Camera Workers, 1858-1950

The British Columbia, Alaska and Yukon Photographic Directory, 1858-1950

Jones, Art[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

Male 1926 - 2006  (80 years)


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  • Name Jones, Art 
    Birth 1926  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Gender Male 
    Business Address/Year 1940s-1950s  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 7 Apr 2006  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Association Artray Limited (Relationship: Proprietor) 
    Person ID I1285  Camera Workers | J, vol. 2, 1901-1950
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 

  • Photos
    Art Jones among Artray studio equipment, 1950.
    Art Jones among Artray studio equipment, 1950.
    Vancouver Public Library accession number 81260.

  • Notes 
    • STATUS: Commercial.
    • BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: He was active as both a still photographer and cinematographer in the 1940s and 1950s in Vancouver. He was a principal in the Artray Ltd. studio. A full biography of his many and varied activities can be found through either the Vancouver Public Library's This Vancouver: Artray Collection or The Artray Photograph Collection: Vignettes of Postwar Vancouver.

  • Sources 
    1. [S134] COLLECTION: BVA.
      Artray Collection

    2. [S45] COLLECTION: BVAA.

    3. [S349] Vancouver Public Library, Special Collections, Vancouver Public Library, Artray (Web site), (Vancouver: Vancouver Public Library).

    4. [S1029] Vancouver Public Library, Special Collections, This Vancouver: Artray Collection (Web site), (Vancouver: Vancouver Public Library).

    5. [S729] Pakasaar, Helga, Presentation House Gallery (1986), (North Vancouver, BC: Presentation House Gallery, 1986).