Oliver, William John^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]}

1887 - 1954  (66 years)

• Name	Oliver, William John
  Born	28 Jul 1887	Ash, Kent, Eng., UK
  Gender	Male
  Where Active (Non-Specific Address)	1911-early 1940s	Calgary, AB
  Where Active (Non-Specific Address)	1920s-1930s	BC
  Died	19 Apr 1954	Calgary, AB
  Person ID	I635	Camera Workers | O, vol. 2, 1901-1950
  Last Modified	10 Mar 2017

  
  

• Notes

  STATUS: Photojournalist; Commercial; Cinematographer. BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: Oliver began his photographic career with Calgary photographer Frederick B. Cooper, then worked for about a year as a newspaper photographer for the Morning Albertan (1911-1912), following which he opened his first studio in the basement of a house he lived in at 314 - 7th Avenue East. He later landed work with the Calgary Herald and was much in demand as an outdoor photographer. W.J. Oliver took up cinematography during the late 1910s. He was associated with Fox Movietone News and also produced an impressive series of films for the federal Parks Branch in the 1920s and 1930s. Jameson's biography thoroughly documents his varied career. IDENTIFYING MARKS: Print surface may be captioned, numbered and marked "© Oliver" or "Oliver Studio".

  
  

• Sources

  [S48] COLLECTION: ACG. Negatives [S46] COLLECTION: BVIPA. Video copies of films [S152] COLLECTION: OOA. Prints and films/videos, National Parks collection [S314] Jameson (1984), Sheilagh S. Jameson, (Calgary: Glenbow Museum, 1984). [S232] Alberta Between the Wars (Web site), Fortney, Sharon and Bleach, Sarah J., (Calgary: Glenbow Museum, 1998).