Thompson and Bovill

• Name	Thompson and Bovill
  Gender	Unknown
  Business Address/Year	Oct 1886-?	New Westminster, BC
  	Address: Columbia St. opposite Colonial Hotel New Westminster, BC Canada
  Business Address/Year	1887-6 Feb 1889	New Westminster, BC
  	Address: Columbia St. Hamley Block New Westminster, BC Canada
  Association	Thompson, Stephen Joseph (Relationship: Partner)
  Association	Bovill, Wheatley (Relationship: Partner)
  Association	Bovill, William (Relationship: Partner)
  Person ID	I41	Camera Workers | T, vol. 1, 1858-1900
  Last Modified	3 May 2025

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Thompson and Bovill, Kickbush farm, Chilliwack, ca. 1886-1889. Courtesy of BC Archives, Item C-07993.
  		Thompson and Bovill studio portrait, ca. 1886-1889. The photograph is a head-and-shoulders of a woman.
  		Thompson and Bovill studio portrait, ca. 1886-1889. The photograph depicts a young child. Identified on the back, the surname appears to be Scoules or Scouler, age 3 or 4.

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Thompson and Bovill news, New Westminstesr Daily British Columbian, 7 Feb 1889, p. 4. About the dissolution of their partnership.
  		Thompson and Bovill ad, New Westminster Daily British Columbian, 7 Feb 1889, p. 4. Partnership dissolution notice effective 6 Feb 1889.
  		Thompson and Bovill news, New Westminster Daily British Columbian, 28 Oct 1886, p. 3. An announcement of their new studio. The reference to "old photograph parlors on Columbia street, opposite the Colonial hotel" may describe the Bovill Brothers studio.
  		Thompson and Bovill news, Victoria Daily Times, 29 Sep 1888, p. 1. The firm won a prize for best collection of photographs at the Chilliwack agricultural fair.

  
  

• Notes

  STATUS: Studio. BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: This was the partnership of S.J. Thompson and one or both of the Bovill brothers. According to the newspaper announcement of the new partnership The old photograph parlours on Columbia Street, opposite the Colonial Hotel, have been thoroughly renovated. ... The proprietors are Messrs. Thompson and Bovill. Mr. Thompson is a young gentleman who has recently arrived from the east, where he was the proprietor of a large gallery. ... The firm have imported new instruments, backgrounds, and all the accessories necessary to make first class work. They are prepared to give anyone a perfect facsimile of himself or herself, from miniature up to life size, and to do so at eastern prices, a fact worthy of consideration. At the Chilliwack agricultural exhibition in September 1888, they were awarded a prize for the "best collection of photographs". IDENTIFYING MARKS: print surface may be numbered (possibly two different series), captioned and marked "Thompson & Bovill Photographers, New Westminster, B.C."; "Thompson & Bovill New Westminster" printed at bottom front of mount (different fonts may be used). REFERENCES: MAL87; WIL89; British Columbian, 1886 10 28/3 ("Our New Art Gallery"); Times, 1888 09 29/1 ("Chilliwhack [sic] Show").