Wadds Brothers^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13]}

• Name	Wadds Brothers
  Gender	Male
  Business Address/Year	Nov 1892-Apr 1896	Vancouver, BC
  	Address: 518 Cordova St. Vancouver, BC Canada
  Business Address/Year	Apr 1896-1897	Vancouver, BC
  	Address: 45 Cordova St. Sullivan Block 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
  Business Address/Year	Nov 1897-1900	Nelson, BC
  	Address: Victoria St. corner of Stanley Nelson, BC Canada
  Business Address/Year	1899-1901	Vancouver, BC
  	Address: 45 Cordova St. Sullivan Block Vancouver, BC Canada
  Business Address/Year	1901-1903	Nelson, BC
  	Address: West Baker St. near Steele Nelson, BC Canada
  Business Address/Year	1904-1905	Nelson, BC
  	Address: West Baker St. near Ward Nelson, BC Canada
  Business Address/Year	1905	Phoenix, BC
  	Itinerant
  	Address: Martin Block Phoenix, BC Canada
  Business Address/Year	1902, 1905	Grand Forks, BC
  	Itinerant
  	Address: Bridge St. Grand Forks, BC Canada
  	According to one ad he was working out of J.H. Blome's former studio. Blome had died in Feb 1902.
  Business Address/Year	1902-1912	Vancouver, BC
  	Address: 337 West Hastings Street Vancouver, BC Canada
  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)
  Association	Conran, Mildred Mary Margaret (Relationship: Retoucher)
  Association	Bird, Harry Edward (Relationship: Photographer)
  Association	Calder, Walter Hughes (Relationship: Photographer)
  Person ID	I365	Camera Workers | W, vol. 1, 1858-1900
  Last Modified	8 Nov 2021

  
  

• 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 » Slide Show		Wadds Brothers' ad, Vancouver World, 2 Dec 1892.
  		Wadds Brothers' ad, World (Vancouver), 1892 12 20.
  		Wadds Brothers ad, Phoenix Pioneer, 24 May 1902, p. 4. David Wadds operated the brothers' Nelson studio and also worked as an itinerant photographer, initially in Apr 1902 from J.H. Blome's former Grand Forks studio.
  		Wadds Brothers news item, Grand Forks Evening Sun), 14 Apr 1905, p. 2.
  		Wadds Brothers news item, Grand Forks Evening Sun, 5 May 1905, p. 1.
  		Wadds Brothers news item, Phoenix Pioneer, 24 May 1902, p. 1.
  		Wadds Brothers ad, Grand Forks Evening Sun, 14 Apr 1902, p. 1.
  		Wadds Brothers and David Wadds news item, Grand Forks Evening Sun, 14 Apr 1902, p. 2.
  		Wadds Brothers ad, Nelson Daily Miner, 27 Feb 1901, p. 4.

  
  

• Notes

  STATUS: Studio. BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: Established by David and G.T. Wadds about Nov 1892, the firm operated branches in Nelson (David) and Brooklyn. David Wadds also worked as an itinerant photographer beginning in 1902, utilizing J.H. Blome's old studio in Grand Forks. A sister to David and G.T., Mrs. Agnes Mount, worked as a clerk for the firm in the 1900s. The business was primarily portrait taking and was last listed in Nelson in the 1905 business directory and in Vancouver in the 1912 business directory. The Wadds Brothers Vancouver studio was destroyed by fire in 1912. 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

  [S134] COLLECTION: BVA. [S45] COLLECTION: BVAA. [S46] COLLECTION: BVIPA. [S42] HEN01, (Victoria, B.C.: Henderson Publishing Co., 1901), 423 and 797. p. 423: Nelson p. 797: Vancouver [S781] HEN02, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1902), 407 and 779. p. 407: Nelson p. 779: Vancouver [S782] HEN03, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1903), 410 and 833. p. 410: Nelson p. 833: Vancouver [S783] HEN04, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1904), 426, 815 and 891. p. 426: Nelson: Wadds Bros., (David and George T.), photographers, Baker, near Ward p. 815: Vancouver: Mount Mrs A. clerk Wadds Bros. h 878 Hornby p. 891: Vancouver [S786] HENVAN05, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1905), 464. Vancouver [S785] HEN05, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1905), 392 and 557. p. 392: Nelson p. 557: Vancouver [S698] HENVAN10, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1910), 1201. Vancouver [S732] HEN10, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1910), 1274. Vancouver Nelson: not listed [S797] HENVAN12, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1912), 1283. Vancouver [S746] HENVAN13, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1913). Vancouver: not listed