Watercolour paint on a white sheet of paper. The painting is of an image of a five-petaled flower. The petals are a dark pink/light purple colour with some white detailing. In the centre of the petals, there is a long purple stem pointing upwards with a cluster of yellow near the top. At the top of stem (slightly above the yellow), there are five sprouts with ovals on top. Below the flower, there is a green stem pointing diagonally towards the bottom left. Along the stem, there are three green leaves, two of the leaves are larger and have white detailing and the third is slightly below on and is not very large. At the bottom right corner, there is a black maker’s mark. The whole painting is within a black frame.
Front: Colour image. The image shows the front of a two storey building. The building has light brown brick along the left side and bottom. Along the top and half of the bottom storey, is white walls. There are balconies/railings along the top floor. At the corner on the left of the building, there is an overhang over a wall of windows. In front of the building, there is a road with multi-coloured cars in front. Behind the building and the very right edge, are trees with green leaves. At the bottom, there is a line of yellow text.
Back: Plain white back. There is a line of vertical text down the centre which divides the postcard. There is a paragraph of text on the left side and a few lines of text on the right.
Rectangular red brick. On the front, there is a rectangular indent surrounded by a rim on three of four sides. Within the indent, there are three clumps of grey concrete. Three of the sides are smooth and flat but the fourth (right) side is rough and partly diagonal. The back of the brick is mostly smooth and grey.
Vertical colour drawing made of pastel. The drawing is of a tunnel positioned as if the viewer was looking down the tunnel. The image can be divided into four triangle-like sections. The top triangle is the roof of the tunnel. The roof has lines of reddish-brown at the top with some grey sections. Over the brown in some spots are pipe-like lines running all the way down the tunnel (two black ones in the centre, one black one on the right, and a yellow one on the left surrounded by two copper ones on the left). The right triangle is the right wall of the tunnel. The right wall is light grey all the way down. Near the end of the wall, there is a red circle and near the forefront, there are four black vertical lines. The left triangle is the left wall of the tunnel. The left wall is greyish-brown with four white vertical stipes around the centre of the wall. The bottom triangle is the floor of the tunnel. The floor is a yellowish-grey with some black mixed in. There are seven white horizontal lines across the floor. Where the triangles meet, there is a blue square. The whole image is surrounded by a white border and it has a line of text at the bottom right. The image is within a copper coloured frame.
Front: Colour painting – of Humber, Lake Shore Road, Toronto Canada. From the far left is a large white building with a dark roof with a wooden balcony, beside this is large green trees. In front of the building is a sign facing the opposite way that reads, ‘Garden Party’ strung up on a lamp post and on the buildings balcony. Behind the sign are three vehicles, a black car and the two at the front are buggy’s or wagons. There is another lamp pole directly beside a streetcar rail. There is a brown empty streetcar on the rail. Behind the streetcar is the back of terminal for streetcars. The terminal building is white with a red-brown roof. To the centre-right of the image is a bridge over Mimico Creek. The bridge runs over a dirt road and to the farthest right are two individuals walking along the dirt road with trees to their right. The title “Humber, Lake Shore Road, Toronto, Canada” appears in red in the upper left corner, and an identification code of 104.070 (JV) appears in the lower left corner in black.
Back: Divided back. Some printed text identifies the maker as Valentine & Sons Publishing. Handwritten text in pencil addresses the card to Mrs C. (Mary) Bones with a note from Y & aK (unsure on aK).
2023.001.01a: Lampshade Cone-like shape with an open top and bottom end. The outside of the lampshade has cream paper glued on around the whole object. The paper has small holes punched in, creating the shape of a person sitting wearing a straitjacket with an object beside. The inside of the lampshade has some clear tape along the top rim. Stemming from the top rim, are two pairs of metal rods across from each other. The pairs of silver metal rods point down and they meet to create a triangle shape. The pairs connect via a metal clip and they create two circles below the clip. On the inside directly behind the image of the woman is a piece of tape which has attached four pieces of white ribbon. Around the whole inside, writing is visible between the layer of the lampshade and the paper.
2023.001.01b: Table Lamp The base of the table lamp is a white ceramic base which resembles a pinecone – there are four rows of “petals” and at the top of the pinecone are vertical lines. The bottom of the base has a large circular hole and the inside is hollow. Above the ceramic base, there is a cylindrical silver metal piece attached to the top of the base. The metal piece has one smaller circular part with a larger part attached on top. The upper part has an horizontal black plastic cylinder about one-third from the bottom which extends through the centre of the cylinder and out the opposite side. The top of the upper metal piece is partly hollow (up until just above the black plastic piece) with circular ridges going around multiple times. At the bottom of the ceramic base, coming out of a circular hole on one side is a yellowish-white power cord. It runs from the bottom of the metal piece and through the hollow ceramic base before exiting. The power cord looks like it has two attached rods and at the end is a rounded flat triangle piece with two rectangular gold pieces sticking out.
Watercolour paint on a white sheet of paper. The flower creates a “V” shape. On the right side of the “V”, is a long skinny light green leaf that starts at the bottom of the stem and creates a point at the tip. On the left side of the “V”, there are two flower buds on a green stem. One flower bud has yet to open and is close to where the stem meets the leaf. The unopened bud has a short green stem with a small green leaf to the right side and a unopened petals create a triangle. A further up the stem is an opened flower. The flower has eight petals and is mainly purple with some white detailing and dark yellow at the centre of the flower. At the bottom right corner, there is a black maker’s mark. The whole painting is within a black frame.
Horizontal black and white image printed onto canvas. The image shows a street view of a two story building. The building has a tower to the right that is three-storeys tall. Above the third floor, the tower has a rounded top with a tall pole extending from the middle. The left portion of the building is mainly two storeys tall, except in the middle (beside the tower) where it has a triangle with a window and balcony. In the middle of the building, there is a protruding section with multiple windows on the top and white frames. In front of the building is a set of stairs with some people on them. The left of the building has a slated roof and the bottom floor has tall arches into it. In front of the building are multiple horse and buggies. To the left of the building, there is a tree. The image is within a brown frame.
Colour horizontal ink wash painting. The top part of the photo is unpainted. In the middle is a brown brick building. The building is two storeys high with a grey slanted roof. The roof on the right side has a brown chimney. Beside the chimney is a tower where the two sides meet with three floors. The tower has a curved white roof and white framed windows. The tower is brown brick at the top but had brown and white paneling below. The bottom of the tower has a white door. On one side of the building, there are eight white framed windows. On the front side of the building, there is a balcony with a white fence and white posts from the overhang on the first and second floor. On the balcony are two people near the tower. There are two more people beside the tower on the roof. Between the posts on the first floor, a green plant hangs. In front of the building are white stairs. Beside the building on the left, is a white driveshed with four windows and three arched entrances. The drive-shed has a grey roof with a brown chimney. Beside the driveshed is a penciled tree and fence. In front of the building, there are three horse and buggies and a few people walking. To the right of the building is a white street sign. The bottom of the painting is light brown. The painting is in a black frame.
Vertical black and white image with red detailing. The image shows a man in a suit holding a cane standing in a room. The floor has a carpet with a geometrical design on it. To the left of him is a column with vertical lines in the top half and a square design on the bottom. Behind the column is a red, black and white geometrical design curtain. To the right of him is a cloth upholstered chair is a red, black, and white geometrical pattern. Image is within a brown frame.
