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The Vacation travel photograph album contains a mixture of approximately 260 commercial and amateur photographs documenting a series of vacations to California, a Lake Michigan cottage, Alaska, and Canada.

The Vacation travel photograph album contains a mixture of approximately 260 commercial and amateur photographs documenting a series of vacations to California, a Lake Michigan cottage, Alaska, and Canada. The album (18 x 30 cm) has black cloth covers with two rivets. California-related photographs include views of beach scenes at Santa Catalina and La Jolla; the Theosophical Society Homestead and Temple on Point Loma; a cutler at work at his donkey-drawn cart; crates of fruit at a railroad station; passengers stretching their legs beside a stationary train; and Mount Lowe Railway and Observatory. Other Western photographs include views of pueblos and adobe buildings in New Mexico Territory.

A series of approximately 70 photographs taken in 1902 show a summer sojourn at Pine Knot Cottage, Macatewa, on Lake Michigan and includes interior and exterior cottage views, beach scenes, sailing a small boat on the lake, and views of the Hotel Ottawa. One whimsical snapshot shows a man standing on his head while being photographed by a man and woman holding a box camera. Images of a traveling party to Alaska include views of the group onboard a steamer and making stops in southeast Alaska; a street view of Wrangell; Tlingit totem poles in Wrangell and Fort Tongass; and commercial photographs of a Greek Church interior and Indian River Park in Sitka.

Additional photographs show Lake Agnes and the Canadian Rockies; Washington Park in Springfield, Illinois; Wall Street, Trinity Church Cemetery, and Grant's Tomb in New York City; Mission San Jose and Mission Concepcion in San Antonio, Texas; and bison and black bears, including a photograph of two men feeding a bear off the back of a wooden cart.

The Vernon Foley photograph album (18 x 27 cm) primarily contains photographs taken in and around California and the West Coast of the United States. Many images feature a group of travelling men, likely Bell telephone linemen.

The Vernon Foley photograph album (17 x 19 cm) primarily contains photographs taken in and around California and the West Coast of the United States. Many images feature a group of travelling men, likely Bell telephone linemen. Images of note include: the Panama-Pacific Exhibition in San Francisco; a sleet storm in Portland Oregon; beaches in San Francisco; geysers at Calistoga, California; railroad travel; El Paso street scenes; a bullfight and Pancho Villa's train cars in Juarez, Mexico; hunting and camping scenes in Emigrant Gap, Wyoming, and Lake Fordyce, California; visiting with friends in Davis, California; and the burning of the Freeman Hotel in Auburn, California. One photograph shows a group of men wearing flu masks standing next to a truck with a Bell company logo; some captions refer to cutting wires during the sleet storm in Portland, and "trimming the right-of-way," and men are shown wearing leg shanks and climbing gaffs. Of note are scenes of the Armistice Day celebration in San Francisco, with many participants wearing flu masks. Most photographs are labeled with handwritten captions.

The album has black cloth covers and is tied with a black cord. Stored in three-part wrap with blue cloth spine.

The William N. Palmer photograph album contains 78 photographs of William Niles Palmer and friends taken in Massachusetts and Rhode Island from 1915 to 1916.

The William N. Palmer photograph album contains 78 photographs of William Niles Palmer and friends taken in Massachusetts and Rhode Island from 1915 to 1916. The album (16.5 x 11.5 cm) dates to about one year prior to Palmer’s enlistment in the U.S. Army during World War I. During this period Palmer went by Niles W. Palmer; "Niles W. Palmer/Company F 14th Regiment U.S. Railway Engineers/American Expeditionary Forces" is stamped on the front of the red album cover.

The album begins with images taken in Providence, Rhode Island. A group of young people, including Palmer, are documented travelling by train to or from East Douglas, Massachusetts. Members of the group are shown cutting trees, canoeing, shooting, camping, and picnicking among other recreational activities. Four images show the site of a freight train wreck in East Douglas, Massachusetts. Also of note is a humorous double-exposed photograph of Palmer appearing to be inside of a glass bottle. The album concludes with photographs taken in Rumford, Rhode Island. Each photograph in the album includes a typewritten caption indicating individuals, location, and content. Other specific locations that are represented include Arcade Woods, Bad Luck Pond, and Buttonwoods Beach. The most frequently named individuals include Alan W. Watson, Norman S. Watson, William J. Story, Ruth P. Smith, Selma C. Sandbeck, and Edith V. Sandbeck. The captions frequently refer to the group as, "ADOTs." The meaning behind this acronymic reference has not been identified.

The World War I surgeon's photograph album, Base Hospital 29, contains approximately 90 photographs and 4 ephemeral items documenting a U.S. Army surgeon's training in the United States and service overseas during World War I.

The World War I surgeon's photograph album, Base Hospital 29, contains approximately 90 photographs and 4 ephemeral items documenting a U.S. Army surgeon's training in the United States and service overseas during World War I. The album (18 x 29 cm) was possibly compiled by Lieutenant H. O. Wernicke. Nine photographs show military personnel and barracks at the Medical Officer Training Center at Fort Riley, Kansas, in 1918. Following a voyage to Liverpool on July 6 1918 aboard the RMS Empress of Russia, subsequent photographs depict Base Hospital 29 in Tottenham, London, including medical staff, facilities, wards, an operating theater, and casualties. One photograph shows medical staff and patients singing from songbooks while a nurse plays the piano and a patient sits up in bed playing the violin. A possible transfer to France is indicated by 6 postcard views of a town and hospital with the caption, "Base Hospital 9 at Chateauroux."

Ephemeral items include a seating chart for the Candlewick Ward Club dinner held Monday, July 29 1918 attended by U.S. service members as well as a fold-out schematic of the RMS Olympic.