Thompson and Bovill

• Name	Thompson and Bovill
  Gender	Unknown
  Business Address/Year	Oct 1886-?	New Westminster, BC
  	Address: Columbia St. opposite Colonial Hotel New Westminster, BC Canada
  Business Address/Year	1887-1889?	New Westminster, BC
  	Address: Columbia St. Hamley Block New Westminster, BC Canada
  Association	Thompson, Stephen Joseph (Relationship: Partner)
  Association	Bovill, Wheatley (Relationship: Partner)
  Association	Bovill, William (Relationship: Partner)
  Person ID	I41	Camera Workers | T, vol. 1, 1858-1900
  Last Modified	16 May 2023

  
  

• Photos		Thompson and Bovill, Kickbush farm, Chilliwack, ca. 1886-1889. Courtesy of BC Archives, Item C-07993.
  		Thompson and Bovill portrait, Thomas James O'Neill and George O'Neill, ca. 1886-1889. Courtesy of BC Archives via Kamloops Museum, Item C-08422.

  
  

• Notes

  STATUS: Studio. BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: This was the partnership of S.J. Thompson and one or both of the Bovill brothers. According to the newspaper announcement of the new partnership The old photograph parlours on Columbia Street, opposite the Colonial Hotel, have been thoroughly renovated. ... The proprietors are Messrs. Thompson and Bovill. Mr. Thompson is a young gentleman who has recently arrived from the east, where he was the proprietor of a large gallery. ... The firm have imported new instruments, backgrounds, and all the accessories necessary to make first class work. They are prepared to give anyone a perfect facsimile of himself or herself, from miniature up to life size, and to do so at eastern prices, a fact worthy of consideration. At the Chilliwack agricultural exhibition in the fall 1888, they displayed a collection of photographs. IDENTIFYING MARKS: print surface may be numbered (possibly two different series), captioned and marked "Thompson & Bovill Photographers, New Westminster, B.C." REFERENCES: MAL87; WIL89; British Columbian, 1886 10 28/3 ("Our New Art Gallery"); Times, 1888 09 29/1.