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As of 19 Sep 2021 all textual data from volume 1 and volume 2 of the original Camera Workers HTML site has been transferred to http://cameraworkers.davidmattison.com.
Photos
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 | Arthur Vipond photographed by S.A. Spencer. Image courtesy of BC Archives, Visual Records catalogue no. HP097939 (item H-01219). | 19 Nov 2021 | |
 | Jones and Company studio, Esquimalt, BC. Courtesy of BC Archives, Visual Records catalogue no. HP004727 (item E-09956). | 16 Nov 2021 | |
 | Prest and Company ID. From a private collection. | 14 Nov 2021 | |
 | George Wintemute portrait, ca. 1882. Photographed in the Judkins Floating Sunbeam Gallery, New Westminster. Courtesy City of Vancouver Archives CVA 371-94. | 13 Nov 2021 | |
 | Judkins' Floating Sunbeam Gallery ID. Coutesy of the Lopez Island Historical Society and Museum. | 13 Nov 2021 | |
 | Judkins' Floating Sunbeam Gallery, between 1880-1884. Photo courtesy of University of Washington Special Collections, PH Coll 280.35. | 13 Nov 2021 | |
 | Elite Photo Studio ID, 1890s. Private collection | 5 Nov 2021 | |
 | Elite Photo Studio ID, 1890s. Private collection. | 5 Nov 2021 | |
 | Great Bluff, Thompson River, on the Cariboo Road, 1867 or 1868. Dally made two trips to Barkerville and the Cariboo gold mining fields, the first in 1867 and the second in 1868. This is likely the most recognizable, most iconic and most reproduced image from those trips. | 2 Nov 2021 | |
 | Frederick Dally portrait, 1870. This was taken the year he left BC. | 2 Nov 2021 |
Documents
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 | Mrs. R. Maynard cartouche, verso of carte-de-visite. | 27 Nov 2021 | |
 | Hall and Lowe cartouche from the verso of a card mount. | 27 Nov 2021 | |
 | Carlo Gentile cartouche from verso of carte-de-visite, ca. 1864. | 27 Nov 2021 | |
 | Carlo Gentile cartouche from verso of carte-de-visite, ca. 1864. The photograph on the BC Archives version depicts a logging scene with oxen and three men at Alberni on Vanouver Island in 1864 (BC Archives, Visual Records catalogue no. HP022915 [item no. A-08306]). This version is from a private collection. | 27 Nov 2021 | |
 | Frederick Dally cartouche from verso of a carte-de-visite, between 1866-1870. The "N.B." text at the bottom is slightly different from the version in a private collection. Image courtesy of BC Archives, Visual Records catalogue no. HP003134. | 27 Nov 2021 | |
 | Frederick Dally ID on the verso of a carte-de-visite. This image is from a private collection and the "N.B." note at the bottom is slightly different from the version in the BC Archives (Visual Records catalogue no. HP003134). | 27 Nov 2021 | |
 | Frederick Dally ID on the verso of a carte-de-visite, between 1866-1870. The "N.B." text at the bottom almost entirely matches the wording on one of the Green Brothers carte-de-visite (BC Archives, Visual Records, Barnard album no. 27, p. 17). This image is from a private collection. | 27 Nov 2021 | |
 | E.C. Brooks verso of a Christmas and New Year's landscape photograph, late 1880s This is the verso of a photo print mount, the front of which features this seasonal greeting, "Wishing You a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year". Of the two known versions, the photo in the BC Archives is a view of Victoria's Inner Harbour from Church Hill (BC Archives, catalogue no. HP062773; item D-02219). The other version, in a private collection, depicts Kwakwaka'wakw men and women from Tsaxis (Fort Rupert) on northern Vancouver Island. | 27 Nov 2021 | |
 | W.S. Forsythe's funeral article, Chilliwack Progress, 23 Nov 1922, p. 7. | 23 Nov 2021 | |
 | W.W. Forsythe's obituary, Chilliwack Progress, 16 Nov 1922, p. 4. | 23 Nov 2021 | |
 | W.S. Forsythe ad, Chilliwack Progress, 2 Oct 1907, p. 3. First version of this ad. | 23 Nov 2021 | |
 | W.S. Forsythe news item, Chilliwack Progress, 31 Jul 1901, p. 1. About his use of platinum paper for photo prints. | 23 Nov 2021 | |
 | W.S. Forsythe news item, Chilliwack Progress, 23 Dec 1908, p. 8. About his studio and store, part of a series of Christmas news advertisements presented by the newspaper. | 23 Nov 2021 | |
 | W.S. Forsythe news item, Chilliwack Progress, 18 Nov 1915, p. 5. About his relocating to Mission. | 23 Nov 2021 | |
 | W.S. Forsythe news item, Chilliwack Progress, 14 Sep 1910, p. 10. About the reopening of his new studio on Westminster Street next to the Baptist Church. | 23 Nov 2021 | |
 | E.F. Tucker news item, Chilliwack Progress, 18 Mar 1915, p. 4. In 1915 Tucker leased W.S. Forsythe's Chilliwack photo studio | 23 Nov 2021 | |
