The album, the last in the series, is the continuation from the seventh Chapman album and is in very good condition. In contrast to the first six albums, this also does not have a removable beige cloth (linen) cover with dark blue edges -hence, neither roman numerical or initials 'GC' (George Chapman) are found on the spine or the cover of the album; the album pages, in contrast to all previous albums, are not edge-gilded; the album binding also differs from the rest of the series: it is half leather with corners and the marble paper is used on the inside of the album covers; the album, as the whole series, has cloth joints.
The album contains photographs that document selected activities and personal life of George Chapman and his family & friends around Ottawa, Ontario. In addition, the album includes a variety of travel images consisting of photographs taken by Chapman and depicting places in Canada, Britain, and Bermuda. Various seasonal depictions of Appledore - the house of the Chapman family in Rockcliffe, Ontario - are found in this album. Chapman himself is depicted throughout the album as Self; Ethel Chapman is captured as EJC (Ethel Jean Chapman) or Ethel. The photographs are of various sizes and processing techniques; they are in chronological order covering the time period from August1931 to September 1942; the majority of the photographs are dated; all (except a few) images have captions.
There is one misplaced photograph in the album: caption Lunch en route to see Fortune teller at Smiths Falls (Edith Blackburn, Grace Daly) 25 May 1934 is found in two different places, only one of which has the image inserted above it.
The following places, events, objects, and people are depicted in photographs found in the album:
Places
Britain
- Rye: Town gate
- Dane Chantry: various views
- Taplow
- Oxford: Mitre Hotel
- Bray: Café de Paris Hotel
- Dover: Harbour
- Beaulieu Abbey
- Chichester: Market Cross; Cathedral
- Arundel Castle
- Christchurch
Canada
- Rockcliffe: Appledore (multiple interior & exterior views); "new" Appledore (Feb. 1935, multiple interior & exterior views)
- MacGregor Lake
- Kingsmere
- Lucerne (Quebec)
- Gatineau: Camp Fortune & Canyon Trail
- St. Saveur: Nymarks Hotel
- St. Marguerite: Alpine Inn
- Gananoque: Golden Apple Inn
- Lake Sainte Sixte
- Blue Sea Lake
- 31 Mile Lake (various views)
- Wakefield: Chateau Diotte; Landscape views; Covered Bridge
- Montmorency Falls
- Murray Bay: Murblane (Elsie Rowley`s House): various exterior views
- Ile d`Orleans
- Quebec Bridge
- Portland (Ontario)
- Rideau Lake
- Lake Champlain
- Quebec City
- Gaspé: Percé Rock
- Newport
- St. John River, Quebec
Bermuda
- Hamilton (various views)
- St. Georges: Ordinance Yard
- Bailey's Bay
- Cross Bay
- Spanish Point
- Pink Beach
- Daniels Head
- Warwick Beach
- Coral Beach
- Sniky Bay
Events
Royal Air Force Pageant at Hendon (25 Jun 1932); Grand National Archery Meeting at Worcester College, Oxford (22 July 1932); Depictions of various skiing activities in Quebec and Ontario; Various depictions of the building of the New Appledore, Rockcliffe (Summer 1934); Various depictions of leisurely activities: swimming, picnics, boating, etc.; Lumbermen sorting logs on the Gatineau River (1935/36); Examining the Coral gardens through glass bottom boats, Bermuda (23 Apr 1938); 'Trooping the Colour carried out before H.M. the King by the Gov. Gen. Foot Guards of Ottawa & by the Grenadier Guards of Montreal,' Ottawa (20 May 1939); The Silver & Blue Royal Train at Deep Cut leaving Ottawa, (21 May 1939); His Majesty King George VI & Queen Elizabeth driving to Government House on arrival at Ottawa for the Royal Tour (19 May 1939);
Objects
16 Vauxhall Cadet; V8 Ford Coupé; V8 de Luxe Ford Tudor sedan ; Rock Garden at Appledore, Rockcliffe (various views); 'Views of our garden taken by representatives of L'Illustration & sent to us as a Christmas card by M & Mde. A. Brugére (French Minister to Canada) on leave in Paris'; Steamship Georgie (New York-Bermuda); Royal Canadian Navy Training Shooner Venture (various views); Century Plans or Yuccas; Typical low slung wagon, Bermuda; Poinsettia Tree, Bermuda; Coral block Quarry, Bermuda; Canadian Colonial Airways Plane
People
Ethel Jean (Fleming) & George Chapman (as Self): depicted throughout the album; Jocelyn Chapman; Mr & Mrs R.C. Reece (Winnipeg); Prof. Ferguson (Edmonton); Marjorie Synge ; Mrs Pike; Noreen Pike; Oswald & Violet Howden; Robbie, Nan & Mrs McDouall; Carol & Margot Hardinge; Dickie Moore-Lane; Charles & Bertha Philips; Frank & Bertha Chapman; Joe & Kitty Gay; Sybil Reeves; Mr Gay; Susan Crookenden; Jessie, David & Joan Barrington; Peter, Marie & J.A. Wilson ; Marie & Burton Wilkes; Sylvia & Bill Hynes; Hyacinthe Lambart; Ethel & Hugh Fleming; Marion Pugsley; Norah Ahearn; Alee Hills; Patricia Kenny; Alice Harrington; Mr Stringer; Grace Daly; Edith Blackburn; Shirley Hamilton; Phyllis Stewart; Violet Chapman & Gordon Home; D`Egville; Roy McLaren & Ike Robertson; Mary Grant; Claire Robertson; Roy MacLaren; Ian Howden; Olga LeCourt; Roger & John Rowley; Ian Brackey; Senator J.A. Calder ('my philatelic friend'); Commodore Percy & Helen Nelles; Dolly McEuen; Mrs & Mr Shoulden Redfern ('Secretary to H.E. Lord Tweedsmuir'); Jackie Meikle; Delia Cronier ('our maid'); Gen. & Mrs Wright; Mrs Dunlap; Morris Murray; Marjorie & David Key; Phyllis Stewart ; Marie Fleck ; Maurice Macdougal; Bob Reissman; Max & Patty Allen.
