The album is the continuation from the second Chapman album and is in very good condition. It also has a removable beige cloth (linen) cover with dark blue edges; an embroidered roman numerical III is found in the bottom right corner of the top cover and on the spine portion; the top cover has `GC` (George Chapman) embroidered in dark blue; the album pages are edge-gilded; the album has a hard grain Morocco red leather binding; silk-finished paper is used on the inside of the album covers; the album has cloth joints. On the inside top cover of the album, there are excerpts from a travel guide describing places such as San Lorenzo, Sistine Chapel, Pisa etc.- sites found in the photographs of this album.
The album contains photographs documenting the activities and personnel of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Battalion, the Buffs, East Kent Regiment, in Britain (Dover), as well as views of the former and its region. In addition, the album contains an extensive visual travel imagery consisting of photographs of various places in Italy, France, Belgium, Canada, and the United States.
Chapman himself is depicted throughout the album as Self; Ethel Chapman is captured as EJC (Ethel Jean Chapman) or Ethel; all (except a few) photographs have captions.
The photographs are of various sizes and processing techniques; some are numbered (likely those taken by Chapman himself); they are in chronological order covering the time period from November 1905 to February 1908; not all photographs are dated.
The following places, events, objects, and people are depicted in photographs found in the album:
Places
Italy
- Pompeii: The Forum; House of Marcus Corneus; Arch of Triumph & Temple of Fortune; Temple of Isis; House of Vettii
- Pisa: Baptistery; Cathedral; Leaning Tower; Campo Santo; Palazzo Cavalieri & Church of Santo Stefano dei Cavalieri
- Genoa: Views of Genoa & Harbour; Bridge of Via Corsica; Piazza Principle & Railway Station from Hotel Londres; Cathedral; Piazza Corvetto; Villa Mylius;
- Genoa: Views of Genoa & Harbour; Bridge of Via Corsica; Piazza Principle & Railway Station from Hotel Londres; Cathedral; Piazza Corvetto; Villa Mylius;
France
-Nice: Sea front & Casino; Public gardens; Grand Hotel; Casino of Monte Carlo
Britain
- Longmoor: Officers Mess; Riding Ring; Interior No3 Stable;
- St. Margaret's Westminster, London
- Chilham Castle, Canterbury
- Dover: No 3 Esplanade; View of Western Heights; Harbour; Market Square & Cannon St.; Dover from Admiralty Pier; Clock Tower from Granville Dock; Nursing Home, Club & Castle; St. Margaret's Bay looking E. & W.; 6 Cambridge Terrace; Bench Street
- Brighton: West Street; Hotel Metropole; Sea Front
- Rye: 'Land' Gate; Church (exterior and interior)
- Battle Abbey: Gateway & Cloisters
- Pevensey Castle
- Beachy Head
- Alfriston Abbey
- Newhaven: View from Seaford; Harbour
- Rottingdene: Church & Mill; 10th Brigade Camp
- Dynchurch
- Hythe
- New Romney
- Udimore
- Folkestone: The Warren; Upper Lees; Sandgate Road; Bouverie Road; Hotel Metropole & Grand Mansions; Pleasure Gardens Theatre
- Cahirciveen: Royal Irish Constabulary Barracks; O'Connors Bridge & House; Ballymoran Castle
-Glenleam, the Knight of Kerry's House on Valentia Island
France
- Calais: Harbour & Station; Duc de Guise's House; Market Square Calais with old lighthouse & Hotel de Ville; Casino; New lighthouse ('can be seen from Dover'); Cathedral;
- Boulogne: The Beach & The Casino; South entrance to the Old Town -Cathedral; Hotel de Ville
- The Embankment with Cecil Hotel and Savoy Hotel, London
Belgium
- Ostend: New Church; Kursaal; The Beach & bathing machines from Kursaal; Casino; Promenade (panoramic view); Splendid Hotel; Principal Street
- Bruges (multiple city views of canals, streets and buildings etc.)
Britain
- Bournemouth: Pier; Winter Gardens; Royal Bath Hotel; Scene at Bridge, West Parley; Bournemouth Bridge at Ilford
Canada
- Halifax: Panoramic view of the N.W. Arm & Halifax taken from the 'Dingle'; Vew of Harbour & Main Street;
- Ottawa: Sir Sandford Fleming's House - Winterholme; Rideau Street; Parliament Buildings (multiple views); Interior view of the Parliament Library; Corner of Post Office & Parliament Buildings; Daly Ave. in blowing snow; Metcalfe Street & Parliament Buildings; Elgin Street & Town Hall; Canal Locks & Interprovincial Bridge from Dufferin Bridge; Chaudiere Falls; St. Andrews Church; Views of Ottawa from Chaudiere Falls, Hull; Ashbournham Hill
- Montreal: Windsor Hotel; Church of St. Peter & St. Paul; Notre Dame Cathedral; Montreal & St. Lawrence R. from Mont Royal; 3-part panorama of Montreal in summer from Top of Mont Royal
- Niagara: Clifton House Hotel; American Falls; Canadian (Horse Shoe) Falls; Various views of Niagara Falls from Suspension Bridge etc.; Terrapin Point on Goat Island (multiple views); Bridge connecting U.S.A. & Canada; Cantilever & Arch Railway Bridges over St. Lawrence
U.S.A.
