• Seneca Ray Stoddard (photographer)
• Purviance (photographer)
• Unknown (photographer)
• Henderson (photographer)
• William Gray (photographer)
• William Notman (photographer)
• Francis Frith & Co. (publisher)

Album of views of urban centres in New York, Washington, D.C., Massachusetts, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Ontario and Québec and scenic views of the Adirondack Mountains, Niagara River and Falls, Rideau Falls and Montmorency Falls, United States and Canada

1863 - ca. 1887

- Album PH1984:0038:001-045 comprises twenty-three views of the United States, including: seven views of the Adirondack Mountains in New York; six views of New York City; four views of Washington, D.C.; and two views each of Boston, Massachusetts, Chicago, Illinois, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. There are thirteen views of Canada, including six views of Ottawa, Ontario; one view of Toronto, Ontario; three views of Montréal, Québec; and one view each of Québec City and Beauport in Québec. There are eight views of Niagara Falls, including: seven views of the American side and one view of the Canadian side. There is one view of the Niagara River, the Canada - United States border between western New York and southern Ontario.

Albumen silver prints

album (closed): 36,6 x 29,4 x 3 cm comp. (smallest): 6,2 x 19,2 cm comp. (largest): 6,2 x 26,2 cm sheet (smallest): 6,8 x 19,9 cm sheet (largest): 6,9 x 24,8 cm secondary support (each): 26,4 x 35,5 cm

PH1984:0038:001-045

• distant view
• exterior views

- Contemporary binding consists of white tape binding, green sand grained cloth-covered boards, a black leather spine and corners with gold trim and textured endpapers. There are 22 cream-coloured wove cardboard pages with gilt edging.

numbered and inscribed - by unknown hands, in graphite, on the first page, u.l.: "683|MXX|"; u.l. to u.r.: "[45 Views of the U.S. & Canada / by various [illeg.] [illeg.], Frith, Henderson, Notman, S]toddard etc." [text in square brackets partially erased]; u.l.: "[pound symbol]225"; and u.c.: with title and "by Henderson, Notman, Stoddard etc" stamped - on PH1984:0038:006 - PH1984:0038:008, blind embossed on the image, l.l. or l.r.: "Notman [space] Montreal [sic]" stamped - on PH1984:0038:028 - PH1984:0038:029, blind embossed on the image, l.l.: "FRITH'S / SERIES" stamped - on PH1984:0038:042, blind embossed, on the image, l.r.: "W. Gray / N.Y." [within an oval] signed ? - on PH1984:0038:036, by the photographer ? in pen and black ink, in the negative, l.r.: "Stoddard" signed ? - on PH1984:0038:031, by the photographer ? in pen and black ink, in the negative, l.l.: "[illeg.]" [cropped] labelled, numbered and imprinted - on PH1984:0038:033 and PH1984:0038:035, the following on PH1984:0038:033 being typical, in typescript, on labels attached to the negative, l.l.: "327. Lake George from Hulett's Hill, Dresden."; and l.r.: "Stoddard, Photo." labelled, numbered and imprinted - on PH1984:0038:038, in typescript, on a label attached to the negative, l.l.: "26. POST OFFICE, NEW YORK. / PURVIANCE PHOTO NEW YORK." inscribed - on PH1984:0038:011, by an unknown hand, in pen and black ink, in the negative, l.l.: "[illeg.]LEY PH[OTO]" inscribed - on some of the photographs, the following on PH1984:0038:006 being typical, by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the secondary support, l.l.: "Notman" and an arrow [this inscription also includes numbering on some photographs] labelled, numbered and imprinted - on some of the photographs, the following on PH1984:0038:001 being typical, in typescript, on labels attached to the negative, l.l.: "1287-LOWER TOWN QUEBEC"; and l.r.: "SIZE 63" labelled and imprinted - on all of the photographs, in typescript, on a paper label attached to the secondary support, l.c.: with title [double black line over and under text] numbered - on some of the photographs, by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the secondary support, l.r. or u.r.: with a number [most sideways, one diagonally]

Adirondack Mountains; New York; United States;

• architecture
• engineering
• military
• sculpture
• topographic
• urban planning

