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Elite Studio (Vancouver : II)[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20]


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  • Name Elite Studio (Vancouver : II)  
    • VARIANT NAME: Campbell Elite Studio.
    Gender Unknown 
    Business Address/Year 1910-1911  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    508 Granville St.
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Business Address/Year 1911-1924  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    1177 Granville St.
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Association Charleston, Mace Earl (Relationship: Proprietor) 
    Association Wheeler, John Wesley (Relationship: Manager; Photographer) 
    Association James, Harry (Relationship: Employee) 
    Association Hay, David Chisholm (Relationship: Photographer) 
    Association Brown, Robert Frederick Lyons (Relationship: Printer; Photographer) 
    Association Lincoln, Charles James T. (Relationship: Photographer) 
    Association Wills, John Kerle (Relationship: Proprietor) 
    Association Roberts, Thomas Charles (Relationship: Photographer) 
    Association Selset, Alfred Christian Jorgensen (Relationship: Clerk) 
    Association Campbell, William John (Relationship: Proprietor) 
    Association Charleston, Earl Dodds (Relationship: Photographer) 
    Association Charleston, Grace Linna (Relationship: Clerk) 
    Association Charleston, Homer Mace (Relationship: Clerk; Photographer) 
    Person ID I1130  Camera Workers | E, vol. 2, 1901-1950
    Last Modified 9 Nov 2022 

  • Documents
    Elite Studio ad, Vancouver <i>Daily World</i>, 15 Oct 1910, p. 23.    		Elite Studio ad, Vancouver Daily World, 15 Oct 1910, p. 23.
    Elite Studio ad, Vancouver <i>Sun</i>, 23 May 1920, p. 37.    		Elite Studio ad, Vancouver Sun, 23 May 1920, p. 37.
    After W.J. Campbell took over the studio in 1920, he began calling it the Campbell Elite Studio.

  • Notes 
    • STATUS: Studio.
    • BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: Operated by M.E. Charleston from 1910 to 1920; by W.J. Campbell in 1920; by W.J. Campbell and J.K. Wills in 1921; and finally by J.K. Wills between 1922-1924.

      Wills continued to operate under his own name at the studio's address beginning in 1925.

      J.W. Wheeler worked for the studio as a photographer in 1919 and 1920, also managing the studio in the latter year.

  • Sources 
    1. [S795] HENVAN11, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1911), 644.
      Vancouver: "Elite Studio M E Charleston mgr photographer 508 Granville"

    2. [S797] HENVAN12, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1912), 737.
      Vancouver: "Elite Studio M E Charleston mgr photogr 1177 Granville"

    3. [S746] HENVAN13, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1913), 793.
      Vancouver: "Elite Studio M E Charleston mgr photogr 1177 Granville"

    4. [S747] HENVAN14, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1914), 803.
      Vancouver: "Elite Studio M E Charlston mgr photogr 1177 Granville"

    5. [S748] HENVAN15, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1915), 623.
      Vancouver: "Elite Studio M E Charlton prop 1177 Granville"

    6. [S749] HENVAN16, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1916), 600.
      Vancouver: "Elite Studio M E Charleston prop 1177 Granville"

    7. [S750] HENVAN17, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1917), 478.
      Vancouver: "Elite Studio M E Charleston mgr 1177 Granville"

    8. [S751] HENVAN18, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1918), 501.
      Vancouver: "Elite Studio M E Charleston prop 1177 Granville"

    9. [S740] WRI18, (Vancouver, BC: Wrigley Directories, c1918), 603.
      Vancouver: "Elite Studio M E Charleston 1177 Granville"

    10. [S752] HENVAN19, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1919), 510.
      Vancouver: "Elite Studio M E Charleston prop 1177 Granville"

    11. [S738] WRI19, (Vancouver, BC: Wrigley Directories, c1919), 800.
      Vancouver: "Elite Studio M E Charleston 1177 Granville"

    12. [S753] HENVAN20, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1920), 553.
      Vancouver: "Elite Studio Mace E Charleston prop 1177 Granville"

    13. [S739] WRI20, (Vancouver, BC: Wrigley Directories, c1920), 789.
      Vancouver: "Elite Studio M E Charleston prop 1177 Granville"

    14. [S754] HENVAN21, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1921), 609.
      Vancouver: "Elite Studio (W J Campbell and John K Wills) 1177 Granville"

    15. [S741] WRI21, (Vancouver, BC: Wrigley Directories, c1921), 825.
      Vancouver: "Elite Studio Wm. J. Campbell, Proprietor. 1177 Granville."

    16. [S755] HENVAN22, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1922), 648.
      Vancouver: "Elite Studio John K Wills prop 1177 Granville"

    17. [S742] WRI22, (Vancouver, BC: Wrigley Directories, c1922), 888.
      Vancouver: "Elite Studio J R Wills prop 1177 Granville"

    18. [S756] HENVAN23, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1923), 655.
      Vancouver: "Elite Studio (J K Wills) photogrs 1177 Granville"

    19. [S809] WRI23, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1923), 1115.
      Vancouver: "Elite Studio John K Wills prop 1177 Granville"

    20. [S757] WRI24, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1924), 1495.
      Classified Business Directory: Photographers: Vancouver: Elite Studio 1177 Granville
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