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- Depicts brothers Albert Lindsay and Karl Doering (sons of the photographer) bundled and playing in the snow with friends in the middle of the street near the Doering family residence at 1837 North Bouvier Street. Four of the children sit on two sleds and two older boys stand in the foreground. The awning for S.H. Newman's Fancy Groceries at 1851 North Bouvier Street is visible at the corner of the tree lined street (right), along with row homes on the north side of Berks Street., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
- Depicts brothers Albert Lindsay and Karl Doering (sons of the photographer) bundled and shoveling snow outside of the Doering family residence at 1837 North Bouvier Street. The awning for S.H. Newman's Fancy Groceries at 1851 North Bouvier Street is visible at the corner of the tree lined street, along with row homes on the north side of Berks Street., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
- Depicts various men, women and children swimming in the Chesapeake Bay. Includes bathers splashing, playing and posing for pictures in shallow water. One bather dives into the water from the shoulders of two men. Depicts sailboats in the far distance., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
- Depicts a group of bathers in bathing suits standing on the beach and wading through shallow water. Several children grasp one of the many ropes that run along wooden poles from the beach into the water. An amusement pier is visible in the background., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
- Distant view of four women and two men, including Catharine Rupp Doering (wife of the photographer), Mrs. Schwarts (photographer's sister), and Mrs. Lindsay, standing with their bicycles in front of an old farm. A wooden fence divides the photographer from the group in the foreground., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
- Depicts four women and two men with their bicycles, stopped along the side of a dirt road, posing for the camera. Includes Catharine Rupp Doering (wife of the photographer) holding dogwood branches, Mrs. Schwarts (photographer's sister) and Mrs. Lindsay., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
- Depicts a group of four men, three women and one boy with bicycles on the side of a road, including Karl Doering (son of the photographer), Catharine Rupp Doering (wife of the photographer), William Harvey Doering (photographer), Mrs. Schwarts (photographer's sister), her husband Al Schwarts and Al Lindsay., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
- Depicts a large crowd watching a white horse leap from a high wooden platform in Carlin's Park, near Druid Hill Park in Baltimore, Md. A pool of water awaits the horse underneath of the platform. The word "tintypes" is advertised on the side of a building in the background., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
- Depicts a large crowd watching a white horse leap from a high wooden platform in Carlin's Park, near Druid Hill Park in Baltimore, Md. A pool of water awaits the horse underneath of the platform. The word "tintypes" is advertised on the side of a building in the background., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
- View of the front of Carpenters' Hall, surrounded by large office buildings on three sides, including the Guarantee Trust & Safe Deposit Co. (left), the Bullitt Building (rear) and the new Carpenters' Hall (right). Built between 1770 and 1774 by the Carpenter's Company of the City and County of Philadelphia after designs by member Robert Smith. Served as the meeting place for the First Continental Congress in 1774., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
- Depicts Catharine Rupp Doering (wife of the photographer) standing and facing Al Lindsay on his bicycle. Standing next to him is his wife, Mrs. Lindsay, who holds a bunch of flowers in her hand. They stand underneath a large tree and in front of an illegible wooden sign., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
- Depicts three children, including Alma Lindsay (left) with her arm around Albert Lindsay Doering (center) and Karl Doering (right), sitting on a back step of the Doering residence. A small planted tree sits in front of them. A wide eyed statue of a dog rests next to Karl Doering against the brick wall., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
- Depicts four children, including Alma Lindsay, Albert Lindsay Doering (son of the photographer) and Albert's cousins, William and Ed Doering, dressed in wool coats and hats for cold weather and posing on a back step of the Doering residence., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
- Exterior view of ivy-covered church, with bell tower, built in 1888 after designs by Theophilus P. Chandler. The Welsh founders of the church wanted the design to resemble St. Asaph Cathedral in Wales. Built on land donated by one of several founders, George B. Roberts, near his Pencoyd estate in Bala Cynwyd., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
- Depicts two couples in Ringing Rocks Park in Bucks County, Pa, known for its igneous boulders that ring if struck by a hammer. In one image they're sitting on the rocks and posing in the distance. In another, the men are guiding the women over large boulders. One of the couples might be Catharine Rupp and William H. Doering., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
- Depicts a locomotive crossing the Pennsylvania Railroad bridge over the Schuylkill River near Girard Avenue. Wooden scaffolding supporting a new Pratt truss flanks both sides of the bridge over the main channel of the river. The Pratt truss, which could hold heavier train loads, replaced the old Whipple truss in October of 1897., Title supplied by cataloguer., The Pennsylvania Railroad bridge, completed in 1867 after the designs of P.R.R. Chief Engineer John A. Wilson, served as the first connecting railway between Philadelphia and New York City., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
- Depicts a group of people standing near an arch and columns under construction. Many large sculptures adorn the arch. In the foreground is a barrel with a sign reading in part: Dewey Week. Arch built in Madison Square in New York City to celebrate Admiral George Dewey's victory in the Battle of Manilla during the Spanish-American War., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.