Whetham, Charles^[1]

1857 - 1938  (80 years)

• Name	Whetham, Charles
  Birth	8 Oct 1857	ON
  Gender	Male
  Where Active (Non-Specific Address)	1899	Vancouver, BC
  Death	2 Oct 1938	Westfield, Chautaugua, NY
  Person ID	I2318	Camera Workers | W, vol. 1, 1858-1900
  Last Modified	24 May 2023

  
  

• Documents		Wadds Brothers news, Vancouver Province, 6 Oct 1899, p. 7, part 1. In addition to their winning most of the professional photography prizes at the 1899 New Westminster exhibition, F.L. Hacking also won in that category. The two amateur photographers who won were F.T. Salsbury and Charles Whetham.
  		Wadds Brothers news, Vancouver Province, 6 Oct 1899, p. 7, part 2. In addition to their winning most of the professional photography prizes at the 1899 New Westminster exhibition, F.L. Hacking also won in that category. The two amateur photographers who won were F.T. Salsbury and Charles Whetham.

  
  

• Notes

  STATUS: Amateur. BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: A co-founder and principal in 1891 of a Vancouver private school, Whetham College, he was an amateur photographer. He took second place in the amateur photography category at the 1899 New Westminster exhibition. REFERENCES: Fred Braches, Charles Whetham: A Remarkable Resident of Ruskin, Whonnock Notes, 18 (Summer 2012). URL (accessed 23 May 2023): https://www.whonnock.ca/whonnock-history/pdf/WN18-Whetham.pdf

  
  

• Sources

  [S650] (Vancouver) Province, 6 Oct 1899, 7. New Westminster exhibition prize list