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Item consists of one photograph of a gathering in front of the Webster Building in New Westminster for Queen Victoria's birthday.

File is a family carte de visite album with a brown leather cover and metal clasps containing photographic prints, the bulk of which are card-mounted studio portraits that document the Maynard family, in particular the Albert Hatherly Maynard and Adelaide Maynard (nee Graham) family. The album is attributed to Adelaide Maynard, and appears to have been a gift to Adelaide Graham (1859-1892) from Albert Maynard (1857-1934). Photographs depict Adelaide Maynard’s domestic life before and after her marriage through primarily portraits, as well as a few snapshots and other materials that document her circle of family and friends of her and her husband, her role as a wife and a mother, and the domestic life of a Victorian family. The bulk of the photographs are credited to photographer Mrs. R. Maynard (1834-1918) but there are also works of other commercial photographers including Ontario based W.A. Cooper and JAS. Egan’s New Photographic & Portrait Gallery. The album includes popular Maynard family images that appear in other Maynard family albums.

The family album consists of 100 photographic prints, including sepia toned albumen carte de visites, plus other portrait forms such as tintype miniature portraits inserted in twenty-five pages. There are annotations found on some album pages and also on the verso of prints. Information largely consists of names and occasionally the age of the subject or the price of the print. There does not appear to be dates or associated photograph numbers for the original negatives present on album pages or prints. Mounted cards, carte de visites, often contain imprints on the verso noting the name and studio location. On nine of the pages prints appear to have been removed. There are also several prints housed loose within the album. Other materials include a few hand-painted photographs, a business card and several seasonal greeting cards which do not contain photographs.

A.H. Maynard family members are represented in individual and group studio photographs. The album includes individual and group portraits of Albert Hatherly and Adelaide Maynard, several mother and child portraits of Mrs. A. Maynard and child, as well as individual portraits of their infant children including John Ridgemen Maynard (b.1879). The album also includes portraits containing the following names in their associated captions: "Bob Liddell," "Mary Vipond," "Jack Kirkup," "G Anderson," "Frank Graham," and "J. Carter." Some of these captions refer to photographs which are missing from the album.

Likenesses of Albert Maynard’s mother (Hannah Maynard) and his siblings including Emma Maynard (1859 or 1860-1893), Zela Maynard (1854-1913), and Laura Lillian “Lillie” Maynard (1867-1883) are also featured frequently in individual and group portraits sometimes depicting domestic scenes and activities. Arthur S. Rappertie (1854?-1923) who worked for the Maynards in the 1870s to early 1900s is also present here. There are a number of unidentified prints of infants, babies, children and adults, including a number of male sitters, which may or may not relate to the Maynard family. There are several non-studio images, family photographs taken on excursions at the beach, at a group picnic, and outside a residence.

Portrait styles reflected in the album include headshots, side profiles, as well as mid and full-length likenesses that employ a variety of studio props. Several portraits of the Maynard children depict Mrs. R. Maynard’s use of side lighting techniques. Child and baby portraits, as well as those of toy dolls present in the album, are similar portrayals than those featured in Hannah Maynard’s annual “Gems of British Columbia" series of portrait montages of the 1880s and 1890s.

There are also portraits of other individuals and objects. These include commercial cartes of “Effie German,” as well as a number of portraits of children’s dolls including a tintype with the annotation “Mifs M.A. Morton” on the verso of the print. There is a business card of James F. Macdonald, the husband of Emma Maynard. The album concludes with two New Year's greeting cards: one addressed to A. H. Maynard and the other Mrs. Albert H. Maynard.

Item consists of a stereoview photograph of the HMS Boxer at Bella Coola or Knight Inlet.

Item consists of one stereoview photograph of Refuge Cove, presumably taken during an HMS Boxer tour.

The item consists of a photograph of a Kwakwaka'wakw man standing on board the vessel the H.M.S. Boxer. The photograph was likely taken at Takush Harbour [T'akis, Cape Caution, Smith Inlet].

Item consists of a photograph of Chief Wawkash [Wakash] of Dzawadi [Tsawwati] on the HMS Boxer. See also J-04201 for a photograph of the same man.

