Victoria photographers and studios
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| 1 |  | New Photograph Gallery ad, Victoria Daily Standard, 22 Aug 1878, p. 4 The owner/operator of this studio is undetermined. | |
| 2 |  | J.A. Craigg imprint from the back of a carte-de-visite portrait, between 1869-1872. From verso of BC Archives carte-de-visite in Hunter album no. 3, p. 37. | |
| 3 |  | J.A. Craigg's ad, Victoria Standard, 14 Jul 1870, p. 4. | |
| 4 |  | J.A. Craigg's imprint from the back of a carte-de-visite, ca. 1870 R.S. Vickers (1917-2008), who owned this carte-de-visite, was the great-grandson of photographer George Robinson, a contemporary of Craigg's and who had also once operated the Theatre Photographic Gallery. | |
| 5 |  | J.A. Craigg's letter to the editor, Daily Colonist, 4 Nov 1869, p. 3. In this letter to the editor of the Colonist, J.A. Craigg objected to the newspaper's insinuation that a "licentious photograph" had been taken in the Theatre Photographic Gallery. Noah Shakespeare's letter on the subject appeared in the same paper. | |
| 6 |  | W.M. Ashman imprint, ca. 1870? From the verso of a carte-de-visite portrait of Kenneth McKenzie, Jr. BC Archives catalogue no. HP006438 (item no. A-02303). | |
| 7 |  | Charles and Margaret Macmunn's grave, Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, BC. Closeup of their grave with their last name. |
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| 8 |  | W.M. Ashman imprint, between 1867 and early 1870s. On the verso of a carte-de-visite view of the R.E. Jackson residence, Swallowfield, on Richardson Street, Victoria, BC. BC Archives catalogue no. HP030027 (item no. B-01623). | |
| 9 |  | Charles and Margaret Macmunn's grave, Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, BC. |
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| 10 |  | Frederick Dally's invoice to the Colonial Office, Apr 1870. He sold the office photographs and two albums. | |
| 11 |  | Victoria Theatre Photographic Gallery, Government Street, Aug 1875, by Charles Horetzky Magnification of a photograph taken from the Driard Hotel showing the distinctive facade of the Victoria Theatre Photographic Gallery at the time it was leased to Noah Shakespeare by its owner S.A. Spencer. This photograph appears in multiple copies of Horetzky's 1875 Bute Inlet route survey photographs albums and is dated Aug 1875. Image courtesy of BC Archives, Item A-03456 (HP009486). | |
| 12 |  | "Indian Chief's Grave, Wrangel" Mrs. R. Maynard, Artist, stamp on bottom of mounted photograph taken by Richard Maynard at Wrangel, Alaska, 14 Jun 1879. | |
| 13 |  | Engraving of Newton H. Chittenden and Haida guides, Haida Gwaii, 28 Apr 1884. Based on a photograph by Richard Maynard. Created by the Moss Engraving Co., New York, the engraver inserted the photographer into the scene. The engraving was published in Chittenden's Hyda Land and People (1884). The original photograph is BC Archives Visual Records call no. A-02042. | |
| 14 |  | G.R. Fardon imprint from verso of carte-de-visite. Image courtesy of BC Archives, Visual Records catalogue no. HP067287. | |
| 15 |  | Carlo Gentile cartouche on verso of carte-de-visite. Portrait of Dr. McNaughton Jones. Image courtesy of BC Archives, Visual Records catalogue no. HP003191 (item no. G-00597). | |
| 16 |  | Carlo Gentile cartouche from verso of carte-de-visite. Portrait of Henry Pering Pellew Crease. Image courtesy of BC Archives, Visual Records catalogue no. HP024217 (item no. G-00590). | |
| 17 |  | Carlo Gentile cartouche from verso of carte-de-visite. Portrait of Francis Joseph O'Reilly. Note the misspelling of Gentile. Image courtesy of BC Archives, Visual Records catalogue no. HP050155 (item no. G-00594). | |
| 18 |  | Green Brothers imprint, ca. 1870-1871. Since the Green Brothers acquired Frederick Dally's stock, it is not surprising that the "N.B." note at the bottom almost entirely matches the wording on one of Dally's imprints (Dally, BC Archives, Visual Records catalogue no. HP002599). Image courtesy of BC Archives, Barnard album no. 27, p. 17. | |
| 19 |  | Hall and Lowe's ad from Trout's Prospectors' Manual (1886). | |
| 20 |  | Mrs. R. Maynard imprint, verso of a mounted photograph, ca. 1893. Image courtesy of BC Archives, Visual Records catalogue no. HP000235. | |
| 21 |  | Mrs. R. Maynard imprint, verso of a mounted photograph, 20 Aug 1879. The photograph depicts the SS Princess Louise side-paddle steamer docked at Comox during Richard and Hannah's working vacation around Vancouver Island. Courtesy of BC Archives, Visual Records catalogue no. HP000404 (item A-00190). | |
