A fascinating painting by William Henry Bartlett showing (a rather exaggerated) view of Fort Henry across the Cataraqui River. You can see at left a relatively early steamship at its moorings.

A quiet scene painted in the mid-19th Century, showing the bridge into Kingston and the growing town behind it from the perspective of the Royal Military College's Drill Ground.

A group of young boys take a break from throwing snowballs at each other to pose for a photograph in front of the CIty Hall.

The Penny Bridge, a wooden swing bridge across the Cataraqui River, built in 1829. It wasn't replaced until 1917.

The Murney Tower in Macdonald Park is today a community museum operated by the Kingston Historical Society.

The City Hall has been covered with black bunting in mourning for the passing of Queen Victoria.

The bridge tollhouse for crossing the Cataraqui River Bridge.

A view of Navy Bay in the foreground. Behind it is the peninsula upon which the Royal Military College sits. Beyond that you can see the skyline of Kingston.

A view of the side of the Frontenac County Court House showing the large fountain in front that was added in 1903.

The Hotel Dieu Hospital was founded in the 1840s to care for the poor Irish Catholics settling in Kingston. It came to its present location at Sydenham Street in 1892, where it continues to operate, conducting important medical research in affiliation with Queen's University.

The university's Memorial Union Building.

A postcard showing Queen's University's then New Arts Building.

A postcard showing Kingston's impressive neoclassical style City Hall. It was originally built in 1844 and originally served as a jail, market, seat of local government, post office, police station, customs house, and more.

A postcard view of a busy day on Princess Street, showing a number of pedestrians, horsedrawn buggies, and a streetcar that appears packed with passengers.

The Sydenham Street Methodist Church

Looking across the Quad (now sports fields) towards some of Queen's historic lecture halls.

Two martello towers guarding the entrance to Kingston's harbour can be seen here.

A guard at the gate to Fort Henry during the First World War. During that time it was being used as an internment camp for so-called 'enemy aliens.'

A horsedrawn sledge crosses Princess Street during a busy shopping day. While there are no cars visible on the roads, the sidewalks are packed with pedestrians.

Soldiers gather in front of the Court House during the winter of 1916, presumably for drilling.

A car drives down King Street past Kingston Penitentiary.

Pallbearers unload a coffin from a hearse for a funeral.

The law offices of Sir John A. Macdonald. Macdonald was born in Kingston and trained as a lawyer, and it was here he would practice law from the 1830s until 1874, when he would move to Toronto.

A big sign showing an early Shell Station on Princess Street.

Lecture halls at Queen's University.

The old post office was built in the 1850s.

Kingston's harbourfront showing many steamships and fishing boats at their moorings.

The Fleming Hall at Queen's University. An electrical fire completely gutted the building, but it was rebuilt. As you can see the roof was destroyed and left out of the rebuild.