Item consists of one photograph Q'umk'uts or Rascal's Village, across the river from Bella Coola. The photograph is one of several images taken at the same location. The photograph is believed to have been taken by Richard Maynard during the 1873 inspection tour on the H.M.S. Boxer.

Item consists of a photograph of the crew of the HMS Boxer in front of a building in Alert Bay (Yalis).

Item consists of a portrait photograph of an unidentified Kwakwaka'wakw man. The photograph was likely taken at Takush Harbour (Cape Caution). The photograph is one of several taken in front of the same backdrop of a Hudson's Bay blanket.

Item consists of one photograph of Tsawadi village, Knight Inlet. At least fifteen villagers of various ages face the camera in front of low wooden buildings and totem poles.

Item consists of one stereo photograph of the HMS Boxer, likely at Knight Inlet.

Item consists of a stereo photograph of Nanaimo. A copy print created by BC Archives identifies the photograph as being taken during the 1873 HMS Boxer tour.

Item consists of a stereoview photograph of view of Bella Coola river.

Item consists of stereoview photograph of a mountain scene on the Bella Coola river.

Item consists of one stereoview photograph of scenery near Bella Coola.

Item consists of a stereoview photograph, presumably taken during a HMS Boxer trip. The location is not known.

Item consists of a photograph of Kwakwaka’wakw Chief Wawkash (or Wakash) of Dzawadi (or Tsawwati) standing on board the vessel the H.M.S. Boxer.

Item consists of a photograph of Israel Wood Powell (centre) and Hamilton Moffatt (third from right) with officers of the H.M.S. Boxer at Knight Inlet (Bella Coola) during a tour of inspection, likely 1873 or 1874.

Item consists of a photograph of people sleeping on a beach near Bella Coola.

Item consists of a photograph Kwakiutl gathering at Tsawatti (Dzawadi), also known as Knight Inlet. The chief is pictured in the centre is likely Chief Wawkash [Wakash]. An alternate version of this photograph (PN-02291-A) identifies him as "Gomowe, Chief of the Sea Gull House."

Item consists of a stereoview photograph of a side wheeler near Knight Inlet, believed to have been taken during the 1873 HMS Boxer tour.

Item consists of a stereoview photograph of the HMS Boxer anchored near Safety Cove, June 5, 1873.

Item consists of photograph of a scene near Bella Coola, presumably during the 1873 HMS Boxer tour.

Item consists of a portrait photograph of an unidentified Gwa'sala [Kwakwaka'wakw] man. The photograph was likely taken at Takush Harbour (Cape Caution).

Item consists of a photograph of Tsawadi (Tsawatti, dzawadi) village, Knight Inlet.

Item consists of a stereo photograph of five crew members of the HMS Boxer and three Indigenous people. The location is not confirmed but may be Knight Inlet.

Item consists of a photograph of Knight Inlet, taken during the 1873 tour of inspection on the H.M.S. Boxer. The photograph is of Tsawatti [dzawadi,Tsawadi].

Field photograph attributed to Richard Maynard, part of a number of field portraits take at a land-based studio by Richard Maynard at one of the communities visited with I.W. Powell via the H.M.S. Boxer in 1873. It is a collodion glass plate negative (5 x 5 inches).The photograph consists of an unidentified Indigenous individual seated on a photographer’s negative box at a temporary outdoor photography studio. The temporary studio backdrop (blanket), temporary studio flooring (bare land), and temporary furniture (photographer’s wooden negative box) are in view. The sitter wears their hair short (shoulder length), does not wear clothing on the top of their torso, has bare feet and a blanket wrapped around their waist. Both hands are situated on their lap, and the sitter’s gaze is directly facing the camera. The sitter wears earrings in both ears (circular pendants) and a necklace with a long chain made of a cord (no visible pendant). The photograph depicts a wider view revealing the structure to which the temporary studio is constructed against, as well as the tree lined environment behind the building on one side. This negative does not appear to have been manipulated.

Item consists of photograph of unidentified Nuu-chah-nulth individuals at Yuquot (Friendly Cove), where Captain Cook was in March 1778. I.W. Powell (Indian Commissioner) and seamen are also pictured.