• government office buildings
• entrances
• fences
• fountains
• stairs
• chimneys (architectural elements)
• houses
• figures (representations)
• windows
• parapets
• apartment houses
• cresting
• stores
• balconies
• street lighting units
• railing
• statues
• domes
• obelisk
• library (building)
• artificial lake
• evergreens
• full-rigged ships
• rivers
• ships
• spires
• terraces
• towers (building divisions)
• carts
• capitols
• canal
• bridges (built works)
• buildings
• streets
• mansions
• islands
• square (open space)
• columns (architectural elements)
• church towers
• churches
• mountains
• monuments
• identification signs
• cargo vessels
• warehouses
• pediments
• row houses
• restaurant
• outbuildings
• hotels (public accomodations)
• lakes
• office buildings
• grocery store
• steeples
• libraries (rooms)
• intersection
• cliffs
• clock tower
• semicircular arches
• citadel
• gorge (landform)
• rapids
• religious buildings
• arched windows
• cupolas
• ferry
• driveway
• lumberyard
• ports
• municipal building
• finials
• waterfalls
• cantilever bridge
• porticos
• public buildings
• universities
• observatories
• cityscape
• colleges
• rail fences
• townscape (built environment)
• corporate headquarters
• dormers
• commercial buildings
• Corinthian order columns (architectural elements)
• streetcar tracks
• awnings
• gazebo
• dockyard
• post offices
• streetcars
• parks (recreation areas)
• clothing stores
• Doric order columns (architectural elements)
• multistory buildings
• lawn
• avenue
• resort
• campus
• mercantile buildings
• urban landscapes
• musical instrument store
• docks
• steamboats
• Ionic order pilasters
• pedestrian mall
• Ionic order columns (architectural elements)
• trains (vehicle groupings)
• quarters
• overlook
• sawmill
• parliament buildings
• locks (hydraulic structures)
• Doric order pilasters
• elevated railroads
• historic monument
• community centres
• factory (structure)
• roof-tops
• streetscapes
• terrace walls
• suspension bridges

Contains:

• PH1984:0038:001, View of the Port of Québec from Terrasse Dufferin showing the quartier du Petit-Champlain, Québec, ca. 1887
• PH1984:0038:002, View of Québec City from Pointe-Lévis showing sailing ships and steamboats and the Citadelle in the background, Canada (now Montréal, Québec, Canada), 1865
• PH1984:0038:003, View of Montmorency Falls with Haldimand House (now the Maison Montmorency) on the far left, Beauport, Québec, 1863 - ca. 1887
• PH1984:0038:004, View of Montréal from a tower of Basilique Notre-Dame showing the port and Île Sainte-Hélène in the background, Québec, 1863
• PH1984:0038:005, View of Victoria Square showing the monument to Queen Victoria with the old YMCA Headquarters in the background, Montréal, Québec, between 1874 and 1877
• PH1984:0038:006, View of Montréal from Mount Royal showing Victoria Bridge in the background, Québec, 1863 - ca. 1887
• PH1984:0038:007, View of Rideau Falls showing a lumberyard with the Parliament Buildings in the background, Ottawa, Ontario, 1863 - ca. 1887
• PH1984:0038:008, View of Ottawa from a tower of the Centre Block (now rebuilt) of the Parliament Buildings looking northwest over the Ottawa River, Ontario, 1863 - ca. 1887
• PH1984:0038:009, View of Rideau Falls from below, Ottawa, Ontario, 1863 - ca. 1887
• PH1984:0038:010, View of the Ottawa River showing the entrance to the Rideau Canal under repair on the left and the Parliament Buildings in the background, Ottawa, Ontario, ca. 1880
• PH1984:0038:011, View of the principal and lateral façades of the Centre Block (now rebuilt) of the Parliament Buildings from the southeast, Ottawa, Ontario, 1863 - ca. 1887
• PH1984:0038:012, View of Chaudière Falls, Ottawa, Ontario, 1863 - ca. 1887
• PH1984:0038:013, View of the principal façade of University College, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, 1863 - ca. 1887
• PH1984:0038:014, View of Luna Falls (also known as Bridal Veil Falls) from the Cave of the Winds with the American Falls in the background, Niagara Falls, New York, ca. 1870
• PH1984:0038:015, View of Niagara Falls showing the Shadow of the Rock Observatory and access stairs and the Maid of the Mist Ferry and dock in the foreground with the American Falls on the left and Horseshoe Falls in the background, New York, 1863 - ca. 1887
• PH1984:0038:016, View of Niagara Falls showing Prospect Point and the American Falls on the left and Horseshoe Falls and the Table Rock Hotel in the background, New York and Ontario, 1863 - ca. 1887
• PH1984:0038:017, View of Luna Falls (also known as Bridal Veil Falls) and the American Falls from Goat Island showing the Cave of the Winds in the left foreground and Prospect Point and the suspension bridge in the left background, New York, 1863 - ca. 1887
• PH1984:0038:018, View of Horseshoe Falls from Goat Island with Terrapin Bridge on the left, Niagara Falls, New York, 1863 - ca. 1887
• PH1984:0038:019, View of Horseshoe Falls from below Table Rock, Niagara Falls, Ontario, 1863 - ca. 1887
• PH1984:0038:020, View of the Niagara River gorge with rapids in the foreground, New York and Ontario, 1863 - ca. 1887
• PH1984:0038:021, View of the Whirlpool Rapids on the Niagara River with the cantilever bridge in the background, Niagara Falls, New York, ca. 1886
• PH1984:0038:022, View of the principal and lateral façades of the main [?] Post Office (now demolished), Chicago, Illinois, 1863 - ca. 1887
• PH1984:0038:023, View of State and Adams Streets [?] showing commericial buildings with the W.W. Kimball musical instrument store on the right, Chicago, Illinois, 1863 - ca. 1887
• PH1984:0038:024, View of the principal façade of the Capitol, Washington, D.C., 1863 - ca. 1887
• PH1984:0038:025, View of Pennsylvania Avenue from the roof [?] of the White House with the Capitol in the background, Washington, D.C., 1863 - ca. 1887
• PH1984:0038:026, Distant view of the Washington Monument, Washington, D.C., 1863 - ca. 1887
• PH1984:0038:027, View of the principal façade and portico of the White House, Washington, D.C., 1863 - ca. 1887
• PH1984:0038:028, View of the principal façade of Independence Hall with a statue of George Washington in the foreground, Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1863 - ca. 1887
• PH1984:0038:029, View of the principal façade of Girard College, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1863 - ca. 1887
• PH1984:0038:030, View of Boston from the cupola of the New State House (also known as the Massachusetts State House) showing Boston Common and the Public Garden at center left and the Charles River in the right background, Massachusetts, 1863 - ca. 1887
• PH1984:0038:031, View of Boston Common [?] showing a fountain in the foreground and the New State House (also known as the Massachusetts State House) in the background, Massachusetts, 1863 - ca. 1887
• PH1984:0038:032, View of Lake George showing the Narrows from Fourteenmile Island, Adirondack Mountains, New York, 1863 - ca. 1887
• PH1984:0038:033, View of Dresden from Hulett's Hill with Lake George in the background, Adirondack Mountains, New York, 1863 - ca. 1887
• PH1984:0038:034, View of Ausable Chasm, Adirondack Mountains, New York, ca. 1880 - ca. 1886
• PH1984:0038:035, View of the Grand Flume from the Narrows, Ausable Chasm, Adirondack Mountains, New York, 1863 - ca. 1887
• PH1984:0038:036, View of Ausable Chasm, Adirondack Mountains, New York, 1863 - ca. 1887
• PH1984:0038:037, View of rapids in Ausable Chasm, Adirondack Mountains, New York, 1863 - ca. 1887
• PH1984:0038:038, View of the main [?] Post Office (now demolished), New York City, New York, 1863 - ca. 1887
• PH1984:0038:039, View of Brooklyn Bridge, New York City, New York, 1863 - ca. 1887
• PH1984:0038:040, View of Broadway showing commercial buildings, including 600 Broadway in the right foreground, New York City, New York, 1863 - ca. 1887
• PH1984:0038:041, View of Broadway from John Street [?] looking southwest [?], New York City, New York, 1863 - ca. 1887
• PH1984:0038:042, View of elevated trains at The Bowery [street] from Canal Street, New York City, New York, 1863 - ca. 1887
• PH1984:0038:043, View of Fifth Avenue showing apartment houses and churches, New York City, New York, 1863 - ca. 1887
• PH1984:0038:044, View of Sugarloaf Mountain with the Hudson River in the foreground, Adirondack Mountains, New York, 1863 - ca. 1887
• PH1984:0038:045, View of the American Falls from the Shadow of the Rock showing the Observatory and access stairs buried under snow, Niagara Falls, New York, 1863 - ca. 1887