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Bailey, Charles S.

Bailey, Charles S.[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14]

Male 1869 - 1896  (27 years)

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  • Name Bailey, Charles S. 
    Birth 7 Jun 1869  Creemore, ON Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Business Address/Year 1887-1888  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    113 Carrall St.
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Home Address/Year 1887-1888  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    Westminster Ave.
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Business Address/Year 1888-1890  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    227 Hastings St.
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Home Address/Year 1888-1891  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    Seymour St.
    between Davie and Drake
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Business Address/Year 1890-1894  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    176 Cordova St.
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Business Address/Year 1890-1894  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    160 Cordova St.
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Business Address/Year 1892-1894  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    158-162 Cordova St.
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Business Address/Year 1894-1895  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    138 Cordova St.
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Home Address/Year 1892-1895  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    1109 Seymour St.
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Marriage 24 Sep 1895  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location  [15] 
    Bride: Jennie Johnstone 
    Home Address/Year 1895-1896  Kamloops, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    Kamloops, BC
    Canada 
    Death 29 Nov 1896  Kamloops, BC Find all individuals with events at this location  [16] 
    Association C.S. Bailey and Company (Relationship: Owner) 
    Association Bailey, William (Relationship: Brother) 
    Association Bailey and Neelands (Relationship: Partner) 
    Association Bailey Brothers (Relationship: Partner) 
    Person ID I1  Camera Workers | B, vol. 1, 1858-1900
    Last Modified 7 Mar 2021 

  • Photos
    Portrait of C.S. Bailey.    		Portrait of C.S. Bailey.
    Courtesy of W.J. Bailey.
    C.S. Bailey at his C.S. Bailey and Company storefront, 227 Hastings St., ca. 1888.    		C.S. Bailey at his C.S. Bailey and Company storefront, 227 Hastings St., ca. 1888.
    This is a cropped version of the original digital file. Courtesy of City of Vancouver Archives, Bu P76.

    Documents
    C.S. Bailey and Company's ad, Vancouver <i>News-Advertiser</i>, 23 Dec 1888, p. 8    		C.S. Bailey and Company's ad, Vancouver News-Advertiser, 23 Dec 1888, p. 8
    This ad uses the name of C.S. Bailey and Company's retail outlet, the Vancouver Art Emporium.
    C.S. Bailey and Company's ad, Vancouver <i>News-Advertiser</i>, 5 Jan 1889.    		C.S. Bailey and Company's ad, Vancouver News-Advertiser, 5 Jan 1889.
    This ad uses the name of C.S. Bailey and Company's retail outlet, the Vancouver Art Emporium.
    C.S. Bailey imprint, 1888-1890.    		C.S. Bailey imprint, 1888-1890.
    Verso of City of Vancouver Archives photo no. 41-2.
    Bailey and Neelands' ad, Vancouver <i>World</i>, 6 Nov 1890, p. 7.    		Bailey and Neelands' ad, Vancouver World, 6 Nov 1890, p. 7.
    Bailey and Neelands' ad, Vancouver <i>World</i>, 22 Nov 1889, p. 1.    		Bailey and Neelands' ad, Vancouver World, 22 Nov 1889, p. 1.
    Bailey and Neelands' ad, Vancouver <i>World</i>, 3 Jan 1890, p. 1.    		Bailey and Neelands' ad, Vancouver World, 3 Jan 1890, p. 1.
    Bailey Brothers ad, Vancouver <i>World</i>, 27 Sep 1899, p. 8.    		Bailey Brothers ad, Vancouver World, 27 Sep 1899, p. 8.
    C.S. Bailey imprint, verso of boudoir-size card, ca. 1888.    		C.S. Bailey imprint, verso of boudoir-size card, ca. 1888.
    The photograph is of the "Squamish Indian Mission" on the North Shore of Burrard Inlet. Courtesy of City of Vancouver Archives IN P10.

  • Notes 
    • STATUS: Commercial.
    • BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: He arrived in Vancouver in the winter of 1887-1888 and operated as C.S. Bailey and Company with F.V. Bingham and E. Straube, until 1889. He then formed a partnership with H.G. Neelands as Bailey and Neelands which lasted for little more than a year. The partnership was succeeded by that of the Bailey Brothers which consisted of C.S. and William Bailey. C.S. Bailey married Jennie Johnstone on 4 Sep 1895 and moved to Kamloops the following month. There is no record of his practicing photography after his move there. Though he was ill for most of the remainder of his life, he is credited with managing the Kamloops branch of the Bailey Brothers Ltd. store. He may have been the first professional photographer from Canada to visit Hawaii (Jan-May 1895); his motive was pleasure and not business. Coincidentally, one of his travelling companions was E.A. Hegg who later achieved international fame as a photographer of the Klondike gold rush. Both photographed together on a tour of Oahu. C.S. Bailey's death at the age of 27 cut short a promising career.
    • REFERENCES: Numerous Vancouver, Kamloops and Hawaii newspaper items, 1886-1896.

  • Sources 
    1. [S45] COLLECTION: BVAA.
      Glass negatives and prints.

    2. [S146] COLLECTION: HSA.
      Glass negatives of trip to Hawaii; transferred to the Hawaii State Library by City of Vancouver Archivist Major J.S. Matthews in 1938. The negatives subsequently went into the Hawaii State Archives.

    3. [S134] COLLECTION: BVA.
      Glass negatives and prints.

    4. [S7] Draper, Thomas, comp., WILVAN88, (Vancouver, B.C.: R.T. Williams).

    5. [S21] Henderson, James, comp., HEN89, (Victoria, B.C.: Leonard George Henderson, 1889).

    6. [S27] Draper, Thomas, comp., WILVAN90, (Vancouver, B.C.: R.T. Williams, 1890).

    7. [S29] Halliday, W.M., comp., WIL91, (Victoria, B.C.: R.T. Willilams, 1890).

    8. [S30] WIL92, (Victoria, B.C.: R.T. Williams, 1892).

    9. [S32] Williams' B.C. Directory Co., comp., WIL93, (Victoria, B.C.: Printed by the Victoria Printing Company, 1893).

    10. [S33] Williams' B.C. Directory Co., comp., WIL94, (Victoria, B.C.: Williams' B.C. Directory Co., 1894).

    11. [S34] WIL95, (Victoria, B.C.: Williams' B.C. Directory Co., 1895).

    12. [S1] David Mattison, Mattison (1980 05), (Vancouver History, 19, no. 3 (May 1980):17-28).

    13. [S5] David Mattison, Mattison (1982), (Unpublished monograph).

    14. [S6] David Mattison, Mattison (1990b), (The Beaver 70, no. 5 (October-November 1990):23-29).

    15. [S670] BVIPA marriage registration.
      Registration no. 1895-09-045380 (microfilm B11372); digital facsimile URL (accessed 6 Mar 2021): http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/a7ab21ed-6595-4f90-a168-dc8eb3e756c6

    16. [S652] BVIPA death registration index, 22 Feb 2016 (Reliability: 3).
      Registration no. 1896-09-199744 (microfilm reel B13111).