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Subseries documents the journey of Pocock and Randle Cecil. Randle Cecil (1889 - 1917) was son of Lord Rupert Ernest William Gascoyne-Cecil, Bishop of Exeter, and in early 1913 Lord Gascoyne-Cecil asked Pocock to act as a guide and chaperon to Randle during an exploration of the Pacific North-West. They traveled mostly by horseback from Calgary, AB, to Red Bluff, CA, over the later half of 1913. Subseries contains photographs and postcards of the locations they visited, and perhaps intended to visit, as well as some people they met (mostly unidentified). It is arranged chronologically into three files: Images from unknown locations, Images from Alberta and British Columbia, and Images from Washington to California.

Files contains images of locations in Alberta and British Columbia from Pocock and Cecil's journey in 1913. Places are identified on the postcards and photographs either by Pocock's handwriting or by printed description. File is arranged chronologically according to order of location visited.

1 photograph postcard showing Alexandria Public School, built ca. 1904 in Wetaskiwin, Alberta, and 12 small double-sided photo cards showing various scenes and locations captured in Alberta and Wetaskiwin area.

Images include:
"Alexandria Public School"; "Birds-Eye View Wetaskiwin"; "Indians in Camp"; uncaptioned image of a Books and Stationery retail store; "Merchants Bank Block"; "Luca's Grove"; "A Good Crop of Oats"; "Pearce Street" [Wetaskiwin]; "Battle River"; "A Pretty Drive"; "A Row of Elevators"; "Hauling Firewood"; "Prince of Wales Hotel".

A collection of assorted postcards of various sizes. All of the postcards are blank on the back except for one which reads "Private Postcard" in a child's handwriting and one which includes a short message with no address information. Two of the postcards also have the year 1944 written on the back. Two have the years 1990 and 1992 printed on them. The postcards are published by various companies, including "Famous V & Sons", "Grant-Mann", "Dexter Supreme", "The Coast Publishing Co.", and "Tripix". Some postcards do not have publishers listed.

The photographs and illustrations on the front of the postcards depict various scenes such as a walrus hunt, farming scenes, cityscapes, ships and harbours, hotels [including the Empress Hotel in Victoria, B.C.], dinosaurs, animals and nature scenes, an igloo, the Golden Boy statue at the legislative building in Manitoba, the St. Boniface cathedral fire and restoration, and totem poles along with statues of an Indigenous chief and woman, among other images.