This album, comprised of 72 pages on which 226 photographs are mounted, is mainly comprised of various mining practices and equipment used in Western Canada during the early twentieth century. There is also documentation of the Prince of Wales' trip to Edmonton in 1919. Photos by O.S. Finnie for the Department of the Interior. There are also some prints from the Wolfe Studio (see album page 42 and 46), a commerical photography studio owned by Frank E. Wolfe.
The following places can be found in the album: Bonanza Creek, Yukon; Valley of the Klondike; Athabasca River, Alberta; Roche Miette; Taber, Alberta; Pocahontas, Yellowhead; Bow Island, Alberta; Whitehorse; Hunker Creek; Shooting Mills Canyon & Rapids; Edmonton, Alberta; Drumheller, Alberta; Banff Springs Hotel, Banff; Drinnan leasehold in Yellowhead; Estevan, Saskatchewan; Roche Percee, Saskatchewan; Kananaskis; Mount Robson; Pelican settlement; Folding Mountain; Canmore, Alberta; Valley of the Bow; Bear Creek; Rosedale, Alberta; Cardiff, Alberta; Calgary, Alberta; Lovelt; Windsor Hotel, Lundbreck; Commissioner's residence, Dawson City, Yukon.
The following events can be found in the album: construction of new plant for N.L & Power, Co., 1910; construction of dam; cribbing method around oil wells; dredging; assorted mining methods (ex. open-cutting); oil wells on fire; leaking oil well; oil and gas floating on water.
The following objects can be found in the album: boilers; CPR trestles; miner's cabins; stageline; header pipes; generators; lime rock; flowers; International Boundary Monument, 49th parallel on latitude; haulageways connecting mine entrances with tipples and railway; maps (coal areas, Yukon district, weather); motors; pumps; mining equipment; types of coal; oil wells; street banners in Edmonton welcoming Prince of Wales, September 1919.
The following animals can be found in the album: dogs; deer.
The following people can be found in the album: H.R.H. The Prince of Wales (portrait); Alex Henderson, Commissioner; Mr. Northcoote and Mr. Thurston of N.L. & Power Co.; Ernest Gheur; O.S Finnie; Robert Henderson (portrait); Mr. and Mrs. Weinheim; Billy Wilson (with boundary monument); interracial Crees; John MacVicar; William Ogilvie (portrait); Moses,guide.
The following corporations can be found in the album: Pitt River Brick Company; Canada West Plant; Georgetown Collieries; Oliphant-Munsen Colliery; Northern Light (N.L) & Power Company; Northern Alberta Exploration Company; Pelican Oil & Gas Company; Rosedale Coal and Clay Products Company.
There are references to slide numbers, some of these having accompanying plate numbers.
