St. Peter's Cathedral Archives houses and makes available the Cathedral official archives, along with archival materials related to the church community in Charlottetown and across Prince Edward Island.
The photograph is a portrait of the Reverend Canon James Simpson, M.A.D.G.L. This portrait is similar to Photo 0273 which is currently in the church hall.
The photograph is a formal portrait of the Executive Council of General Synod and members of the departmental boards, at the annual meeting in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan as indicated on the lower left of the picture.
The photograph is a group portrait of a number of clergymen at the funeral of G.W. Hodgson. Reverend Charles Darling is identified as the assistant priest of St. Matthias Church. The young men with him are identified as A. Irwin, R. Irwin and C. Hine.
The photograph shows a group of people standing in front of Fanningbank, current residence of the Lieutenant-Governer of PEI. The names of the people in the photograph are written on the back, as follows: Prince Arthur, Mrs. MacDonell, Sir Robert Hodgson, R. R. Hodgson, Lieutenant Prickard, Mrs. J. Hensley, Colonel Elphinstone, and Honourable J. Longworth.
The photographs were contained in an envelope stamped on the front with the following: "If not called for in five days return to S. N. Kays 87 Pownal St. Charlottetown, P.E.I." Additional writing on the envelope also provides descriptive information about the contents, as follows: "Photo films of St. Peter's Cathedral. 1. Chapel Altar 2. Church Interior 3. Church Exterior 4. High Altar 5. Chapel Interior 6. Church and Chapel 7. Old Exterior. To be kept."
The postcard is of the nave and chancel; it matches negative No. 2. In envelope No. 3 there is one negative, in No. 4 there are two negatives. No. 5 was catalogued separately as Photo 440. In No. 6 there is one negative, in No. 7 there are two negatives.