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The portrait is a full-length portrait of a man in clerical dress, identified as "The Right Revd the Bishop of Brechin." The image is also inscribed with "Photo & published by J. Valentine, Dundee." Research shows that the Bishop of Brechin from 1847 to 1875 was Alexander Forbes.

The photograph is a head and shoulders portrait of Archdeacon [Karlbach?]. The handwriting on the back indicates " Archdeacon [Karlbach?]." At the bottom of the front is stamped the photographers name: Notman & Campbell, Boston. The correct name of the man in the image needs to be confirmed.

The photograph is a full-length portrait of Reverend Frederick George Lee. The handwritten note on the back of the photograph reads: " Rev. F. G. Lee D.D. " Reverend Frederick George Lee, DCL, FSA (1832–1902) was a theological writer born at Thame, Oxfordshire; he was ordained deacon by the Bishop of Oxford in 1854 and priest in 1856. See also the altar book that Lee edited: PEI SPCA 016 Item 1.

The photograph is a head and shoulders portrait of Father John Metcalfe Davenport. The handwritten note on the back of the photograph reads "Father Davenport, St. John Baptist, St. John, N. B." Printed at the bottom of the front of the photograph is the name of the studio, "W. & J. Notman - St. John, N.B." Research shows that John M. Davenport was a clerk for his father, a prominent commercial chemist in England, before turning to the priesthood and adopting Tractarian philosophies. At the age of 24 Davenport entered Exeter College, Oxford, graduating in 1871 and becoming a deacon the same year. He was ordained a priest in 1872, spending his early ministry as curate in Wolverhampton and then in the London parish of one of his uncles. He also began a lifelong association with the Society of St. John the Evangelist, an order oriented towards mission work. Richard Meux Benson, the founder of the Society of St. John the Evangelist, recommended Davenport when Bishop John Medley of Fredericton sought a priest for a new Anglo-Catholic congregation in New Brunswick. Davenport relocated to New Brunswick in 1882, taking over the Mission Chapel in Portland, now known as Saint John.

The photograph is a full-length portrait of Dr. Brookes. The handwritten note on the back of the image reads "Dr. Brookes of Stanmore." Printed on the front on the lower left is the name of the studio and on the lower right the address; above this information in script is the word "Copyright."

The photograph is a seated portrait of Daniel Hodgson. A handwritten note on the back of the photograph reads "One of the founders of St. Peter's Cathedral."

The photograph is a full-length portrait of Reverend Edmund Wood. A handwritten note on the back reads "Reverend E. Wood, St. John the Evangelist, Montreal." "Rev. Edmund Wood" is also written on the front.

Research suggests that Father Edmund Wood (1830-1090) founded the Parish of St. John the Evangelist in Montreal in 1861. He introduced the principles of the Oxford Movement to St. John’s and to the Diocese of Montreal. The parish was the first Anglican church in Canada to celebrate daily Mass and provide private Confession, and the first in Quebec to reserve the Blessed Sacrament. It is noted that St. John’s was the first parish in the diocese (and one of the first in the country) not to rent pews, in keeping with the principle that the church is open to all.

PHOTO 0308 shows the interior of St. John the Evangelist Church in Montreal.

The photograph is a head and shoulders portrait of Joseph Pope. A handwritten note on the back of the photograph reads "Joseph Pope, one of the first servers at the church." Research indicates that Joseph was born 1854 to William H. Pope and his wife Helen.

The photograph is a full-length portrait of Mrs. Edward Hodgson, standing at a table. One handwritten note on the back of the photograph reads: "For dear Aunt Jane, 1st May 1867" and a second note, in different handwriting, reads "Mrs. Edward Hodgson." The image is the same as b&w photograph PHOTO 0089.

The Anglican Missal (SPCA 016 Item 1), created in memory of Mrs. Edward Hodgson, provides additional confirmation of her name.

The photograph is a seated portrait of Miss Amy (Helen Amelia) Brecken. A handwritten note on the back of the photograph reads "Miss Amy Brecken." Amy was the niece of Mrs. Edmund Jarvis Hodgson, and Amy's parents were Frederick and Helen de La Croix Brecken. See photo 0305.