Elite Photo Studio (Nanaimo)^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]}

• Name	Elite Photo Studio (Nanaimo)
  	VARIANT NAME: Elite Photo Company; Elite Studio.
  Gender	Unknown
  Business Address/Year	1893-1895	Nanaimo, BC
  	Address: Commercial St. Nanaimo, BC Canada
  Business Address/Year	1897	Nanaimo, BC
  Association	Larss and Pierce (Relationship: Manager)
  Association	Adams and Pierce (Relationship: Manager)
  Association	Pierce, W.C. (Relationship: Proprietor)
  Person ID	I535	Camera Workers | E, vol. 1, 1858-1900
  Last Modified	12 Jul 2024

  
  

• Photos		Elite Photo Studio ID, 1893-1897.
  		Elite Photo Studio portrait, Nanaimo, 1893-1897. The photograph depicts a man standing against a painted backdrop depicting Nanaimo's Bastion and the harbour.

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Elite Photo Studio (Nanaimo) ad, Daily Telegram, 29 Mar 1894, p. 1.
  		W.C. Pierce news item, Courtenay Weekly News, 14 Jun 1893, p1. This item notes he is the operator of the Elite Photo Studio in Nanaimo.
  		Kelly and Pierce ad, (Courtenay) Weekly News, 19 Nov 1895, p. 1 and 4. This ad also appeared in this newspaper in early Oct 1895.
  		M.F. Kelly article, (Courtenay) Weekly News, 19 Nov 1895, p. 8 About the construction of his photo studio in Union.
  		Elite Photo Studio, Nanaimo Daily Telegram, 9 Nov 1893, p. 1.

  
  

• Notes

  STATUS: Studio. BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: This was operated by Larss & Pierce (1895) and Adams & Pierce (1897). IDENTIFYING MARKS: "The Elite Photo S. Nanaimo, B.C." on verso of print mount; "The Elite Studio, Nanaimo, B.C." on bottom front of print mount; "The Elite Studio Nanaimo, B.C." on bottom front of print mount.

  
  

• Sources

  [S46] COLLECTION: BVIPA. Print surface marked "Taken by flash light, at night, by the Elite Photo Co., Nanaimo, B.C." Print (reference code E-08099; archives code HP088384) [S64] COLLECTION: BNCM. [S33] Williams' B.C. Directory Co., comp., WIL94, (Victoria, B.C.: Williams' B.C. Directory Co., 1894). Nanaimo: not listed [S34] WIL95, (Victoria, B.C.: Williams' B.C. Directory Co., 1895), 239. Nanaimo: Elite Photo Studio, The, P E Larss & W C Pierce, Commercial [S36] HEN97, (Victoria, B.C.: Henderson Publishing Co., 1897), 364. Nanaimo: Elite Photo Co., Pierce & Adams [S38] HEN98, (Victoria, B.C.: Henderson Publishing Co., 1898). Nanaimo: not listed