R.A. Spencer Studio^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

• Name	R.A. Spencer Studio   [5]
  	VARIANT NAMES: R.A. Spencer Studio and Gift Shop; R.A. Spencer Studios and Gift Shop.
  Gender	Unknown
  Business Address/Year	1939	Vancouver, BC
  	Address: 445 Granville St., no. 54 Vancouver, BC Canada
  Business Address/Year	1946-1950	Chilliwack, BC
  	Address: 9 Wellington Avenue Chilliwack, BC Canada
  Association	Wilson's Photo and Art Studio (Relationship: Predecessor)
  Association	Spencer, Robert Alfred (Relationship: Proprietor)
  Association	Russell, Bernard Parvish (Relationship: Proprietor)
  Association	Wilson's Photo and Art Studio (Relationship: Successor)
  Person ID	I1514	Camera Workers | R, vol. 2, 1901-1950
  Last Modified	10 May 2021

  
  

• Documents » Slide Show		R.A. Spencer Studio ad, Chilliwack Progress, 22 May 1946, p. 14.
  		A R.A. Spencer Studio ad for new Kodak camera models, Chilliwack Progress, 28 May 1947, p. 8.
  		Article about the 2 May 1950 fire which destroyed the interior of the just-vacated R.A. Spencer Studio, Chilliwack Progress, 3 May 1950, p. 12. The article notes that Alexander Wilson owned the building and had arrived the morning of the fire to arrange for the sale of the building.

  
  

• Notes

  STATUS: Studio. BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: Owned by Robert Alfred and Mrs. Rosetta Ann Spencer, this studio moved from Vancouver to Chilliwack when it purchased Wilson's Photo and Art Studio. Mrs. Spencer's operation, the Rosetta Ann Studio, was closed and merged into the R.A. Spencer Studio. The R.A. Spencer Studio was extensively damaged by a fire on 2 May 1950; the studio loss was $12,500.00. [6]

  
  

• Sources

  [S772] SUN38, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1938). Vancouver: not listed [S773] SUN39, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1939), 1014. Vancouver: Spencer R A Studio (B P Russell) photog 54, 445 Granville [S774] SUN40, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1940), 2143. Classified: Photographers: "Russell's Formerly R.A. Spencer Studio" [S693] Chilliwack Progress, 14, 22 May 1946. Ad [S693] Chilliwack Progress, 10, 9 Oct 1946. Ad [S693] Chilliwack Progress, 1, 28 Dec 1950. "Year's Fire Damage Set at $37,000"