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2023.003.01a: Black and White Photograph
A square black and white photograph. The image shows an aerial shot of land and a waterfront. The waterfront and shore can be seen in the bottom right corner with a small strip of light coloured land along the waterfront. In the centre of the image is a large forested areas and a circular field. Above the circular field is a backwards “E” shape of buildings. Around the rest of the image is rectangular plots of land with buildings divided by roads. The photograph has a white border with scalloped edges around all four sides.

2023.003.01b: Black and White Photograph
A square black and white photograph. The image shows an aerial show of a body of water and a waterfront. The bottom third of the image is a strip of land with a curved waterfront with an intersection of a road seen. The horizontal road has multiple cars on. The rest of the image is a body of water. The water has three vertical objects in the water. The photograph has a white border with scalloped edges around all four sides.

2023.003.01c: Black and White Photograph
A square black and white photograph. The image shows an aerial shot of buildings and roads with a waterfront and body of water. The waterfront and water is at the top right corner. The rest of the image shows various buildings of various shapes divided into rectangular plots by roads. The photograph has a white border with scalloped edges around all four sides.

2023.003.01d: Black and White Photograph
A square sepia toned black and white photograph. The image shows a landscape shot of a grass lawn. The lawn has multiple trees throughout, some with small leaves and others are fir trees (on the right). In the lower third, off centre to the left, there is a small house like structure with a slanted roof. Behind the trees in the background, there are buildings. The image has a white border around all four sides.

2023.003.01e: Black and White Photograph
A square sepia toned black and white photograph. The image shows a landscape shot of a grassy lawn. The lawn in the foreground from middle to the bottom right corner has a gravel path with some large rocks. Beside the path on the left, there are three poles. Behind the poles and at the edge of the image on the right there are some fir trees. At the back there are some leafless trees. The image has a white border around all four sides.

2023.003.01f: Black and White Photograph
A square sepia toned black and white photograph. The image shows a landscape shot of a grassy lawn. Across the foreground of the image is a gravel path and with large rocks and small plants. Just behind the path off center to the right and at the left edge, there is a fir tree. Behind the fir trees, there are trees with small leaves. The image has a white border around all four sides.

2023.003.01g: Black and White Photograph
A horizontal rectangular black and white photograph. The image shows a man facing away from the camera walking in ankle deep snow. The man is wearing a dark sweater/coat and light coloured pants and boots. He is within a field covered in snow with some trees with no leaves. In the background there are some brick buildings.

2023.003.01h: Black and White Photograph
A square sepia toned black and white photograph. The image shows a landscape shot of a grassy lawn with some leafed trees in the background and a clear sky. The image has a white border around all four sides.

2023.003.01i: Black and White Photograph
A square sepia toned black and white photograph. The image shows a landscape shot of a tree with no leaves in the foreground on the right. Behind the tree is a grass lawn with the shadow of the foreground tree. To the left of the shadow is a path lined by more trees. The image has a white border around all four sides.

2023.003.01j: Black and White Photograph
A horizontal rectangular black and white photograph. The image shows a man walking along the edge of a body of water. The water is on the right side with a white shoreline edge on the left of the water. The man is facing away from the camera and is wearing light coloured pants and a dark coloured sweater. He is standing on a rocky piece of land which extends along the shoreline for much of the photo. At the right edge, there is a gazebo partially seen with square pillars and an overhang. In the background behind the rocky land is a patch of grass with a white building surrounded by trees. The top half of the image is a cloudy sky. The image has a white border around all four sides.

2023.003.01k: Black and White Photograph
A vertical rectangular black and white photograph. The image shows a landscape shot of a grassy lawn and a body of water. The body of water is on the right side of the image surrounded by a shoreline. In the background, the shoreline is quite slanted and rocky. In the foreground, the shoreline appears as it is a grassy field with small white flowers. Along the left side of the image, there are large leafed trees. The top half of the image is a clear sky. The image has a very thin white border around all four sides.

2023.003.01l: Black and White Photograph
A square sepia toned black and white photograph. The image shows a grassy field and some buildings. The bottom half of the image shows a grassy field with a thin dirt path leading from the bottom right cover to the background. In the middle centre of the image there is a gazebo with some pillars and a pyramid like roof with a leafless tree to the right. Behind the front gazebo, there is another similar gazebo and a brick building with a large vertical chimney with smoke being emitted. Along the left side of the lawn is a line of small trees. The top half of the image is a clear sky. The image has a white border around all four sides.

2023.003.01m: Black and White Photograph
A square black and white photograph. The image shows a landscape shot of a shoreline. The water is on the left and has a curved shoreline. On the right, is a grassy lawn shore in the foreground and a beach-like shore in the background. The foreground lawn has a partially visible gazebo at the bottom right corner with a rectangular cement base, some pillars, and an overhang roof. In the background, directly behind the front gazebo is another gazebo with pillars and a pyramid-like roof. To the right of the beach-like shoreline is a clump of trees. The top half of the image is a cloudy sky. The image has a white border around all four sides.

