Camera Workers, 1858-1950

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

Name	Jones and Company
Gender	Unknown
Business Address/Year	1896-1897	Vancouver, BC
	Address: 14 Cordova St. Dunn-Miller Block Vancouver, BC Canada
Business Address/Year	1897-1909	Esquimalt, BC
	Address: Esquimalt Rd. opposite Canteen Esquimalt, BC Canada
Business Address/Year	1891-1910	Victoria, BC
	Address: 60 Yates St. Victoria, BC Canada
Association	Queen Art Photo Studio (Relationship: Owner)
Association	Neill, George W. (Relationship: Finisher)
Association	Jones, John Wallace (Relationship: Partner)
Association	Jones, Thomas McNabb (Relationship: Partner)
Association	Larrigan, George Henry (Relationship: Successor)
Person ID	I163	Camera Workers \| J, vol. 1, 1858-1900
Last Modified	13 Nov 2021

Photos

Jones and Company studio, Esquimalt, BC.
Courtesy of BC Archives, Visual Records catalogue no. HP004727 (item E-09956).

Documents » Slide Show		Jones & Co.'s (Victoria) ad, Williams' Illustrated Official British Columbia Directory, 1892
		Jones and Company ad, Vancouver News-Advertiser, 1 Apr 1896.
		Jones and Company ad, Vancouver News-Advertiser, 7 Jul 1896.
		George H. Larrigan Studio ad, Victoria Colonist, 10 Jul 1910, p. 6. Noting its status as a successor to Jones and Company.

Notes

STATUS: Studio.
BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: This firm was preceded by Jones Brothers. The Vancouver branch was managed by T.M. Jones. BVIPA photo no. HP004727 (E-09956) shows the exterior of the Esquimalt studio.
One of their photos, showing depicting two tree fellers, was published in T.N. Hibben and Company's souvenir booklet Picturesque Victoria, British Columbia (1908).
G.H. Larrigan, a former Victoria, BC, musician, acquired the business in 1910 and operated it as the George H. Larrigan Studio.
IDENTIFYING MARKS: "Jones & Co. Copyrighted Vancouver, B.C." on print mount. "Jones & Co., Photographers, 60 Yates Street, Victoria -- B.C." stamped in purple on verso of print mount. "Jones & Co. [monogram 'JCo'] 60 Yates St., Victoria, B.C." in gold on front of cabinet portrait mount.
REFERENCES: WIL92 (ad, p. 1250); WIL93; WIL94; WIL95; HOD96; HEN97; WIL97; HEN98; HEN99; WIL99; HEN00; Colonist, 1891 05 19/5; Dempsey (1978).