The collection includes two postcard prints, ca. 1900 - 1910, of groups of school children. One group consists of 26 boys and two men. One of the boys holds a sign which reads 'St. John Baptist School [Standard?]'. The other consists of a large group of primary students seated at desks and two teachers. The collection also includes three snapshots of groups of men and women at a picnic somewhere in Winnipeg, ca.1908.

The collection consists of 7 Cartes de Visites featuring full length portraits dating from 1860 - 1870. The subjects are identified in only two of the Cartes and one of these is a collector's Carte which features the Prince and Princess of Wales on the occasion of their engagement in 1862. The other identified subject is Esther Craig. Also in the collection are 2 Cabinet Cards dating from 1885 and featuring a little girl identified as Alice Chisolm and a couple identified as Duncan and Mary Chisolm.

The collection consists of two snapshots featuring the donor's parents, Mary Jane and James Smith, standing full length on a country road on the occasion of their 50th wedding anniversary, ca.May 24, 1935. Mary Jane is wearing her 1885 wedding gown.

The collection includes: a portrait of Will and Mary, ca.1901 (Mary is wearing her wedding trip 'going away dress'); a ca.1885 copy of a ca.1870 cabinet card portrait of an unidentified lady; a postcard print of the Greenway family, ca.1911/12; a postcard print of Aleda and Evelyn Greenway, ca.1909.

The collection consists of: a small 'ferrotype' portrait bust of a woman (identified as 'Cousin Maria, Mrs. Murphy, Maria Bolart' in a caption verso) encased in a gilt frame and mounted on a carte de visite card, ca.1850 - 1860; a small b&w print of a woman, identified as Edith Durand McColl, wearing an elaborate hat, ca. 1902; a b&w snapshot of Edith D. McColl on board the S.S. Keenora en route to Norway House, ca.1929; and a colour snapshot of a woman modeling a quilted robe (which was given to Ella Beebe McColl by her husband, Ebeneezer McColl around 1880), ca.1968.

This collection contains 12 snapshots (one of which has been enlarged and mounted on a dark card), 3 postcard prints and 3 studio portraits. The subjects of these photographs are all individuals or groups of mostly young women but children and men also appear in several of the photographs. Of the identified subjects, only the name Gwen (or Gwendoline) is repeated twice. Included in this collection are two unusual postcards, ca.1912. The cards feature two prints in oval 'frames' on the face and messages in French on the reverse. Both are addressed to different addresses in Belgium, however, neither has stamps or displays any indication that they have been mailed.

The collection consists of: a black and white snapshot of a man, possibly the donor's brother, driving a horse and buggy, ca.1913; and a framed carte de visite of a man and woman, full length, identified as a wedding portrait of the donor's parents, ca.1879.

Most of these photographs are portraits dating from the late 19th and early 20th century and are typical of the period. The subjects are children and adults, couples and families. Several are taken out of doors and feature family groups posed in front of a building, probably their home. One features a group of people in a horse drawn carriage. Another features a group posed in what appears to be a park. Photographer's imprints from several Midwestern states confirm the Mattson family history. Also included is a portrait of a couple, identified as Joseph and Hazel Love, on their wedding day in 1918. An unusual early 20th century portrait included in this collection features an unidentified young woman in ethnic costume. The portrait is hand coloured with aspects of the subject's costume highlighted in machine embroidery.

This collection consists of a large group portrait of the women graduates of Kelvin High School, ca.1923; and a group portrait of the women graduates of 'Class 26 Kelvin Technical High School' outside Westminster United Church, ca.1923. The donor is identified as the 'sixth from the right' in this second photograph.

This small collection consists of four colour snapshots. Two feature Hazel alone, ca.1955 & 1985; one features Hazel with her brother and sister, ca.1985; and one features Hazel and a friend in front of the Taj Mahal, ca.1955. The fifth photograph in this collection is a large black and white studio portrait showing Hazel in her wedding gown and taken in 1922 after she and her husband returned from their honeymoon.