Camera Workers, 1858-1950


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

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Craig, J. Morte H.[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18]

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  • Name Craig, J. Morte H.
    • VARIANT NAMES: Craig, M.H.
    Gender Male
    Business Address/Year 1898-1910  Dawson, YT Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Business Address/Year 1912?-1913  Prince Rupert, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    617 3rd Ave.
    Arctic Studio
    Prince Rupert, BC
    Canada 
    Business Address/Year 1914  Prince Rupert, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    3rd Ave. and 4th St.
    Arctic Studio
    Prince Rupert, BC
    Canada 
    Business Address/Year 1916-1919  Prince Rupert, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    3rd Ave. West
    Arctic Studio
    Prince Rupert, BC
    Canada 
    Association Goetzman, Henry Jacob (Relationship: Succesor)
    Association Arctic Studio (Relationship: Proprietor)
    Person ID I510  Camera Workers | C, vol. 1, 1858-1900
    Last Modified 15 Sep 2021

  • Notes 
    • STATUS: Commercial.
    • BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: He arrived via the Chilkoot Pass and Lake Bennett with his wife in 1898. A Morte H. Craig is listed as an engineer in the 1903 Polk directory. According to the University of Washington Libraries description of the H.J. Goetzman Collection (collection no. 305), "At the end of the 1904 season, his [Goetzman's] photographic supply house and studio along with his original negatives were sold to J. Morte H. Craig which were then lost as a result of an accident in April of 1907."
    • IDENTIFYING MARKS: print surface captioned, dated, numbered and marked "Copyrighted M.H. Craig Dawson".
    • REFERENCES: Polk 1903 Gazetteer Directory; Berton (1983: 127).

  • Sources 
    1. [S705] COLLECTION: YDCM.
      Morte H. Craig fonds; Fonds dcm-66; URL (accessed 12 Sep 2021): https://albertaonrecord.ca/morte-h-craig-fonds
      Prints

    2. [S169] COLLECTION: UWL.

    3. [S138] COLLECTION: BVAUS.
      Uno Langmann Family Collection of B.C. Photographs: postcard; URL (accessed 12 Sep 2021): https://rbscarchives.library.ubc.ca/uno-langmann-family-collection-of-b-c-photographs-2

    4. [S732] HEN10, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1910), 1074.
      Dawson: Craig M H photographer etc

    5. [S794] HENPR10, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1910), 60.
      Prince Rupert: Craig Morte H Indian and arctic curios Exchange Blk 6th St h cor 5th and Borden St

    6. [S799] HENPR13, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1913), 63.
      Prince Rupert: Craig Morte H prop Arctic Studio res Clapp Block

    7. [S800] HENPR14, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1914), 71.
      Prince Rupert: Craig Morte H prop Arctic Studio res Clapp Block

    8. [S1035] F.S. Wright, comp., WRIGHT16, (Prince Rupert, BC: F.S. Wright, 1916), 87.
      Prince Rupert: Craig M H & wife Artist Waldron Apts 4th Ave W

    9. [S740] WRI18, (Vancouver, BC: Wrigley Directories, c1918), 372.
      Prince Rupert: Arctic Studio Morte H Craig Third Ave W

    10. [S738] WRI19, (Vancouver, BC: Wrigley Directories, c1919), 519.
      Prince Rupert: Arctic Studio Morte H Craig 3rd Ave W

    11. [S1036] F.S. Wright, comp., WRIGHT20, (Prince Rupert, BC: F.S. Wright, 1920), 53.
      Prince Rupert: Craig Morte H studio 3rd Av W res Waldron Apts
      Prince Rupert: Craig M H artist Waldron Apts

    12. [S739] WRI20, (Vancouver, BC: Wrigley Directories, c1920), 547.
      Prince Rupert: Craig Morte H prop Arctic Studio r Waldron Apts

    13. [S741] WRI21, (Vancouver, BC: Wrigley Directories, c1921), 564.
      Prince Rupert: Craig Morte H prop Arctic Studio r Waldron Apts

    14. [S807] WRIPR25, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1925), 58.
      Prince Rupert: Craig Morte H of Arctic Studio h 5 Waldron Apts

    15. [S758] WRI25, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1925), 279.
      Prince Rupert: Craig Morte H of Arctic Studio h 5 Waldron Apts

    16. [S763] WRI30, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1930), 525.
      Prince Rupert: Craig Morte H prop Arctic Studio r 1052 W 1

    17. [S765] WRI32, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1932), 459.
      Prince Rupert: Craig Morte H of Arctic Studio

    18. [S768] SUN34, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1934).
      Prince Rupert: not listed