Boorne and May

• Name	Boorne and May
  Gender	Male
  Where Active (Non-Specific Address)	1886-1893	Calgary, AB
  	Partnership as Boorne and May (1886-1889); incorporation as Boorne and May (1892-1893).
  Association	Boorne, William Hanson (Relationship: Partner)
  Association	May, Ernest Gundry (Relationship: Partner)
  Person ID	I551	Camera Workers | B, vol. 1, 1858-1900
  Last Modified	11 Oct 2020

  
  

• Documents

  Thomas Mills and Boorne and May news, Calgary Weekly Herald, 11 Mar 1891, p. 1. During his first visit to western Canada, Mills solicited photographs from places he was unable to visit such as Calgary, AB. In this case, Boorne and May offered to sell their photographs.

  
  

• Notes

  STATUS: Commercial; Studio. BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: W.H. Boorne opened his studio in Calgary, AB, in 1886 with the help of his cousin Ernest Gundry May. The studio was known as Boorne and May and branches were established at Banff and Edmonton. The Calgary headquarters failed in 1893 and Edmonton branch manager C.W. Mathers purchased his part of the business. COLLECTIONS: see Boorne, William Hanson. IDENTIFYING MARKS: see Boorne, William Hanson. REFERENCES: see Boorne, William Hanson.