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Vogee, Anton[1, 2, 3]

Male 1867 - 1950  (83 years)


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  • Name Vogee, Anton 
    • VARIANT NAME: Vogee's Photographic Gallery.
    Birth Jul 1867  Norway Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Business Address/Year 1899-1900  Atlin, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    Pearl St.
    corner of Second St. (Atlin tent gallery)
    Atlin, BC
    Canada 
    Where Active (Non-Specific Address) 1899-1900  Atlin; Bennett; Discovery (Pine City); Alaska; Yukon Territory Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 10 Oct 1950  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Association Garrison, A.A. (Relationship: Employee) 
    Person ID I548  Camera Workers | V, vol. 1, 1858-1900
    Last Modified 20 May 2023 

  • Photos
    Anton Vogee photograph of a scene in Atlin, BC, 24 May 1899.    		Anton Vogee photograph of a scene in Atlin, BC, 24 May 1899.
    Courtesy of Museum of History and Industry (Seattle, WA), no. 6978, via Wikimedia Commons.
    Anton Vogee photograph of Atlin, BC, 1899.    		Anton Vogee photograph of Atlin, BC, 1899.
    Courtesy of Yukon Archives, Anton Vogee fonds, image 82/271.

  • Notes 
    • STATUS: Commercial.
    • BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: He maintained branch studios at Atlin, Bennett and Pine City (Discovery). The studio at Pine City was managed by A.A. Garrison. Vogee's main occupation, however, was that of a sign painter and wall paper dealer. He was active in the towns of Dawson, Skagway and Whitehorse between 1898-1902 and left for Norway with his family in 1908. He returned to BC and lived in Vancouver where he worked as a decorator in the late 1910s.
    • IDENTIFYING MARKS: print surface usually captioned, numbered and marked "Vogee" or "Vogee Photo."

  • Sources 
    1. [S692] Correspondence, David Mattison, 26 Mar 1982 (Reliability: 3).
      letter from Yukon Archives.

    2. [S46] COLLECTION: BVIPA, 21 Dec 2016 (Reliability: 3).
      Copy prints from YWA.

    3. [S174] COLLECTION: YWA, 21 Dec 2016 (Reliability: 3).
      Glass negatives and digital facsimiles. Yukon Archives Images Database Anton Vogee fonds URL (accessed 19 May 2023): http://yukon.minisisinc.com/scripts/mwimain.dll/1683719282/DESCRIPTION_WEB/REFD/4821?JUMP