2023.003.01n: Black and White Photograph
A square black and white photograph. The image shows a man emerging from a body of water. The water is on the left and across background of the image. The man is shirtless but wear a pair of shorts. He is emerging from the water onto a concrete platform. The platform has a pole at the left far corner. The top of the image is a white sky. The photograph has a white border with scalloped edges around all four sides.

2023.003.01o: Black and White Photograph
A horizontal rectangular black and white photograph. The image shows a man standing in a grassy field taking a photograph. He is wearing light coloured pants with a black belt, and a black sweater while his hands are in front of his face holding a camera. On the left and right of the man and field are a line of fir trees with a stone bridge with a bottom arch in the middle of the trees. Behind the trees on the right is a slight hill and some leafless trees. Behind the trees is a building. The top of the image is a partly cloudy sky. The image has a white border around all four sides.

2023.003.01p: Black and White Photograph
A square black and white photograph. The image shows a landscape show of a grassy field surrounded by trees on all sides. Above the trees is a cloudy sky. The image has a white border around all four sides.

2023.003.01q: Black and White Photograph
A square sepia toned black and white photograph. The image shows a landscape shot of a grassy lawn filling up most of the image. The top half of the image has a line of fir trees with some leafless trees behind. Behind the trees is a clear sky. The image has a white border around all four sides.

2023.003.01r: Black and White Photograph
A square sepia toned black and white photograph. The image shows a landscape shot of a grassy lawn filling up most of the image. The lawn on the left and right is bordered by fir trees. In the middle centre, there is a slight hill with a bridge to the left. Behind the hill and bridge are leafless trees. Behind the trees in the top half of image is a sky with a few clouds and a black bird in the centre. The image has a white border around all four sides.

2023.003.01s: Black and White Photograph
A square sepia toned black and white photograph. The image shows a landscape shot of a grassy lawn on the bottom half of the image. On the left and right of the lawn, there are fir trees. To the back of the lawn there is a bridge with an arch at the bottom. Behind the bridge, some trees can be seen, some with small leaves, some leafless. Behind the tress is a partly cloudy sky. The image has a white border around all four sides.

2023.003.01t: Black and White Photograph
A vertical rectangular black and white photograph. The image shows a brick building. The building is three-storeys tall. The bottom storey has a veranda white pillars around the outside with a overhang shingled roof. There are two sets of white stairs on either side of the image from the veranda. Over the stairs on the left edge, there is a white triangle detail with black floral details. The building on the left side on the second storey has vines above the farrest left window. On the third storey, there is a large steeple on the right. To the right of the building some trees can be seen. In front of the building is a grassy lawn. Behind the building is a clear sky.

2023.003.01u: Black and White Photograph
A horizontal rectangular black and white photograph. The image shows a man standing in front of a house. The man is facing towards the right edge of the page is in standing off centre to the left (which aligns with the left of the house) and is wearing a light coloured suit. He is standing in a grassy lawn. To the right of him is the house with a veranda with white pillars, white steps, and a shingled overhang roof. The house is partly surrounded by some plants on either side of the stairs. At the left edge of the image is a car on a road/driveway with a tree in front and behind it. The photograph has a white border around all four sides.

2023.003.01v: Black and White Photograph
A square sepia toned black and white photograph. The image shows a brick house. The house is on the left side of the image. The house is three storeys tall and appears to be made of brick. Throughout the first and second storey are vertical rectangular windows with a rounded top. The third storey has a triangular section with white siding and a rectangular window. The roof is slanted on either side with a chimney on the left side. The first floor has a veranda protruding from the front. In front of the veranda is a car and a grassy lawn. Behind the car and house are leafless trees and a clear sky. The image has a white border around all four sides.

2023.003.01w: Black and White Photograph
A square sepia toned black and white photograph. The image shows a brick three storey house. Around the bottom storey of the house is a veranda with white pillars and a shingled overhand roof. The second storey of the house has vertical rectangular windows with a rounded top throughout. Off centre to the left is a tower with a steepled top. Around the tower on the third stroey are triangular sections with a rectangular window. Beside the tower on the right is a brick chimney. In front of the house is a grassy lawn. To the left of the house, a tree is partially visible. Behind the house is a clear sky. The image has a white border around all four sides.

2023.003.01x: Black and White Photograph
A square sepia toned black and white photograph. The image shows a brick house. The house has three storeys. The first and second storeys have vertical rectangular windows with rounded tops and white frames. On the first floor is a protruding veranda with white pillars and a slanted shingled roof. The third storey is a triangular section with a rectangular white framed window. On the roof on the left is a brick chimney. On the right of the house is a tower with a steepled roof. In front of the house are plants, a car, and a grassy lawn. Behind the house is a clear sky. The image has a white border around all four sides.

