Camera Workers, 1858-1950

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

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Maves, Gustave Adolph[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]

Male 1882 - 1942  (59 years)


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  • Name Maves, Gustave Adolph 
    • VARIANT NAME: Mavis, Gus A.
    Birth 2 Mar 1882  Pembroke, ON Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Gender Male 
    Marriage 10 Aug 1905  York, ON Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Bride: Margaret Jane Crawford 
    Business Address/Year 1902-1918  Toronto, ON Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Business Address/Year 1920-1941  Victoria, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 28 Jan 1942  Victoria, BC Find all individuals with events at this location  [10, 11] 
    Person ID I1808  Camera Workers | M, vol. 2, 1901-1950
    Last Modified 8 Jan 2021 

  • Notes 
    • STATUS: Commercial.
    • BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: Of Dutch parentage, he established a lithographic business in Toronto which he operated until 1918 when he moved west. Married in 1905, his wife was a skilled artist and colorist.
      In addition to home studio portraiture, Maves also engaged in landscape and still life photography.
      Maves made a trip through parts of the interior, documenting agricultural activities in the Okanagan and elsewhere in 1930 and 1931. His photographs of Victoria and Vancouver Island were used by the Victoria and Island Publicity Bureau, a predecessor of Tourism Victoria. A selection of his 16 x 20 inch color transparencies were exhibited under the province's sponsorship at the 1930 Canadian Exhibition. His photographs were also featured in magazine articles and in two publications from the late 1930s, including a souvenir illustrated booklet for the May 1930 visit to Victoria of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth.
    • IDENTIFYING MARKS: Postcard may be credited on front lower right corner to Gus A. Maves or M. Maves or Margaret Maves; some postcards are copyrighted, titled and/or numbered on the print surface.
    • FORMATS: Postcards.

  • Sources 
    1. [S46] COLLECTION: BVIPA.
      Gus A. Maves fonds (PR-2188); URL (accessed 6 Jan 2021): https://search-bcarchives.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/gus-maves-fonds

    2. [S339] Voters List, (Victoria, B.C.: Province of British Columbia, 1874-), 1933, Ref. NW 324.1 B862.
      Victoria

    3. [S738] WRI19, (Vancouver, BC: Wrigley Directories, c1919).
      Victoria: not listed

    4. [S805] HENVIC20, (Victoria: Henderson Publishing, 1920), 398.
      Victoria: Mavis [sic] Gus A artist h 395 Sunrise (O B)

    5. [S760] WRI27, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1927), 1562.
      Victoria: Maves Gus A artist h 395 Sunrise

    6. [S772] SUN38, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1938), 1618.
      Victoria: Maves Gustavus A (Margt J) photog h 395 King George Ter

    7. [S775] SUN41, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1941), 1823.
      Victoria: Maves Gustavus A (Margt J) artist h 395 King George Ter

    8. [S776] SUN42, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1942).
      Victoria: not listed

    9. [S1105] Compiled by D. Mattison, Mattison (2010), (Vancouver: Vancouver Postcard Club, 2010).

    10. [S652] BVIPA death registration index.
      Registration no. 1942-09-600155 (microfilm B13173)

    11. [S628] (Victoria) Colonist, (Victoria: Colonist), 29 Jan 1942, 3 and 14.
      p. 3: "Death takes Gus A. Maves"
      p. 14: "Deaths... Maves"
      Obits