Camera Workers, 1858-1950

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

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Steele, Frederick[1, 2]

Male 1860 - 1930  (69 years)

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  • Name Steele, Frederick 
    Birth 23 Feb 1860  Keokut City, Lee County, IA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Gender Male 
    Business Address/Year Jul 1896  Nelson, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Visit 
    Address:
    tent studio
    opposite Bank of Montreal
    Nelson, BC
    Canada 
    Death 29 Jan 1930  Saskatoon, SK Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Burial Woodlawn Cemetery, Saskatoon, SK Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Association Steele and Company (Relationship: Proprietor; Photographer) 
    Person ID I2315  Camera Workers | S, vol. 1, 1858-1900
    Last Modified 14 May 2023 

  • Documents
    Frederick Steele biography, <i>The Story of Manitoba</i>, vol. 2 (1913), p. 158-159.    		Frederick Steele biography, The Story of Manitoba, vol. 2 (1913), p. 158-159.

  • Notes 
    • STATUS: Commercial (visit).
    • BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: Frederick Steele, then based in Winnipeg, operated out of a tent studio in Nelson in Jul 1896. The Fernie branch studio was owned by Frederick Steele of Calgary who had been employed by Hall and Lowe in Winnipeg between Jun 1886 and Mar 1887. It is not known who kept the Fernie branch open.
      Frederick Steele was one of the most important photographers operating in the Prairie provinces in the 1890s.

  • Sources 
    1. [S8] Dempsey, Hugh, Dempsey (1978), (Calgary: Glenbow-Alberta Institute, 1978).

    2. [S925] Frank Howard Schofield, Schofield (1913), (Winnipeg, MB: S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1913).
      Digital facsimile URL (accessed 13 May 2023): https://archive.org/details/storyofmanitoba02schouoft

    3. [S924] Ancestry.ca (Web site).
      Family Tree: Frederick aka Fred Steele
      URL (accessed 13 May 2023): https://www.ancestrylibrary.ca/family-tree/person/tree/5773437/person/5022932498/facts