 | E.A. Mee news item, Chilliwack Progress, 8 Feb 1911, p. 4. About Mee assuming management of W.S. Forsythe's studio. | 23 Nov 2021 | |
 | W.S.Forsythe news item, Chilliwack Progress, 22 Dec 1909, p. 3. About Christmas at his studio and store. | 23 Nov 2021 | |
 | W.S. Forsythe news item, Chilliwack Progress, 11 May 1910, p. 8. About his old studio being demolished and the construction of a new studio next to the Baptist Church on Westminster Street. | 23 Nov 2021 | |
 | Electric Studio ad, Northern British Columbia Index and Guide (1916), p. 89. The studio was operated by F.W. Chandler in Prince Rupert. | 22 Nov 2021 | |
 | Elite Photo Galley news item, Victoria Colonist, 31 Aug 1884, p. 3. About the preparations for the opening of the studio. | 22 Nov 2021 | |
 | Elite Studio news item, Victoria Colonist, 2 Nov 1884, p. 3. Opened by Peterson and Crowell. | 22 Nov 2021 | |
 | Dowsett Studio ad, Chilliwack Progress, 19 Apr 1923, p. 4. Aimed at amateur photographers. | 22 Nov 2021 | |
 | Article about Dowsett Studio, Chilliwack Progress, 30 Nov 1922, p. 4. Concerns its new location on Wellington Street above Banford's shop. | 22 Nov 2021 | |
 | Dowsett Studio ad, Chilliwack Progress, 13 May 1920, p. 3. | 22 Nov 2021 | |
 | Dowsett Studio ad, Chilliwack Progress, 7 Dec 1922, p. 8. | 22 Nov 2021 | |
 | Dowsett Studio ad, Chilliwack Progress, 1 Apr 1920, p. 7. Features its services for amateurs. | 22 Nov 2021 | |
 | C.F. Dowsett article, Chilliwack Progress, 18 Sep 1919, p. 5. Notes he was from Halifax, NS, and had a naval background during World War One; also mentions his purchase of E.F. Tucker's studio. | 22 Nov 2021 | |
 | Edward Dossetter's ad in Christchurch The Globe, 23 Jan 1879, p. 4. The top line is slightly different than his Sep 1878 ad. | 22 Nov 2021 | |
 | Edward Dossetter's ad in Christchurch The Globe, 21 Sep 1878, p. 4. This ad appears to have first been published in The Globe on 17 Aug 1878, p. 1. The Crystal Palace Buildings was at the corner of Chester and Colombo streets in Christchurch. There may have been more than one photographer renting premises in the building at the same time as Dossetter. | 22 Nov 2021 | |
 | Edward Dossetter's signature, 1911.
From the 1911 England and Wales census. | 22 Nov 2021 | |
 | Edward Dossetter's signature, 17 Apr 1889. From his marriage registration record. | 22 Nov 2021 | |
 | L.F. Croft (Mee Studio) Christmas ad, Chilliwack Free Press, 30 Nov 1911, p. 12. | 22 Nov 2021 | |
 | W.S. Forsythe and L.F. Croft news item, Chilliwack Progress, 6 Nov 1912, p. 5 About Forsythe taking over Croft's Mee Studio and Croft moving to Vancouver to work for Richard Broadbridge. | 22 Nov 2021 | |
 | L.F. Croft news item, Chilliwack Free Press, 7 Sep 1911, p. 1. About his scheme to create a photo gallery of Fraser Valley pioneers. | 22 Nov 2021 | |
 | Queen Studio ad, Nelson Daily News, 4 Nov 1904, p. 4. | 21 Nov 2021 | |
 | Queen Studio ad, Nelson Daily News, 31 Jul 1904, p. 2. He advises his customers he has moved for the third time in four years. | 21 Nov 2021 | |
 | R.J. Towers photographic concession approval, 1925. The Vancouver Park Board approved his application to open a photographic concession at the popular English Bay beachfront. | 21 Nov 2021 | |
 | Queen Studio ad, Nelson Daily Miner, 27 Feb 1901, p. 4. | 21 Nov 2021 | |
 | Wadds Brothers ad, Nelson Daily Miner, 27 Feb 1901, p. 4. | 21 Nov 2021 | |
 | Queen Studio ad, Nelson Daily Miner, 26 Nov 1900, p. 4. | 21 Nov 2021 | |
 | Queen Studio ad, Nelson Daily Miner, 24 Nov 1900, p. 4. | 21 Nov 2021 | |
 | Queen Studio ad, Nelson Daily Miner, 14 Apr 1900, p. 3. | 21 Nov 2021 | |
 | A.M.C. Lean notice, Kootenaian, 9 Mar 1899, p. 1. About the establishment of his Queen Studio at Grand Forks. | 21 Nov 2021 | |
 | S.J. Thompson's studio, 620 Columbia St., New Westminster. S.J. Thompson's studio was destroyed in the New Westminster Fire on September 11, 1898. Fortunately, Thompson had opened a new studio in neighboring Vancouver in December 1897 and had moved his landscape negatives there. This lithograph is possibly from the West Shore periodical. Image courtesty of BC Archives, Visual Records catalogue number HP044342 (item B-09366). | 20 Nov 2021 | |
 | Bailey Brothers ad, 27 Sep 1899. | 19 Nov 2021 | |
 | Arthur Vipond funeral notice, Victoria Colonist, 14 Nov 1889, p. 4. | 19 Nov 2021 | |
 | Arthur Vipond obituary and funeral notice, Victoria Colonist, 14 Nov 1889, p. 4. | 19 Nov 2021 | |
 | Arthur Vipond obituary, Victoria Colonist, 13 Nov 1889, p. 4. | 19 Nov 2021 | |
 | 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. | 19 Nov 2021 |
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