The albumen photographs are c.1885, approx. 18x24.5 cm. (7x9¾"), on both sides of leaves removed from an album, most with pencil captions on mounts, some captioned in negative. The phtos of prairie provinces are 10.5x15.5 cm. (4¼x6¼), captioned, dated & with imprint of Minnesota Editors in the negatives.

The Vancouver photographs include "Canadian Pacific Railway. Arrival of the First Through Train at the Seaboard of British Columbia, July 4th, 1886"; "Esquimalt, Vict." (a small town with Church on the water); an Indian village in the mountains between a river and a railroad; "Real Estate Office in Big Tree" - sign on tree reads "Vancouver Lots for Sale"; "Vancouver Looking N.W."; "Vancouver after fire"; "Departure Bay"; "Indian Camp, Nicola Valley"; etc. The photos of prairie provinces include Saskatoon, Prince Albert, Winnipeg, Moose Jaw, Medicine Hat, etc.