2023.003.01y: Black and White Photograph
A square sepia toned black and white photograph. The image shows a grassy lawn bordered by trees. Behind the trees is a brick house has a veranda on the bottom with white pillars and a slanted overhang roof. The house has vertical rectangular windows with rounded tops on the first and second storeys. On the third storey there are triangular sections with rectangular windows. On the left side of the roof of the house there is a brick chimney. Behind the house is a clear sky. The image has a white border around all four sides.

2023.003.01z: Black and White Photograph
A square sepia toned black and white photograph. The image shows a grassy lawn with rows of leafless trees. Behind the trees, there is a building with a veranda and tower. Behind the house and trees is a clear sky. The image has a white border around all four sides.

2023.003.01aa: Black and White Photograph
A square black and white photograph. The image shows a woman wearing a vertically striped short sleeve dress with buttons down the front. Her hair is pulled back behind her head and is holding a plastic package in one hand and her other hand is holding a utensil to her mouth. Behind the woman is white wall with a large white sink and a brightly lit window. To the left of the woman is a white pole and the corner of a white stove. The photograph has a white border with scalloped edges around all four sides.

2023.003.01bb: Black and White Photograph
A square sepia toned black and white photograph. The image shows a woman wearing a long dark coloured dress and a white coat only buttoned at the neck overtop. One arm is visible and it is bent at the elbow slightly to put her hand in her pocket and a purse is held in the crook of her arm. Behind the woman is a brick wall with three white framed windows and a leafless tree. The image has a white border around all four sides.

2023.003.01cc: Black and White Photograph
A vertical rectangular black and white photograph. The image shows a woman wearing a patterned skit, a white jacket with her hands in the pockets, and black heeled leather shoes. She is standing on the steps of a building. The steps are white. Behind her on the right is a white column. In the background is a brick building with two doors mostly of glass and a semi-circle window above the doors.

2023.003.01dd: Colour Photograph
A horizontal rectangular black and white photograph. The image shows a woman wearing blue striped dress with short sleeves and is just past the knees with white buttons down the front and black strapped shoes. She is standing in a garden of multi-coloured flowers. Behind her is a green grass lawn, a dog, and trees. The corners of the photograph are rounded.

2023.003.0ee1: Black and White Photograph
A square black and white photograph. The photograph is a landscape shot displaying of the shoreline of a body of water. On the left, the water is seen with a strip of land into the water. On the right, there is the shore with a stripe of land or rocks followed by some trees and a grass lawn. In the grass on the left side of the image, there are two gazebos. The top half of the photo is a cloudy sky. There is a thin white border around all four sides.

2023.003.01ff: Black and White Photograph
A square black and white photograph. The photograph is a landscape shot displaying the shore of a body of water. The body of water can be see on the right with some sun reflecting off of it. On the left side, bordering the water is a path made of sand or rocks with some long grass and trees. The top half of the photo is a cloudy sky. There is a thin white border around all four sides.

2023.003.01gg: Black and White Photograph
A square black and white photograph. The photograph is a landscape shot displaying a body of water in the foreground. At the two bottom corners there are trees partially visible and the water is bordered by trees in the back. Above the trees is a partly cloudy sky. There is a thin white border around all four sides.

Front: Black and White photo of West Point Inn Restaurant, half-tone printed. The picture shows the street view of the restaurant (white building with black window overhangs, one storey) with seven cars parked in front of it. A blurred figure of a woman in a white dress is also seen crossing the parking lot at the left of the postcard. A white border surrounds the photograph with black text at the bottom.

Back: The back of the postcard is beige. The postcard is divided into almost two parts with a line dividing it vertically with a horizontal line at the top of the vertical. There is text on the left side of the divide and above the horizontal line. At the right corner, there is a rectangle with text.   

2015.001.02a: Door
Side one (display side): Green paint on wood with two long upper panes and two small lower panes. Opening in left side for doorknob fixture. The green paint is chipped to reveal brown on the upper right pane and the two lower panes. Number “4” written on the upper right pane. Green paint is chipped to reveal a pale green area covering about 1/5 of the upper left pane. Side two (non-display side): Light pink/white paint on wooden door. Mirror of side one with two long upper panes and two small lower panes. Paint is chipped on upper left pane to reveal white, blue and brown. Number “4” written on upper right pane. Paint is chipped to reveal white throughout the lower left pane.

