Camera Workers, 1858-1950

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

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Timms, Philip Thomas[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11]

Male 1874 - 1973  (98 years)


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  • Name Timms, Philip Thomas 
    Born 16 Sep 1874  Toronto, ON Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    Gender Male 
    Home Address/Year 1899  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    234 Fifth Ave.
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Business Address/Year 1907  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    same as home address 
    Address:
    944 Granville St.
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Business Address/Year 1899-ca. 1912  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Initially worked for S.J. Thompson 
    Died 8 Aug 1973  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Association Thompson, Stephen Joseph (Relationship: Employee) 
    Association Timms, Arthur Herbert (Relationship: Brother) 
    Association Timms, George Frederick (Relationship: Photographer) 
    Association Timms, George Frederick (Relationship: Brother) 
    Association Timms, George Edward (Relationship: Nephew) 
    Person ID I42  Camera Workers | T, vol. 1, 1858-1900
    Last Modified 30 Oct 2021 

  • Notes 
    • STATUS: Commercial.
    • BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: Timms moved to Vancouver at the age of 24 in 1898 from Toronto and started in business as a picture framer. In an oral history interview late in life, Timms said he worked with S.J. Thompson. He achieved fame after the turn of the century as a photographer of street scenes in Vancouver. He was listed as a photographer in the 1899 Henderson BC directory, but no business address is given.

  • Sources 
    1. [S134] COLLECTION: BVA (Reliability: 3).
      Glass negatives

    2. [S45] COLLECTION: BVAA (Reliability: 3).
      Prints

    3. [S666] BVIPA archival records.
      Oral history interview by I. Orchard, TAPE 1337:1

    4. [S666] BVIPA archival records.
      Reference Room VF

    5. [S39] HEN99, (Victoria, B.C.: Henderson Publishing Co., 1899), 763.
      Vancouver: "Timms, Philip T., photo, h 234 5th ave."

    6. [S40] WIL99, Williams, R.T., comp., (Victoria, B.C.: Province Publishing Co., 1899), 685.
      Vancouver: "Timms, T. P., picture framer, 5th ave. E., Mt. Pleasant."

    7. [S318] O'Kiely (1971), Notes by Elizabeth O'Kiely; photographs by Philip T. Timms, (Vancouver: Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association, 1971).

    8. [S561] Thirkell and Scullion (2006), Fred Thirkell and Bob Scullion, (Surrey, B.C.: Heritage House Publishing, 2006).

    9. [S353] Vancouver Public Library, Golden Timms (Web site), Vancouver Public Library, Special Collections, (Vancouver: Vancouver Public Library) (Reliability: 2).

    10. [S352] Vancouver Public Library, BC Timms (Web site), Vancouver Public Library, Special Collections, (Vancouver: Vancouver Public Library) (Reliability: 2).

    11. [S1111] This Vancouver: Philip Timms Collection (Web site), Vancouver Public Library, Special Collections, (Vancouver: Vancouver Public Library).

    12. [S647] Census of Canada 1901.
      Province of BC, District no. 1 Burrard, Sub-district no. D, sub-division no. 27 in Vancouver City, p. 2, line 33