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  • Name Wadds Brothers  
    Gender Male 
    Business Address/Year Apr 1896-1897, 1899-1900+  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    45 Cordova St.
    Sullivan Block
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Business Address/Year Nov 1897-1900+  Nelson, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    Victoria St.
    corner of Stanley
    Nelson, BC
    Canada 
    Business Address/Year Nov 1892-Apr 1896  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    518 Cordova St.
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Business Address/Year 1898  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    68 Cordova St.
    Sullivan Block, room 5
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Business Address/Year 1898  Brooklyn, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    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 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBusiness Address/Year - Address:
    45 Cordova St.
    Sullivan Block
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada - Apr 1896-1897, 1899-1900+ - Vancouver, BC    		 Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBusiness Address/Year - Address:
    518 Cordova St.
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada - Nov 1892-Apr 1896 - Vancouver, BC    		 Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBusiness Address/Year - Address:
    68 Cordova St.
    Sullivan Block, room 5
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada - 1898 - Vancouver, BC    		 Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 
    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Photos
    C.E. Bloomfield photographed in the Wadds Brothers' Vancouver studio, likely a wedding portrait, ca. 1902.    		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, <i>World</i> (Vancouver), 1892 12 02.    		Wadds Brothers' ad, World (Vancouver), 1892 12 02.
    Wadds Brothers' ad, <i>World</i> (Vancouver), 1892 12 20.    		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.

  • Sources 
    1. [S134] COLLECTION: BVA.

    2. [S45] COLLECTION: BVAA.

    3. [S46] COLLECTION: BVIPA.