Camera Workers, 1858-1950


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

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Hill-Tout, Benjamin William[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]

Male 1925 - 1954  (28 years)

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  • Name Hill-Tout, Benjamin William
    Nickname Ben
    Birth 25 Nov 1925  Victoria, BC Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Gender Male
    Business Address/Year 1945-1948  Victoria, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    1650 Hampshire
    Victoria, BC
    Canada 
    Business Address/Year 1948  Victoria, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    2186 Oak Bay Avenue
    Oak Bay Theatre Building
    Victoria, BC
    Canada 
    Death 4 Aug 1954  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Association Victoria Professional Photographers Association (Relationship: Member)
    Association Hill-Tout Studios (Relationship: Proprietor)
    Person ID I2285  Camera Workers | H, vol. 2, 1901-1950
    Last Modified 8 Oct 2021

  • Documents
    Victoria Professional Photographers Association ad, <i>Daily Colonist</i>, 13 Jul 1947, p. 8.    		Victoria Professional Photographers Association ad, Daily Colonist, 13 Jul 1947, p. 8.
    Appearing under the name Professional Photographers Association of British Columbia, the ad noted that all its members were from the Greater Victoria area.

  • Notes 
    • STATUS: Commercial.
    • BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: He was a member of the Victoria Professional Photographers Association and operated under tne name Hill-Tout Studios. Some of his portrait and outdoor work was published in the Daily Colonist newspaper, including a prize-winning photo of a Victoria horse race (Daily Colonist, 18 Sep 1955, p. 8).

  • Sources 
    1. [S779] SUN45, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1945).
      Victoria: not listed

    2. [S714] SUN46, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1946), 2074.
      Victoria: Hill-Tout Benj photog 1650 Hampshire

    3. [S715] SUN47, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1947), 2057.
      Victoria: Hill-Tout Benj photog 1650 Hampshire

    4. [S780] SUN48, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1948).
      Victoria: Hill-Tout Benj coml photog 1650 Hampshire

    5. [S991] SUNVIC49, (Vancouver, BC: Sun Directories, 1949).
      Victoria: not listed

    6. [S992] BCVIC50, (Vancouver, BC: B.C. Directories, 1950).
      Victoria: not listed

    7. [S1003] BCVIC51, (Vancouver, BC: B.C. Directories, 1951).
      Victoria: not listed

    8. [S924] Ancestry.ca (Web site).
      Benjamin William Hill Tout
      URL (accessed 7 Oct 2021): https://www.ancestrylibrary.ca/family-tree/person/tree/22506729/person/1505675264/facts