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The British Columbia, Alaska and Yukon Photographic Directory, 1858-1950

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Buck, George Harold[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16]

Male 1885? -


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  • Name Buck, George Harold 
    • VARIANT NAME: Boak, George.
    Birth 1885?  Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [17] 
    Gender Male 
    Business Address/Year 1910  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    63 Hastings East St.
    Electric Photo Studio
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Business Address/Year 1913  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    134 Hastings East St.
    Panama Foto Studio
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Business Address/Year 1910-1915  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    117 Hastings East St.
    Electric Photo Studio
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Business Address/Year 1919  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    679 Granville St., no. 4
    Buck's Studio
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Marriage 22 Dec 1919  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location  [17] 
    Bride: Eunice Marie Fleury 
    • He gave his occupation as photographer.
    Association Panama Foto Studio (Relationship: Proprietor) 
    Association Electric Photo Studio (Relationship: Proprietor) 
    Association Buck's Studio (Relationship: Proprietor) 
    Person ID I1061  Camera Workers | B, vol. 2, 1901-1950
    Last Modified 3 Jul 2023 

  • Notes 
    • STATUS: Commercial.
    • BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: He operated or owned the Electric Studio and in 1913 managed both the Electric Studio and the Panama Foto Studio. He left photography for a few years after 1915 and took it up again by 1919 when he was operating both a tea room and Buck's Studio.

  • Sources 
    1. [S790] HENVAN08, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1908).
      Vancouver: not listed

    2. [S791] HENVAN09, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1909), 529.
      Vancouver: "Buck George conf 231 Keefer h same"
      Likely the same person given that he returned to the confectionery trade in the late 1910s.

    3. [S732] HEN10, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1910), 1155.
      Vancouver: "Electric Studio (Geo H Buck & Geo Borden) 63 Hastings E"
      Vancouver: not listed under Buck

    4. [S698] HENVAN10, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1910), 581.
      Vancouver: "Buck George H photo h 528 Carl Ave"

    5. [S795] HENVAN11, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1911), 520.
      Vancouver: "Buck George photogr h 666 Harris"

    6. [S797] HENVAN12, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1912), 608.
      Vancouver: "Buck Geo H photogr 117 Hastings E h L 660 Jackson Ave"

    7. [S746] HENVAN13, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1913), 656.
      Vancouver: "Buck Geo H prop Electric Studio and Panama Photo Studio h 660 Jackson"

    8. [S747] HENVAN14, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1914), 686.
      Vancouver: "Buck Geo H prop Electric Photo Studio h 1416 Bismark"

    9. [S748] HENVAN15, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1915), 526.
      Vancouver: "Buck Geo H mgr Electric Studio r 117 Hastings E"

    10. [S749] HENVAN16, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1916).
      Vancouver: not listed

    11. [S750] HENVAN17, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1917), 397.
      Vancouver: "Buck G H conf 1997 Georgia W r same"

    12. [S751] HENVAN18, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1918).
      Vancouver: not listed

    13. [S752] HENVAN19, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1919), 420.
      Vancouver: "Buck Geo H conf 1997 Georgia and of Bucks Studio h 4, 679 Granville"

    14. [S738] WRI19, (Vancouver, BC: Wrigley Directories, c1919), 701.
      Vancouver: "Buck G H prop Causeway Tea Rms 1997 Georgia W"
      Vancouver: "Buck Geo H photographer 679 Granville"

    15. [S753] HENVAN20, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1920), 447.
      Vancouver: "Buck Geo H r 603 Howe"

    16. [S739] WRI20, (Vancouver, BC: Wrigley Directories, c1920).
      Vancouver: not listed

    17. [S670] BVIPA marriage registration.
      Registration no. 1919-09-200378 (microfilm B11390); digital facsimile URL (accessed 15 Jul 2017): http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/0921653c-f3ab-44f0-9f30-3e673f97eafb