Camera Workers, 1858-1950

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

Name	Wadds Brothers
Gender	Male
Business Address/Year	Apr 1896-1897, 1899-1900+	Vancouver, BC
	Address: 45 Cordova St. Sullivan Block Vancouver, BC Canada
Business Address/Year	Nov 1897-1900+	Nelson, BC
	Address: Victoria St. corner of Stanley Nelson, BC Canada
Business Address/Year	Nov 1892-Apr 1896	Vancouver, BC
	Address: 518 Cordova St. Vancouver, BC Canada
Business Address/Year	1898	Vancouver, BC
	Address: 68 Cordova St. Sullivan Block, room 5 Vancouver, BC Canada
Business Address/Year	1898	Brooklyn, BC
Association	Bart, C.W. (Relationship: Employee)
Association	Fewster, Eva Mary (Relationship: Retoucher)
Association	Vancouver Arts and Crafts Association (Relationship: Member)
Association	Wadds, David (Relationship: Partner)
Association	Wadds, George Thomas (Relationship: Partner)
Association	Medlock, Eva Saville (Relationship: Retoucher)
Association	Kay, Julius Alfred (Relationship: Employee)
Person ID	I365	Camera Workers \| W, vol. 1, 1858-1900
Last Modified	10 Jan 2017

Photos

C.E. Bloomfield photographed in the Wadds Brothers' Vancouver studio, likely a wedding portrait, ca. 1902.
His wife, Miss Evelyn Pavier, was also photographed around the same time (BVIPA, call no. I-46811). Image courtesy of BC Archives, Visual Records call no. I-46810.

Documents		Wadds Brothers' ad, World (Vancouver), 1892 12 02.
Documents		Wadds Brothers' ad, World (Vancouver), 1892 12 20.

Notes

STATUS: Studio.
BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: Established by David and G.T. Wadds about Nov 1892, the firm operated branches in Nelson (David) and Brooklyn. The business was primarily portrait taking.
IDENTIFYING MARKS: "Wadds Bros. Vancouver, B.C." or "Wadds Bros. Vancouver & Nelson, B.C." on front of print mount.
REFERENCES: WIL93; WIL94; WIL95; HOD96; HEN97; WIL97; HEN98; HEN99; WIL99; HEN00; World, 1892 11 26/1, 1896 03 10/8, 1896 06 (souvenir ed.): 49-52; News-Advertiser, 1897 11 23/8.