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The file consists of a photograph album of British Columbia views. It is a leather-bound embossed album containing 53 black and white photographic prints. This type of album was made to order by Dally in his photographic studio from a selection of prints chosen by the purchaser's. The captions are presumed to have been written by Dally.

This album was produced in response to a request from the Secretary of State for the Colonies who sent a circular dated 29 November 1869 to all colonial governors requesting albums of photographs. They were instructed to send "photographic views of noteworthy buildings and scenery" to the Colonial Office. Governor Anthony Musgrave was ill and so the request was not acted upon until April 1870. This album is a duplicate of one which was held by the Foreign and Colonial Office in London, and was presumably kept as the Colony of British Columbia's copy.

The album is a brown and leather-bound, and contains 49 views of British Columbia said to have been taken between 1867 and 1868. The images include photographs of Victoria, Esquimalt, New Westminster, and various views taken along the Cariboo Road and in the Cariboo gold mining district. The selection of views was intended to illustrate the prosperity and future prospects of the Colony of British Columbia.

This type of album was made to order by Dally in his photographic studio from a selection of prints chosen by the purchaser.

The captions are presumed to have been written by Dally.

The album contains views taken between 1867 and 1868 of First Nations, scenes along the Cariboo Road and photographs of gold mining operations and communities in the Cariboo District. There are also a few photographs of Victoria, New Westminster and the San Juan Island British Camp.

This type of album was made to order by Dally in his photographic studio from a selection of prints chosen by the purchaser.

Most of the captions are presumed to have been written by Frederick Dally, but there are annotations (not always correct) by later owners, including Margaret Janet Hart, David Carl's grandmother.

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The album was created to memorialize T.R. Pattullo, a miner who came to British Columbia in 1861, and who died in Barkerville in 1879. It is not known whether the album was created by Dally during his time in British Columbia, and then later repurposed as a memorial album, or whether the album was created by using prints owned by Pattullo's friends and his brother William (also a miner), or commissioning new prints from Dally plates that were then owned by Richard Maynard. The photographs are primarily views of the Cariboo Road, First Nations and gold mines and communities in the Cariboo. Several include Pattullo. None of the photographs are captioned.

The album contains views taken between 1867 and 1870, and includes photographs of Esquimalt, Victoria, Sooke and other places on Vancouver Island; views of New Westminster, Burrard Inlet, and scenes along the Cariboo Road, and photographs of gold mining operations and communities in the Cariboo District. The album also includes a number of images of First Nations individuals, photographed by Dally to illustrate the different "types" of First Nations in British Columbia.

This type of album was made to order by Dally in his photographic studio from a selection of prints chosen by the purchaser. The album was owned in 1871 by Frederick Dally's uncle, Edwin Knight.

The captions are presumed to have been written by Frederick Dally.

The album contains views taken between 1866 and 1867, and includes photographs of Esquimalt, Victoria, and other places on Vancouver Island; and scenes in the interior. Also includes several photographs of paintings by Peter Taft. There are a large number of images relating to the Royal Navy in British Columbia. and a selection of photographs of First Nations individuals.

This type of album was usually made to order by Dally in his photographic studio from a selection of prints chosen by the purchaser.

Uncertain if any of the captions are by Dally.

The album contains views taken between 1867 and 1870, and includes photographs of Esquimalt, Victoria, Sooke and other parts of Vancouver Island; a view of the British Camp on San Juan Island, scenes along the Cariboo Road, and photographs of gold mining operations and communities in the Cariboo District. The album also includes a number of images of First Nations groups and individuals.

This type of album was made to order by Dally in his photographic studio from a selection of prints chosen by the purchaser.

The captions are presumed to have been written by Frederick Dally.

The album contains views taken between 1867 and 1870, and includes photographs of Esquimalt, Victoria, Sooke and other places on Vancouver Island; views of New Westminster, Burrard Inlet, and scenes along the Cariboo Road, and photographs of gold mining operations and communities in the Cariboo District. The album also includes a number of images of First Nations individuals, photographed by Dally to illustrate the different "types" of First Nations in British Columbia.

This type of album was made to order by Dally in his photographic studio from a selection of prints chosen by the purchaser.

The captions are presumed to have been written by Frederick Dally.

The album contains views taken between 1867 and 1868, and includes photographs of Esquimalt, Victoria, Sooke and other places on Vancouver Island; views of New Westminster, Burrard Inlet, and scenes along the Cariboo Road, and photographs of gold mining operations and communities in the Cariboo District. The album also includes a number of images of First Nations individuals, photographed by Dally to illustrate the different "types" of First Nations in British Columbia.

This type of album was made to order by Dally in his photographic studio from a selection of prints chosen by the purchaser.

This album formerly belonged to Chief Justice Joseph Needham. Probably assembled by Dally, with additional photographs and comments added to the interleaving by Needham.

The majority of the captions are presumed to have been written by Frederick Dally.

The album contains views taken between 1867 and 1870, and includes photographs of Esquimalt, Victoria, Sooke and other places on Vancouver Island; views of New Westminster, Burrard Inlet, and scenes along the Cariboo Road, and photographs of gold mining operations and communities in the Cariboo District. The album also includes one photograph of Peru.

This type of album was made to order by Dally in his photographic studio from a selection of prints chosen by the purchaser.

The captions are presumed to have been written by Frederick Dally.

Item consists of Dally's handwritten description of "the great chasm," 8 miles above Clinton on the Cariboo wagon road.

The item consists of one handwritten account of Dally's journey from Victoria (June 21, 1868) to Barkerville (July 24, 1868).