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  • Name Wilson's Photo and Art Studio  
    • VARIANT NAMES: Wilson Studio; Wilson's Art Shop and Photo Studio; Wilson's Photo and Art Studio; Wilson's Studio; Wilson's Studio and Art Store.
    Gender Unknown 
    Business Address/Year 1921-May 1946  Chilliwack, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    Yale Road
    Chilliwack, BC
    Canada 
    Association Wilson, Alexander (Relationship: Proprietor) 
    Association R.A. Spencer Studio (Relationship: Successor) 
    Person ID I2017  Camera Workers | W, vol. 2, 1901-1950
    Last Modified 4 Dec 2021 

  • Documents
    Alexander Wilson (Wilson Studio) ad, <i>Chilliwack Progress</i>, 9 Jul 1924, p. 8.    		Alexander Wilson (Wilson Studio) ad, Chilliwack Progress, 9 Jul 1924, p. 8.
    Wilson's Photo and Art Studio ad, <i>Chilliwack Progress</i>, 8 May 1946, p. 14.     		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, <i>Chilliwack Progress</i>, 1 May 1946, p. 11.    		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.
    Wilson Photo and Art Studio ad, <i>Chilliwack Progress</i>, 15 May 1930, p. 4.    		Wilson Photo and Art Studio ad, Chilliwack Progress, 15 May 1930, p. 4.
    R.A. Spencer Studio ad, <i>Chilliwack Progress</i>, 22 May 1946, p. 14.    		R.A. Spencer Studio ad, Chilliwack Progress, 22 May 1946, p. 14.
    Wilson Studio ID on verso of print.    		Wilson Studio ID on verso of print.
    This references hand colouring.
    Alexander Wilson's ad, <i>Chilliwack Progresss</i>, 10 Feb 1921, p. 5.    		Alexander Wilson's ad, Chilliwack Progresss, 10 Feb 1921, p. 5.
    Concerns the dissolution of his partnership with C.F. Dowsett.

  • Notes 
    • STATUS: Studio; Retail.
    • BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: According to the Chilliwack Museum and Archives:

      Alexander Wilson opened The Wilson's Studio in 1921 after dissolving his partnership with Charles Dowsett of The Dowsett Studio. Wilson retained the studio on Yale Road while Dowsett moved to Nowell Street. Wilson eventually moved to Wellington Avenue and renamed the studio Wilson's Photo & Art Studio around 1925. The business was purchased by Mr. [R.A.] & Mrs. R.A. Spencer of the Rosetta Ann Studio in 1946. Wilson retired to White Rock with his wife in 1946.

      He operated the business beginning in at least 1940 with his wife Hilda Wilson.

  • Sources 
    1. [S742] WRI22, (Vancouver, BC: Wrigley Directories, c1922).
      Chilliwack: not listed

    2. [S760] WRI27, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1927).
      Chilliwack: not listed

    3. [S761] WRI28, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1928), 245.
      Chilliwack: Wilson's Photo & Art Studio (A Wilson)

    4. [S768] SUN34, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1934), 268.
      Chilliwack: Wilson's Photo & Art Studio (A Wilson)

    5. [S769] SUN35, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1935), 453.
      Chilliwack: Wilson's Photo & Art Studio (A Wilson)

    6. [S774] SUN40, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1940).
      Chilliwack: Wilson's Photo & Gift Studio Alex and Hilda Wilson, Props. Portraiture, Amateur Finishing and Commercial Work. Leather Goods and Imported Art China. Phone 4171.

    7. [S779] SUN45, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1945), 44.
      Chilliwack

    8. [S714] SUN46, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1946).
      Chilliwack: not listed