molding son the inside edge and the outer edge. Dr. J. F. Macaulay, who was a Doctor on Grand Manan, is in this class.
This item is a framed enlarged photograph of an unknown man. The image is black and white with a green fiber matte. The matte has water stains on the lower quarter of the matting. The frame is painted a pale green. There are thin boards like lathes for the backing. Between the cracks in the boards there is newspaper visible with a Feb 1902 date for an upcoming event, leading estimate age of photo as ca 1900.