Hall and Lowe^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]}

• Name	Hall and Lowe
  Gender	Unknown
  Business Address/Year	1884-1888	Victoria, BC
  	Studio opened 9 Nov 1884
  	Address: Government St. over Victoria House Victoria, BC Canada
  Business Address/Year	1887-1891	Vancouver, BC
  	Also doing business as Vancouver Photo Company
  	Address: 416 Cordova St. Vancouver, BC Canada
  Business Address/Year	1892	Vancouver, BC
  	Partnership dissolved 30 Apr 1892
  	Address: 518 Cordova St. Vancouver, BC Canada
  Business Address/Year	1889-1892	Victoria, BC
  	Partnership dissolved 30 Apr 1892
  	Address: 63 Government St. Victoria, BC Canada
  Association	Hall, James Deakin (Relationship: Partner)
  Association	Vancouver Photographic Company (Relationship: Branch studio)
  Association	Lowe, Skene (Relationship: Partner)
  Person ID	I176	Camera Workers | H, vol. 1, 1858-1900
  Last Modified	13 Nov 2021

  
  

• Photos		Hall and Lowe studio portrait, Victoria, 1889-1892. The photograph is a head-and-shoulders of an unidentified woman. Courtesy of UBC Library, Uno Langmann Family Collection of British Columbia Photographs, UL_2001_0007
  		Hall and Lowe studio portrait, Victoria, 1884-1888. The photograph is a studio head-and-shoulders of a man.

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Hall and Lowe's ad from Trout's Prospectors' Manual (1886).
  		Hall and Lowe's first Victoria, B.C., ad, Colonist, 8 Nov 1884, p. 2.
  		Hall and Lowe news item, San Francisco Journal of Commerce, BC Edition, Feb 1888, p. 2.
  		Hall and Lowe ad, San Francisco Journal of Commerce, BC Edition, Feb 1888, p. 4.
  		Hall and Lowe news article, Victoria Colonist, 2 Sep 1884, p. 3. About Hall's occupancy of part of the Denny building on Government St. over the Victoria House store. Hall was later joined by Skene Lowe who operated Hall and Lowe in Victoria while Hall eventually relocated to Vancouver by 1887.
  		Skene Lowe article, Victoria Colonist, Special Ed., 5 Apr 1896, p. 7, part 1.
  		Skene Lowe article, Victoria Colonist, Special Ed., 5 Apr 1896, p. 7, part 2.
  		Hall and Lowe imprint from the verso of a card mount, ca. Nov 1884-1888. The photograph is a studio head-and-shoulders portrait of a man.
  		Hall and Lowe news, Victoria Colonist, 4 Jun 1885, p. 3.
  		Hall and Lowe imprint, front of mounted photograph, 1880s.
  		Hall and Lowe imprint, verso of mounted photograph, ca. Nov 1884-1888. The photograph is a studio portrait of Annie Muir. Courtesy of UBC Library, Uno Langmann Family Collection of British Columbia Photographs, UL_1043_0010.
  		Hall and Lowe news, Victoria Colonist, 26 Jun 1887, p. 4. Hall and Lowe sold photographs of paintings by Charles A. de L'Aubiniere. Examples of some of his paintings are preserved by the BC Archives.
  		Hall and Lowe news, Victoria Colonist, 24 Jun 1887, p. 4, part 1. A lengthy description of paintings of Greater Victoria scenery by the artist Charles A. de L'Aubiniere, examples of which are preserved by the BC Archives, concludes with a collaboration between the artist and Hall and Lowe to sell photographs of eight of his paintings.
  		Hall and Lowe news, Victoria Colonist, 24 Jun 1887, p. 4, part 2. A lengthy description of paintings of Greater Victoria scenery by the artist Charles A. de L'Aubiniere, examples of which are preserved by the BC Archives, concludes with a collaboration between the artist and Hall and Lowe to sell photographs of eight of his paintings.
  		Hall and Lowe news, Victoria Colonist, 24 Jun 1887, p. 4, part 3. A lengthy description of paintings of Greater Victoria scenery by the artist Charles A. de L'Aubiniere, examples of which are preserved by the BC Archives, concludes with a collaboration between the artist and Hall and Lowe to sell photographs of eight of his paintings.
  		Hall and Lowe ad, Victoria Colonist, 23 May 1892, p. 7. This dissolution of partnership ad is dated 1 May 1892. Skene Lowe would continue to operate as Hall and Lowe in Victoria and J.D. Hall would continue to own the Vancouver Photographic Company, which by Jun 1892 David Wadds was managing.
  		Hall and Lowe news, Victoria Colonist, 8 Jun 1892, p. 5. Following the dissolution of the Hall and Lowe partnership, with Skene Lowe carrying on business in Victoria under the name, he commissioned the architect Thomas Hooper to make improvements to his studio space.
  		Hall and Lowe news, Victoria Colonist, 22 Jun 1892, p. 5. This news item announced the opening of the remodelled Hall and Lowe studio.

  
  

• Notes

  STATUS: Studio. BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: Established by J.D. Hall and Skene Lowe in Winnipeg in Mar 1882, Lowe had moved to Victoria in 1884. Hall then established the Vancouver Photographic Company in 1887. The partnership was dissolved on 30 Apr 1892, with Lowe remaining in photography in Victoria, while Hall went on to become the Sheriff of Vancouver. Hall and Lowe were primarily portrait photographers, but also engaged in landscape work. IDENTIFYING MARKS: "Photographers, Hall & Lowe, 461 Main St., Winnipeg" on front of print mount (Winnipeg and some 1887 Vancouver photographs). "Hall & Lowe, Artists and Photographers, 461 Main Street, Opposite City Hall, Winnipeg, and Government St., Victoria, B.C." on front of print mount. "Hall & Lowe Government Street, Victoria, B.C. Over Victoria House" on front of print mount. "Hall & Lowe, Photographers, Government St., Victoria, B.C." on front of cabinet portrait.

  
  

• Sources

  [S483] Manitoba Historical Society, Manitoba Photographers, 1858 to Present (Web site), (Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Historical Society) (Reliability: 3). Manitoba Photographers: Hall & Lowe Reproduces a magnified view of the Hall & Lowe Winnipeg business with possibly one of the two owners standing in the doorway. URL (accessed 4 Jan 2017): http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/photographers/halllowe.shtml [S19] Woltz, William, comp., WIL85, (Victoria, B.C.: R.T. Williams, 1885). [S20] Mallandine, Edward, MAL87, (Victoria, B.C.: E. Mallandine, R.T. Williams, 1887). [S22] Draper, Thomas, comp., WIL89, (Victoria, B.C.: R.T. Williams, 1889). [S24] HEN90, (Victoria, B.C.: Henderson Directory Co., 1890). [S28] HEN91, (Vancouver, B.C.: Henderson Directory Co., 1891). [S30] WIL92, (Victoria, B.C.: R.T. Williams, 1892).