- New York: Waldorf Astoria Hotel; 5th Avenue; Plaza Hotel; Statue of Liberty; Dewey Arch; The Flat Iron building in Madison Square dividing 5th Ave & Broadway; Madison Square & Tower of Madison Square. Gardens; 'Brooklyn Bridge with the Sky Scrapers to the left'; Longacre Square
Events
- M.I. Brigade Church Parade (11`03`06); The Gordon Boys, Sunday Morning Constitutional, Dover; 1st Batt. The Buffs marching through the city of London with bayonets fixed & Colours flying; 'Presentation of New Colours to the 1st Batt. The Buffs by the Lord Mayor of London on the Hon. Art. Co. Parade Ground, May 16th 1906' (some listed); Presentation of Colours to 3rd The Buffs by Gen. Sir G. White, Shorncliffe (13 June 1906); Dover: 1st Buffs parade for Route march, Obstacle Race, Tug o'war, Boat Race, Bumping Competition; Swedish ship Olaus Olsen after running into Harbour Works, Dover; End of Harbour Works showing the two 400 ton cranes which fell across the ship (10 Oct. 1906); Danish 3rd Class Cruiser Heimdal & Swedish ship Olaus Olsen in Dover Inner Harbour (21 Oct. 1906); Clock Tower & train running onto Prince of Wales Pier; 10th Brigade passing through Battle; Bathing Parade, Newhaven; 1st Buff. 'drums' entering camp, Newhaven; Cricket at Brighton. 10th v. XI Brigade; Royal Review at Aldershot: '1st B. The Buffs marching past H.I.M. King Edward VII & H.M. the King of Denmark' (12 June 1907); Sports at Dover: Obstacle Race: Citadel Moat by ropes, Grease Poles, Inspection of boots preparatory to Tug o'War; Kings Birthday Parade on the Sea Front, Dover (28 June 1907): Col. Owen calling for 3 cheers, Guard of Honour to Persian Ambassador, Dover (29 June 1907), First County Cricket Match, Kent v Gloster on Crabble Ground, Dover (11 July 1907); Officers Race: 2nd Batt. The Buffs at Harrismith, South Africa; West Parley Camp: Civilians listening to Band; 1st Buffs Staff Parade; Church Parade; Ethel on board the Elmira in Kingstown harbour; Brig. Gen. Lomax directing operations by telephone; Tea in the garden at Newhouse; Group of 1st Buffs Sergeants previous to their Annual Riffle Competition, Hamilton Cup, Aldershot (29 Oct. 1907); Jocelyn...doing her 1st trick; An inquisitive telegraphist looking into our window at King Edward Hotel, Halifax (3 January 1908); Ottawa: On the Winterholme private rink, Tobogganing on Ottawa River, Cutting Ice on Ottawa River, Rolling down the Roads after a Snow fall, Moving Hay Stacks on sleighs, Plowing the 'Side-Walks', Chaudiere Falls on Ottawa River at Hull 'frozen over first time for 30 years', Self in 33° Below Zero Kit, Trotting Ice Races on Ottawa River, 'During a Storm Electric Sweepers keep the lines clear in front of the Trams'; a Halt at Vermont; Ethel at the end of our carriage; Crossing R. Hudson at Albany in evening; 5th Avenue after the blizzard, New York; 'Photo showing trees & brushes covered with frozen layers of spray from the Falls,' Niagara
Objects
-Wine shop with counter & 4 cisterns, Pompeii; Typical Neopolitan wine cart; Painted Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel; Statue of Columbus in Genoa; Genoese Cart & horses; Typical houses of Genoa; 4 cylinder F.N. Motor Cycle, Arcachon; Longmoor: 'Flash' (dog), 'Black Nancy' (horse), Group of my Section outside Stables, Complete Motorist; 8-10 h.p. 'Brown' car; Silver statuette presented by me to 2nd Buffs; S.S. Patricia at Dover; S.S. Phillopolis of Hamburg-Amerika Line; 10th Brigade Camp at Parksdale, Battle; Mrs. Moore-Lanes House, Valetta, Temple Ewell; Incoming Calais 3. Boat, Dover; Drawing Room at 3 Esplenade (Dover); Old Spanish houses & typical wine cart, Calais; West Parley Camp; Camp at Compton Park; My 15 h.p. Coventry Humber holding Ethel Violet-Dickie & Mrs. Moore-Lane; Duke of Wellington's Statue, Aldershot; The War Airship 'Nulli Secundus', Aldershot (from Latin: Second to None); Newhouse at Mersham: interior views; R.M.S. Empress of Britain (Liverpool to Halifax); 'The Lodge' - Sir Sandford's, Halifax; Ottawa: Farm Sleigh, Lumber Slides, Typical Snow carts clearing Sparks Street, The Bates House, 'Bob' Fleming's house on Chapel St., 'Family Sleigh' ('3 sleighs lashed together carrying 12 people'),Rock Quarry of the International Portland Cement Works, The Arena, Deys Rink, 'where Hockey matches are played', Inside the Rideau Curling Rink; 'Part of Map taken from C.P.R. time table, marked to show where we travelled'; Ice toboggan slide (1 1/4 m. long) down Mont Royal; 'The numerous U.S.A. Power houses on right bank of R. St. Lawrence,' Niagara
People
- Ethel Jean Chapman (Fleming): depicted throughout the album; Mr. & Mrs Palmer-Samborne; Sharpin; Lily, W. and Noel Exshaw; Major Wilkinson; Lt. Adj. Foster; Mounted Infantry Comp. 1st B. The Buffs; H.W. Green; E.A.B. Alston; E.B. Furley; John Crookenden; Capt. Mrs and Nan McDouall; Miles Beevor (at Seaford); Self bathing (at Seaford); Mrs. & Dickie Moore-Lane; Capt. Power; H.S. Hardy; 1st The Buffs Hockey Team 'beaten once & by 1 goal, goals for 92, against. 21' (listed), Dover; Lt. Col. Dauglish; Capt. R.M. Douall; J.W. Pickthall; Violet Howden; Lord P. Methuen; Walter & Grace Fleming; Helen Coutlée; Self on Skiis