2015.001.02b: Doorknob
Two cylinder gold pieces that tapers towards the opposite knob but then the base of the cylinder is larger. The two gold cylinders (knobs) are connected by two silver cylinders (one in the middle and one on one side of the middle one). Beside the middle silver connecting cylinder, there is another silver cylinder but is only attached to one of the gold pieces. The side silver cylinder connected to both pieces is smooth around on the side of knob but as it connects to the other, it has a spiral design engraved in. Between both knobs, there is a thicker silver cylinder at a ninety-degree to the smaller silver pieces. It has holes in it for the smaller cylinders to go through. At the end of the thicker cylinder, there is a metal rectangular piece, silver with rounded circles on one side, and green on the other. The green side has a rounded triangle prism attached.

2015.001.02c: Butt Hinge
Two metal rectangular pieces attached by alternating cylinder like rectangles. Each rectangle has four holes. On one side of the rectangles, the metal is gold for most of the area but where they meet in the middle is painted a light green. On one side corner, there are multiple lines of engraved text. On the other side of the rectangles, one piece is painted brown and the other is mostly white with some beige on the edge and where the two pieces meet is painted a light green.

2015.001.02d: Butt Hinge
Two metal rectangular pieces attached by alternating cylinder like rectangles. Each rectangle has four holes. On one side of the rectangles, the metal is gold for most of the area but where they meet in the middle is painted a light green. On the other side of the rectangles, one piece is painted brown and the other is mostly white with some beige on the edge and where the two pieces meet is painted a light green.

Front: The front image is captioned “Dutch Sisters Inn, Smorgasbord Lobby” and features a full color image. The image depicts an interior room with multiple surfaces offering food in a buffet style. In the front left, a small table holds several types of bread and a large bowl of what appears to be salad. Also on the left, towards the midground of the image is a similar table that holds a white, multi-tiered object that may be a Smörgåstårta (Swedish Sandwich Cake.) A longer counter on the right side of the image holds an assortment of meats and other unidentifiable food items. Towards the back is a counter that appears to hold a cash register, and through a doorway a dining room with several chairs can be seen. The floor is finished in muted red and black tiles, and much of the furniture and fixtures are made of light brown wood. The counter holding the meat is decorated with wallpaper featuring windmills.

Back: Divided back - dividing line is stylized, continuing horizontally towards the center of the postcard from the rectangle comprising the stamp box, and then slants diagonally downwards towards a point approximately two thirds of the way across the card, ending on the right hand side at the bottom. Text along the top of the card reads "DUTCH SISTERS INN, 227 LAKESHORE ROAD, HUMBER BAY, TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA MOTEL AND RESTAURANT." Below this reads "A GENUINE KODOCHROME REPRODUCTION." Alongside this block of text is "POST CARD CARTE POSTALE." At the bottom of the postcard is the branding: "THE PHOTOGELATINE ENGRAVING CO. LTD. TORONTO." All of the text and details are printed in blue ink.

Front: black and white image of a road and building. At the top of the image is a partly cloudy sky. On the left and right side of the image from the top to the road, there is a tree with leaves. In front the left tree, there is a black lamp post and in front of the right tree, there is a sign for the restaurant with its name on two poles. Between the trees is a large two-storey bricked building. The building has many windows with white frames. In the centre of the building, there is a door with a white overhang and three windows above. To the right of the centre, there is another door with a smaller overhang. To the right of the building, closer to the edge of the page, there is a car beside a wooden fence and another building can be seen behind the fence. To the left of the building, closer to the edge of the page, behind the lamppost is a car and behind the car is a gazebo like structure. In front of the main building, there is a horseshoe driveway and a front yard. On either side of the driveway entrances there are plants and on the right of the driveway there is a stone pillar. In front of the plants there is a sidewalk and a curb. The bottom of the page shows a road with two sets of streetcar tracks. The image is surrounded by a white border all of the way around. Within the border, there is text at the top and bottom.  

Back: There is a rectangle at the upper right corner with text within. In the middle of the upper edge, there is horizontal English and French text with some lines. The name of the maker goes vertical down the centre of the page, dividing the back into two. At the bottom of the vertical text, there is the company’s logo.

Front: Colored photograph of the North American Motel. The picture demonstrates a street view of the motel with cars being parked in front of it. At the right hand side there is sign mentioning the name of the motel, at the back of the motel there is a tall far fetched green tree. The lawn near the building looks clean with a vacancy sign kept near the entrance.

Back: The back of the postcard is beige and the postcard seems to have never been used. The postcard is divided into almost two parts by a written text “Canadian Post Card Co. Ltd., Toronto 3”. On the left hand side Motel’s information (address and contact details) is printed with blue ink. On the right hand side “Post Card” is printed along with a box that mentions “Place stamp here”. At the bottom left corner “40687-B” is printed which appears to be some kind of a serial no. In the middle there is a little circle that writes “Printed in Canada” lastly at the bottom right corner “250” is written with a pencil.