At Mr. Howell's house, 218 Bleecker Street, Toronto. (About 1888). The object shown on the table is a Wimshurst influence machine made by Mr. Moore. With this machine and Leyden jars, they were able to get a spark about 13 inches long, which they photographed.
Left to right: Mr. Barters (a friend who came occasionally but whose name does not appear on the list of members), A. Elvins, A.F. Miller, G.G. Pursey, W.J. Moore (who for many years was a workman with the instrument maker James Foster).
Photograph taken at a meeting of the Toronto Astronomical Society (probably 1888). This meeting was held at the home of Samuel E. Roberts, 1 Avenue Street (a short street that ran from the head of Elizabeth Street to University Avenue), Toronto.
From left to right: G.G. Pursey, A. Elvins, S. Roberts, D.J. Howell, A.F. Hunter, A.F. Miller.
On the lawn of Mr. D.J. Howell, Lambton Mills, Ont. (About 1900).
L to R: Z.M. Collins (with hat on), Visitor, A. Horton, A. Elvins (in front), W.B. Musson, Visitor, Miss M.A. Howell, Mrs. Musson, Mrs. Webber, J. Webber, Miss McEachren (in white), J.E. Maybee, J.A. Paterson, D.J. Howell (side view), Miss Eva C. Howell, G.G. Pursey (blurred).
