Davis, William H.

1858 -

• Name	Davis, William H.
  Birth	Aug 1858	PA, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Business Address/Year	ca. 1875	Victoria, BC
  Business Address/Year	Nov 1875-Jun 1877	Sehome, WA
  Business Address/Year	Jun 1877	Nanaimo, BC
  	Start date only
  	Address: Bastion St. next door to Temperance House Nanaimo, BC Canada
  Association	Gilbert, John King (Relationship: Leased studio from (Estate))
  Association	Nanaimo Photographic Gallery (Relationship: Leasee)
  Person ID	I271	Camera Workers | D, vol. 1, 1858-1900
  Last Modified	24 Jul 2023

  
  

• Notes

  STATUS: Commercial. BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: W.H. Davis opened his photo studio in Sehome, WA, in Nov 1875. "A graduate of one of the best art galleries of Victoria" (Bellingham Bay Mail, 1876 02 19/3), Davis left for Nanaimo in early Jun 1877 where he had leased the photo studio of J.K. Gilbert who had died the previous Oct. The Bellingham newspaper thought he would be absent about six months. Davis called his Nanaimo operation the Nanaimo Photographic Gallery. Davis married Nellie A. Harrison of Sehome on 1 Nov 1876. IDENTIFYING MARKS: "W.H. Davis, Photographer, Nanaimo, B.C." on verso of carte-de-visite (Mautz, 1986). REFERENCES: Bellingham Bay Mail, 1875 11 27/3, 1876 02 19/3, 1876 11 04/3, 1877 04 14/3, 1877 06 02/3, Nanaimo Free Press, 1877 06 09/2 (ad); 1877 06 09/3; Mautz (1986, back cover); Mautz (1997).

  
  

• Sources

  [S985] United States Census, 1900. State of Washington, Kitsap County, Colby Precinct, Enumeration District no. 1, p. 1, line 49