Rosetta Ann Studio^{[1, 2]}

• Name	Rosetta Ann Studio
  	VARIANT NAME: Rosetta Ann Portrait Studio.
  Gender	Unknown
  Business Address/Year	1942-1946	Chilliwack, BC   [3]
  	Address: 36 Yale Road East Chilliwack, BC Canada
  Business Address/Year	May-Jun? 1946	Chilliwack, BC
  	Address: 9 Wellington Avenue Chilliwack, BC Canada
  Business Address/Year	1948?-1951	Chilliwack, BC
  	Address: 521 Yale Road West Chilliwack, BC Canada
  Association	R.A. Spencer Studio (Relationship: Successor)
  Association	Wilson's Photo and Art Studio (Relationship: Predecessor)
  Association	Spencer, Rosetta Ann (Relationship: Manager)
  Person ID	I1513	Camera Workers | R, vol. 2, 1901-1950
  Last Modified	10 May 2021

  
  

• Photos

  Rosetta Ann Studio ID, between 1942 and 1951.

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Rosetta Ann Studio ad, Chilliwack Progress, 1 May 1946, p. 11. When Mr. and Mrs. R.A. Spencer purchased Alexander Wilson's operation (Wilson's Photo and Art Studio), they ran this gracious thank-you.
  		Rosetta Ann Studio ad, Chilliwack Progress, 17 Oct 1945, p. 3.
  		Rosetta Ann Studio news article, Chilliwack Progress, 25 Feb 1942, p. 3. About its opening.
  		Rosetta Ann Studio help wanted ad, Chilliwack Progress, 18 Mar 1942, p. 6. Targeted to young women.
  		Wilson's Photo and Art Studio ad, Chilliwack Progress, 8 May 1946, p. 14. Alexander Wilson thanked his Chilliwack customers for their patronage in this ad while encouraging them to give their support to the Rosetta Ann Studio owned by Mr. R.A. and Mrs. R.A. Spencer.
  		Rosetta Ann Studio ad, Chilliwack Progress, 22 May 1946, p. 4. Mr. R.A. and Mrs. R.A. Spencer cleaned out the studio with this ad.
  		Rosetta Ann Studio ad, Chilliwack Progress, 28 Mar 1951, p. 5. For the auction of all its stock.
  		R.A. Spencer Studio ad, Chilliwack Progress, 22 May 1946, p. 14.
  		Rosetta Ann Studio ad, Chilliwack Progress, 13 Oct 1943, p. 8. Targeting military families.
  		Rosetta Ann Studio Christmas ad, Chilliwack Progress, 25 Oct 1944, p. 6. Published in October, the ad was likely meant for overseas military families.

  
  

• Notes

  STATUS: Studio. BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: Opened in Feb 1942 by Mrs. R.A. Schofield (later Mrs. R.A. Spencer) who had been saleswoman at Jerome's Studios in Vancouver where her future husband R.A. Spencer also worked, this studio was purchased by Mr. R.A. and Mrs. R.A. Spencer. The Spencers subsequently bought Alexander Wilson's operation (Wilson's Photo and Art Studio) in the spring 1946. They renamed the Rosetta Ann Studio the R.A. Spencer Studio. The vacated Rosetta Ann Studio at 36 Yale Road East was occupied by a Singer sewing machine store in Jul 1946. After their divorce in 1948 she may have returned to operating as the Rosetta Ann Studio for two or three years. On 31 Mar 1951, an auction of all property at the studio was carried out. The studio published many ads in the Chilliwack Progress newspaper.

  
  

• Sources

  [S693] Chilliwack Progress, 11, 1 May 1946. Rosetta Ann Studio ad [S693] Chilliwack Progress, 5, 4 Jul 1946. "Opens New Singer Store" Store located in former space occupied by Rosetta Ann Studio at 36 Yale Road East. [S693] Chilliwack Progress, 3, 25 Feb 1942. "New Portrait Salon Opens Here Saturday"