| 22 |  | Mrs. R. Maynard imprint, verso of a mounted photograph, between 1874-1892. From a private collection. | |
| 23 |  | Mrs. R. Maynard imprint, verso of a mounted photograph, between 1874-1892. From a private collection. | |
| 24 |  | Spencer and Hastings imprint from the verso of photograph, 1882-1889. | |
| 25 |  | Spencer and Hastings imprint from verso of photograph, 1882-1889. This design also appears on the verso of UBC Library, Uno Langmann Family Collection of British Columbia Photographs, UL_1043_0019. | |
| 26 |  | Spencer and Hastings imprint from verso of photograph, 1882-1889. | |
| 27 |  | Spencer and Hastings imprint on front of photo mount, 1882-1889. This ID is similar to BC Archives Item H-05411, a portrait Stephen Tingley. | |
| 28 |  | S.A. Spencer imprint from verso of a portrait. Portrait of James Robert Anderson, son of A. C. Anderson. Courtesy of BC Archives, Visual Records catalogue no. HP002232 (item G-07221). | |
| 29 |  | Jones and Company's (Victoria) ad, Williams' Illustrated Official British Columbia Directory, 1892, p. 1250. | |
| 30 |  | S.A. Spencer imprint from verso of a portrait. Image courtesy of BC Archives, Visual Records catalogue no. HP049988. | |
| 31 |  | Jones and Company studio, Esquimalt, BC. Courtesy of BC Archives, Visual Records catalogue no. HP004727 (item E-09956). | |
| 32 |  | Photographer O.C. Hastings. Image courtesy of BC Archives, Visual Records call no. F-08610. | |
| 33 |  | Photographer George Robinson with his musical instrument instead of a camera. Image courtesy of BC Archives, Visual Records call no. G-02871. | |
| 34 |  | Photographer George Robinson. Image courtesy of BC Archives, Visual Records call no. H-00686. | |
| 35 |  | S.A Spencer imprint from the verso of a photograph. This design also appears on the verso of BC Archives, Item A-01976 (HP004807) and UBC Library, Uno Langmann Family Collection of British Columbia Photographs, UL_2025_0001. | |
| 36 |  | S.A. Spencer imprint from the verso of a photograph. | |
| 37 |  | Hannah and Richard Maynard's camera float on Pandora Avenue for a Victoria parade. Image courtesy of BC Archives, Visual Records call no. F-05137. | |
| 38 |  | Maynard building, Pandora Avenue, Victoria, interior. Richard Maynard on the left. A graphoscope, used for viewing stereographs and mounted single photographs, seen on the left (Richard's right) in BC Archives, Visual Records call no. C-08996, is visible in this photo. On Richard's left are a camera and a tabletop stereoscope. Image courtesy of BC Archives, Visual Records call no. C-08870. | |
| 39 |  | Maynard building, Pandora Avenue, Victoria, interior. The stereographoscope, used for viewing stereographs and mounted single photographs, seen on the left in BC Archives, Visual Records call no. C-08870, is visible in this photo. Image courtesy of BC Archives, Visual Records call no. C-08996. | |
| 40 |  | Maynard Building, Pandora Avenue, Victoria. A stereo photograph, this building housed Richard's boot and shoe business and Hannah's portrait studio. Image courtesy of BC Archives, Visual Records call no. G-04812. | |
| 41 |  | Arthur Vipond's ad, Victoria Colonist, 30 Apr 1874, p. 2. Although trained as a photographer, he ended up working as a machinist and gunsmith. | |
| 42 |  | Site of the Oak Bay Art Store, 2000 Oak Bay Ave., northeast corner of Foul Bay Road, Oak Bay, BC The storefront that housed the Oak Bay Art Store is home to a floral shop in March 2010. | |
| 43 |  | Steffens-Colmer Studio Victoria branch ad, Colonist, 12 Feb 1927, p. 7. Announcing Matzene's departure | |
| 44 |  | Steffens-Colmer Studio Victoria branch ad, Colonist, 28 Nov 1926, p. 8. These ads featuring the high-society photographer Matzene were targeted to women as they usually appeared in the women and society section of the newspaper. | |
| 45 |  | Steffens-Colmer Studio Victoria branch ad, Colonist, 20 Jul 1930, p. 13 | |
| 46 |  | Steffens-Colmer Studio Victoria branch ad, Colonist, 1 Jan 1927, p. 6 Noting the extension of Matzene's time at the studio. | |
| 47 |  | Steffens-Colmer Studio Victoria branch ad , Victoria Daily Times, 8 Sep 1926, p. 6. Teaser for the arrival of the high-society photographer Matzene. | |
| 48 |  | Steffens-Colmer Studio ad, Victoria Daily Times, 4 Oct 1926, p. 6. Announcing Matzene's presence. |