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An event or ceremony taking place outside on a stage with a large crowd gathered around, Edmonton. Note on the back reads: "I think this was taken about 1920 or later. Near Edmonton City Hall welcoming some Lord and Lady. I was there but have…

A road leading to two houses. There are trees on either side of the road and it is wintertime. There are further buildings in the background, Battenburge. Note on the back reads: ""Battenburge 1912"" Then a listing of residences…

A street in Edmonton with buildings on both side. People line both sides of the street and they are watching a precession of people and horse go by, Edmonton. Note on the back reads: ""Jasper Avenue 1905, just off 101 st., when she was…

Congregation outside of a church. The women are in dresses and the men in suits. There is one gentleman dressed in clergy robes, Battenberg. Note on the back reads: ""Church of England Conformation service 1913, Battenberg, Alta,…

Photograph - Decorated wedding cake with ornate cutlery and other utensils. All items on a table with tablecloth, mirror, pillows, lace curtains and doilies, [Alberta]. Note on the back reads: ""Some of Edith's Wedding presents"…

A tomahawk with a bowl in the head for use as a pipe in ceremonies.

Portrait of ten people on a shore, one boy is holding onto a boat in a river, Sandy Bay. Note on the back reads: "Sunday School picnic Sandy Bay, Lake Athabasca." Note on the back in pencil reads: "Malcolms Camera."

Shoreline, Sandy Bay. Note on the back reads: ""Sandy Bay one mile east of Chippewyan"".

One woman sitting in a sleigh which is being pulled by one reindeer. There is one man standing beside the reindeer, [Alberta]. Note on the back reads: ""Edith having a raindeer ride.""

A portrait of one man sitting at a desk with his arms resting on the desk. He is dressed in clergy robes, [Fort Chippewyan]. Note on the back reads: ""Mr. O.J. Roberts"". Note on the front is ineligible.

A bracelet made with green and white Padre beads (top).

One white church with a steeple and two wooden structures to the side of it and a fence connected between of all of them, Fort Chippewyan. Note on the back reads: ""St. Paul's Mission Chippewyan; OJR""

An intricately carved wooden card case, probably Burmese with apiece of paper inside with the name O. J. Roberts on it.

Photograph - Four people viewing a wooden church from the outside, Battenburg. Note on the back reads: "Battenburg Church being moved to Gibbons, 1931."

An oak picture frame.

Portrait of people standing on a shoreline, Sandy Bay. Note on the back reads : "Dad with a Sunday School picnic at Sandy Bay 1 mile east of Chippewyan".

An oak picture frame.

Photograph - Royal Canadian Mounted Police in uniform and on horseback. They are lined up in front of a building, [Alberta].

Photograph - Two men, two women and three children seated on the shore eating, Sandy Bay. A note on the back in pen reads: "Picnic at Sandy Bay, all the family celebrating Edith's wedding". Note on the back in pencil reads: "…

Photograph - Wood house on blocks; Note on the back reads, [Alberta]. "Moving our house up out of the valley 1931 to our farm Gibbons".

Portrait of one soldier in uniform. He is standing in a fields with trees and one wooden building in the background, [Alberta].; Note on the back reads: ""Killed near [Cambria] Sept. 28th 1918; F. W. J. Roberts (Bobs); [Ple] 231549 Company…

A small leather jewelry box with an advertisement inside that reads: Herbert Wolf Ltd. Jewellers & Diamond Merchants, London, est. 1850.

A family outside a house in front of the porch, Fort Chippewyan. Note on the back reads: "The Family group less Fred; A little Indian girl that mother adopted and very good old dog Today." Note on the back reads: "The Mission House we…

One boy with dead game birds. The birds are tied and hanging from a wooden stick, [Alberta]. Note on the back reads: "My first days hunt with an old 12 gauge Hudsons Bay Company Boltaction shotgun".

A horse-drawn carriage with two men seated in it. It is being pulled by two white horse, there is a pony in the foreground and a wooden building in the background, [Alberta]. Note on the back reads: ""[A.C.] Roberts [boy] Took up Homestead…