Great Eastern Photographic and Advertising Company^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]}

• Name	Great Eastern Photographic and Advertising Company
  Gender	Unknown
  Business Address/Year	1890s	Portland, OR
  Business Address/Year	1888	Olympia, WA
  Where Active (Non-Specific Address)	1888	Tacoma, WA
  Business Address/Year	Jun 25-24 Jul 1888	Vancouver, BC
  	Address: Powell and Carrall Sts. behind Ferguson Block Vancouver, BC Canada
  Business Address/Year	25 Jul-23 Aug 1888	Nanaimo, BC   [7]
  	Address: Church Street opposite Nanaimo Free Press office Nanaimo, BC
  Business Address/Year	30 Aug-26 Sep 1888	Victoria, BC
  	Address: Government and Courtenay Sts. Victoria, BC Canada
  Association	Fletcher, T.J. (Relationship: Employee)
  Association	Gardiner, Roswell Henry (Relationship: Manager)
  Person ID	I229	Camera Workers | G, vol. 1, 1858-1900
  Last Modified	12 Mar 2025

  
  

• Documents » Slide Show		Great Eastern Photographic and Advertising Co.'s letter ad, Nanaimo Free Press, 1 Aug 1888, p. 3. This notice provoked a sardonic reply from one of Nanaimo's resident photographers, W.P. Coughlan in the 4 Aug 1888 issue under the title "Oh, Photographic, Is It?"
  		W.P. Coughlan news, Nanaimo Free Press, 4 Aug 1888, p. 3. Coughlan reacted sardonically to a Nanaimo Free Press notice on 1 Aug 1888 promoting the Great Eastern Photographic and Advertising Company.
  		Great Eastern Photographic and Advertising Company news, Vancouver Daily News-Advertiser, 24 Jul 1888, p. 8. Customers were requested to come pick up their orders at the firm's tent on Powell St.
  		Great Eastern Photographic and Advertising Company, Victoria Daily Times, 29 Aug 1888, p. 1.
  		Great Eastern Photographic and Advertising Company ad, Victoria Daily Times, 18 Sep 1888, p. 4. This ad is signed by the Victoria manager R.H. Gardiner.
  		Great Eastern Photographic and Advertising Company news, Victoria Daily Times, 31 Aug 1888, p. 4.
  		Great Eastern Photographic and Advertising Company news, Victoria Daily Times, 4 Sep 1888, p. 4. Manager R.H. Gardiner lowered his price and referenced the anonymous opinion published in the 31 Aug 1888 issue of the Times.
  		Great Eastern Photographic and Advertising Company news, Victoria Daily Times, 10 Nov 1888, p. 4, part 1. This article provides more details about the firm's operations in Victoria.
  		Great Eastern Photographic and Advertising Company news, Victoria Daily Times, 10 Nov 1888, p. 4, part 2. This article provides more details about the firm's operations in Victoria.
  		Great Eastern Photographic and Advertising Company ad, Tacoma Daily Ledger, 28 Oct 1888, p. 7.
  		Great Eastern Photographic and Advertising Company ad, Tacoma Daily Ledger, 17 Oct 1888, p. 5.
  		Great Eastern Photographic and Advertising Company news, Victoria Daily Times, 15 Sep 1888, p. 1. In a letter to the editor, Gardiner implies that a Victoria photographer was the author of a newspaper letter signed "Victim". The Times editor noted that none of the city's photographers had written the letter.
  		Great Eastern Photographic and Advertising Company news, Victoria Daily Times, 14 Sep 1888, p. 1. This anonymous letter, signed "Victim", was replied to by R.H. Gardiner on 15 Sep 1888.
  		Great Eastern Photographic and Advertising Company ad, Nanaimo Free Press, 28 Jul 1888, p. 3.
  		Great Eastern Photographic and Advertising Company ad, Los Angeles Daily Herald, 29 Jan 1888, p. 3. A "lost" ad describing a leather bag containing packages of photographs by the firm.
  		Great Eastern Photographic and Advertising Company news, Bellingham Herald, 23 Apr 1953, p. 7.

  
  

• Notes

  STATUS: Studio (itinerant). BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: Operated by T.J. Fletcher in Nanaimo and by R.H. Gardiner in Victoria, the company turned up in Vancouver first and moved on to Nanaimo on 25 Jul 1888 where Fletcher exchanged letters to the newspaper with local photographer W.P. Coughlan. The company then transferred to Victoria in late Aug and remained there for a month or so. Gardiner subsequently returned to Victoria in Nov 1888 to honour orders placed just prior to his company's move from Victoria to Puget Sound. IDENTIFYING MARKS: Landscape views (approx. 8 x 10 in.) taken in Vancouver bear a number on the print surface ranging from at least "96/C" to at least "142/C"; the front of the print mount may be marked "The Great Eastern Photographic and Advertising Company." "Great Eastern Photo and Advertising Co." on front of cabinet portrait (BVICA). "Great Eastern Photo. & Advertising Co. R. H. Gardiner, Manager, 285 Goldsmith St., East Side, Portland, Oregon" on front of print mount (ORHS).

  
  

• Sources

  [S45] COLLECTION: BVAA. Prints [S139] COLLECTION: BVICA. Print(s)? [S65] COLLECTION: BNCA. Print(s)? [S156] COLLECTION: ORHSOC. [S581] David Mattison, Mattison (1979 05), (Vancouver History 18, no. 3 (May 1979):9-15). [S329] Thomas Robinson, Robinson (Web site), (Portland, OR: T. Robinson). Entry for Gardiner, Rossell H., Mr. & Mrs. (Clackamas, Hillsboro, Portland, Roseburg) [S706] Nanaimo Free Press, 28 Jul 1888, 3.