Moore, William Fawcett^{[1, 2, 3]}

• Name	Moore, William Fawcett
  	VARIANT NAME: Moore, F.
  Gender	Male
  Home Address/Year	1912	Vancouver, BC
  	Address: 1240 Howe St. Vancouver, BC Canada
  Where Active (Non-Specific Address)	1912-1913	BC
  Person ID	I2105	Camera Workers | M, vol. 2, 1901-1950
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2021

  
  

• Notes

  STATUS: Commercial. BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: According to a letter he wrote to Premier Sir Richard McBride dated 19 Aug 1912, he worked in British Columbia on contract with "Messrs Sells of London, England," who had hired him to photograph for their book British Columbia, Its History, People, Commerce, Industries and Resources. He appears to have arrived in the spring of 1912 and at the time he wrote to McBride, he said his work was finished and that he was hoping to find employment with the government as a photographer. Enclosed with his letter were four sample photographs (Joe Place's ranch, Dog Creek Interior of a Kelowna fruit cannery Bedroom in the King Edward Hotel, Victoria and a Walhachin four-year-old orchard). The Premier's secretary wrote back that there were no openings for a photographer. Moore appears to have settled in Vancouver as he was later registered as a provincial voter. IDENTIFYING MARKS: Signed on verso of BVIPA prints "Photo by F Moore 1240 Howe Str Vancouver."

  
  

• Sources

  [S46] COLLECTION: BVIPA. Prints HP075666/D-09138, interior of fruit cannery; HP075672/D-09144, bedroom in the King Edward Hotel; HP075671/D-09143, Walhachin orchard; HP075670?/D-09142, Joe Place's ranch [S339] Voters List, (Victoria, B.C.: Province of British Columbia, 1874-), Ref. NW 324.1 B862., 1913. Vancouver [S666] BVIPA archival records. Textual Records GR-0441, box 135, folder 4 (W.F. Moore to Premier McBride, 22 Aug 1912)