Camera Workers, 1858-1950

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

Imperial Photo Studio[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29]



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  • Name Imperial Photo Studio  
    • VARIANT NAME: Imperial Studio.
    Gender Unknown 
    Business Address/Year 1896-1899  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    225 Carrall St.
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Business Address/Year 1902  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    2 or 4 East Cordova St.
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Business Address/Year 1903-1912  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    8 East Cordova St.
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Association Conderoy, R.A. (Relationship: Employee) 
    Association Day, Madge (Relationship: Employee) 
    Association Savard, Alphonse Amedée Odilon (Relationship: Owner) 
    Person ID I167  Camera Workers | I, vol. 1, 1858-1900
    Last Modified 22 Apr 2021 

  • Photos
    Imperial Photo Studio mount identification. A. Savard is identified as the proprietor.
    Imperial Photo Studio mount identification. A. Savard is identified as the proprietor.
    City of Vancouver Archives Item: CVA 174-19 - Portrait of small girl in checked dress, with Chihuahua beside her. The address dates the photo to between ca. 1896-1899.

  • Notes 
    • STATUS: Studio.
    • BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: This was established by Alphonse Savard. It was last listed in the 1912 Vancouver business directory.
    • IDENTIFYING MARKS: Bottom front of mount may be marked "Imperial Studio A. Savard Proprietor cor. Carrall & Cordova Sts. Vancouver, B.C." or "Imperial Studio 215 Carrall St. Vancouver, B.C." The latter may include the words "Extra Finish" on the paintbrush palette in between the studio name and the address.

  • Sources 
    1. [S46] COLLECTION: BVIPA.
      Item no. I-46826 (print no. HP035174)

    2. [S45] COLLECTION: BVAA.

    3. [S134] COLLECTION: BVA.
      Print

    4. [S627] (Vancouver) World, (Vancouver: World), Jun 1896.

    5. [S35] HOD96, (Vancouver, B.C.: Hodgson and Co., 1896).
      Vancouver: not listed in alphabetic, street directory or classified section under photographers

    6. [S36] HEN97, (Victoria, B.C.: Henderson Publishing Co., 1897), 635.
      Vancouver: Imperial Studio A. Savord 225 Carrall

    7. [S38] HEN98, (Victoria, B.C.: Henderson Publishing Co., 1898), 569.
      Vancouver: Imperial Studio A. Savord 225 Carrall

    8. [S40] Williams, R.T., comp., WIL99, (Victoria, B.C.: Province Publishing Co., 1899), 626.
      Vancouver: Imperial Studio prop A. Savard 225 Carrall st.

    9. [S733] GRE99, (Vancouver, BC: Rowland E. Green, [1900]).
      Vancouver: not listed

    10. [S39] HEN99, (Victoria, B.C.: Henderson Publishing Co., 1899), 688.
      Vancouver: Imperial Studio A. Savord 225 Carrall

    11. [S41] HEN00, (Victoria, B.C.: Henderson Publishing Co., 1900).
      Vancouver: not listed

    12. [S42] HEN01, (Victoria, B.C.: Henderson Publishing Co., 1901).
      Vancouver: not listed

    13. [S781] HEN02, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1902), 682.
      Vancouver: Imperial Studio A. Savard prop. 2 Cordova E.

    14. [S782] HEN03, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1903), 712.
      Vancouver: Imperial Studio A.E. Savard prop. 8 Cordova E.

    15. [S783] HEN04, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1904), 750.
      Vancouver: Imperial Studio A.E. Savard prop. 8 Cordova E.

    16. [S786] HENVAN05, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1905), 301.
      Vancouver: Imperial Studio A.E. Savard prop. 8 Cordova E.

    17. [S785] HEN05, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1905), 516.
      Vancouver: Imperial Studio A. Savard prop. 8 Cordova E. h 1101 Bidwell

    18. [S787] HENVAN06, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1906), 399.
      Vancouver: Imperial Studio A. Savard prop. 8 Cordova E. h 1101 Bidwell

    19. [S788] HENVAN07, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1907), 522.
      Vancouver: Imperial Studio A. Savard prop. 8 Cordova E.

    20. [S790] HENVAN08, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1908), 669.
      Vancouver: Imperial Photo Studio A. Savard prop. 8 Cordova E.

    21. [S791] HENVAN09, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1909), 760.
      Vancouver: Imperial Photo Studio A. Savard prop. 8 Cordova E.

    22. [S698] HENVAN10, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1910), 827.
      Vancouver: Imperial Photo Studio A. Savard prop. 8 Cordova E.

    23. [S732] HEN10, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1910).
      Vancouver: not listed

    24. [S795] HENVAN11, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1911), 784.
      Vancouver: Imperial Photo Studio A. Savard prop. 8 Cordova E.

    25. [S797] HENVAN12, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1912), 877.
      Vancouver: Imperial Photo Studio A. Savard prop. 8 Cordova E.

    26. [S746] HENVAN13, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1913).
      Vancouver: not listed

    27. [S747] HENVAN14, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1914).
      Vancouver: not listed

    28. [S748] HENVAN15, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1915).
      Vancouver: not listed

    29. [S585] "All the Latest Improvements: Vancouver Photographic Studios of the Nineteenth Century, Mattison (1985a), (Material History Bulletin no. 22 (Fall 1985):49-52).