Photocrafts^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

• Name	Photocrafts
  Gender	Unknown
  Business Address/Year	1947-1949?	Chilliwack, BC
  	Address: 144 Yale Road East Chilliwack, BC Canada
  Business Address/Year	1946-1947	Chilliwack, BC
  	Address: 126 Yale Road East Vallance Block Chilliwack, BC Canada
  Business Address/Year	1950	Chilliwack, BC
  	Continued in business past 1950
  	Address: 124 Margaret Ave. Chilliwack, BC Canada
  Association	Vallance, James Dunlop (Relationship: Proprietor)
  Person ID	I1520	Camera Workers | P, vol. 2, 1901-1950
  Last Modified	12 Feb 2020

  
  

• Documents » Slide Show		Article about the opening of Photocrafts by Jim Vallance, Chilliwack Progress, 6 Nov 1946, p. 12.
  		Editorial about the significance of J.D. (Jim) Vallance's Photocrafts photo-engraving business, Chilliwack Progress, 9 Apr 1947, p. 2.
  		Photocrafts ad, Chilliwack Progress, 28 May 1947, p. 7.

  
  

• Notes

  STATUS: Commercial; Photo-engraver. BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: Opened by Jim Vallance on 7 Nov 1946 in Chilliwack, the firm offered photo-engraving and commercial photography services. In late May 1947 the business suffered a small amount of damage from a suspected arson-caused fire. Around 1953 the business was acquired by John L. Rodgers who in 1955 introduced Chilliwack's first automatic photo-finishing service. [5, 6]

  
  

• Sources

  [S714] SUN46, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1946). Chilliwack: not listed [S715] SUN47, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1947). Chilliwack: not listed [S780] SUN48, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1948). Chilliwack: not listed [S1040] FV53, (Vancouver, BC: B.C. Directories, 1953), 116. Chilliwack [S693] Chilliwack Progress, 28 May 1947, 1, 12. "Fire Bug Suspected As Two More Fires Hit City Section" [S693] Chilliwack Progress, 16 Mar 1955, 13. "Photocrafts for Camera Fan"