October 28th to 31st [1859]. Tolerably fine weather, during which I have been taking a few photographs.

A collection of figure studies in photography, by Mrs. Taylor, was another conspicuous feature. In this was demonstrated the fact that the making of pictures--that shall have artistic sentiment as well as technical excellence--by photographic process is not only a possibility, it is achieved,and in Mrs. Taylor's case with a marked success.

she was going abroad for her health, and she will take her photographic camera with her. She is an indefatigable enthusiast in this line, and has a valuable collection of pictures which she has taken in her travels through the United States. They include phases of home life in the south and the west, and are particularly interesting because of their very special character.

Albert Elliott (1871-1962) was born in Barton St. Michael, a suburb of Gloucester, England, the second of ten children. Scarlet Fever as a child caused him to become completely deaf. In 1887 he became apprenticed to a bookbinder, at which he worked until 1956, although he also became interested in photography through his brother Harry. He met Kate ("Vevey") in 1898, also deaf, and they married in 1901. In 1904 they met Fred Baglow, also deaf. The three of them emigrated to California in 1906, and from there to North Vancouver. They launched Elliott & Baglow Photographers in August or September of 1906. Elliott sold his half in 1907 when he got a job at Thomson Stationers, Baglow operating the studio until late 1908 or early 1909. Elliott's wife died in childbirth in 1912; he remarried in 1916 [i.e., 1915] and died in 1962.