Item is a reproduced map showing towns, rivers, lakes, and township divisions of the Eastern Townships from about the 1830s. Also included are two tables of distances.
Photograph of the "Marriage of General Tom Thumb" by Matthew B. Brady, New York. In the photograph you can see Charles Stratton, Lavinia Warren, Minnie Warren and George Washington Morris Nutt, all posing in studio decor. They were all entertainers for P.T. Barnum. Charles Stratton (1838-1883), known as General Tom Thumb, eventually married Lavinia Warren in 1863. There is a postage stamp at the back as well as "With compliments" signatures from all four persons.
Photograph of the "Lilliputian Card Party" by Matthew B. Brady, New York. In the photograph you can see Charles Stratton, Lavinia Warren, Minnie Warren and George Washington Morris Nutt, all posing in studio decor, playing cards around a table. They were all entertainers for P.T. Barnum. Charles Stratton (1838-1883), known as General Tom Thumb, eventually married Lavinia Warren in 1863. There is a postage stamp at the back as well as "With compliments" signatures from all four persons.
Portrait of Alfred Archibald Douglas as a young child with hat, taken by an unidentified photographer. There is an inscription on the back: 'Harold Farrar [?]".
The item is a photograph of John and Emma Ord and family of Brookbury. Most of the subjects in the picture were identified by a descendent of George (Gerry) Ord as follows, back row: Emma Torkelson Ord (mother of the children on the bench), John (Jack) Ord (father of children on the bench), unknown Ord family member. Front row: young boy with bicycle, unknown, Isaac Bartlett, (seated) 5 children on the bench: George (Gerry), Pansy, Henry (Harry), Annie (Lena) and Mary Annie (Mammie), Mary Ann Everett Bartlett (seated), young boy with bicycle, unknown.
Print of a black and white dog holding a basket with a book that reads "Thankful for any Contribution". Print possibly "glued' on a carte de visite from E.H. Taber.
Partly colourized portrait of Eli Hoskins Taber as a young man, seated in studio decor, taken by Abner Bedee Taber or E.H. Taber, 24 Great St. James Street, Montreal. This could potentially be a self-portrait.