Rosetta Ann Studio^[1]

• Name	Rosetta Ann Studio
  	VARIANT NAME: Rosetta Ann Portrait Studio.
  Gender	Unknown
  Business Address/Year	1946	Chilliwack, BC
  	Address: 9 Wellington Avenue Chilliwack, BC Canada
  Business Address/Year	1942-1946	Chilliwack, BC   [2]
  	Address: 36 Yale Road East 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, Alexander (Relationship: Predecessor)
  Person ID	I1513	Camera Workers | R, vol. 2, 1901-1950
  Last Modified	11 Feb 2020

  
  

• Documents » Slide Show		When Mr. and Mrs. R.A. Spencer of the Rosetta Ann Studio purchased Alexander Wilson's operation (Wilson's Photo and Art Studio), they ran this gracious ad, Chilliwack Progress, 1 May 1946, p. 11.
  		Rosetta Ann Studio ad, Chilliwack Progress, 17 Oct 1945, p. 3.
  		News article about the opening of the Rosetta Ann Studio, Chilliwack Progress, 25 Feb 1942, p. 3.
  		Help wanted ad for the Rosetta Ann Studio targeted to young women, Chilliwack Progress, 18 Mar 1942, p. 6.
  		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, Chilliwack Progress, 8 May 1946, p. 14.
  		Mr. R.A. and Mrs. R.A. Spencer cleaned out the Rosetta Ann Studio with this ad, Chilliwack Progress, 22 May 1946, p. 4.
  		Ad for the auction of all stock at the Rosetta Ann Studio, Chilliwack Progress, 28 Mar 1951, p. 5.

  
  

• Notes

  STATUS: Studio. BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: Opened in Feb 1942 by Mrs. R.A. Schofield (later Mrs. R.A. Spencer) who formerly managed Jerome's Studios in Vancouver, 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. After their divorce in 1948 it appears that she 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.

  
  

• Sources

  [S693] Chilliwack Progress, 11, 1 May 1946. Rosetta Ann Studio ad [S693] Chilliwack Progress, 3, 25 Feb 1942. "New Portrait Salon Opens Here Saturday"