Camera Workers, 1858-1950

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

Bishop, Joseph Charles[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22]

Male 1851? - 1913


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  • Name Bishop, Joseph Charles 
    • VARIANT NAME: Bishop, John C.
    Birth 1851?  [23
    Gender Male 
    Business Address/Year 1895  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address undetermined 
    Business Address/Year 1896-1900  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    126 Cordova Street
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Business Address/Year 1899-1900  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    159 Cordova Street
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Business Address/Year 1900-1906  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    150 West Cordova Street
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Business Address/Year 1907-1911  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    421 Granville Street
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Business Address/Year 1912-1913  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    421 Granville Street
    Bishop and Christie
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Death Jul 1913  Mount Baker, WA Find all individuals with events at this location  [23
    Burial Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location  [23
    Association Bishop and Christie (Relationship: Partner) 
    Association Stewart, Alfred (Relationship: Photographer) 
    Association Christie, David H. (Relationship: Employee) 
    Person ID I1823  Camera Workers | B, vol. 2, 1901-1950
    Last Modified 21 Jan 2021 

  • Notes 
    • STATUS: Photo supplies.
    • BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: A stationer, arts goods and photo supplies dealer, he employed photographers on his staff. He later formed a partnership with H.D. Christie as Bishop and Christie. The first president of the British Columbia Mountaineering Club, he died in a mountaineering accident in Jul 1913 while climbing Mount Baker, WA.

  • Sources 
    1. [S33] Williams' B.C. Directory Co., comp., WIL94, (Victoria, B.C.: Williams' B.C. Directory Co., 1894).
      Vancouver: not listed

    2. [S34] WIL95, (Victoria, B.C.: Williams' B.C. Directory Co., 1895), 534.
      Vancouver: Bishop J C mcht res 1019 Melville

    3. [S35] HOD96, (Vancouver, B.C.: Hodgson and Co., 1896), 107.
      Vancouver: Bishop J.C. picture framer and stationer 126 Cordova res 641 Seymour

    4. [S36] HEN97, (Victoria, B.C.: Henderson Publishing Co., 1897), 593.
      Vancouver: Bishop J.C. picture framer 126 Cordova 527 Howe

    5. [S38] HEN98, (Victoria, B.C.: Henderson Publishing Co., 1898), 522.
      Vancouver: Bishop J.C. picture framer 126 Cordova 527 Howe

    6. [S40] Williams, R.T., comp., WIL99, (Victoria, B.C.: Province Publishing Co., 1899), 580.
      Vancouver: Bishop J.C. pictures, framing and artists' materials, 126 Cordova st 527 Howe

    7. [S39] HEN99, (Victoria, B.C.: Henderson Publishing Co., 1899), 622.
      Vancouver: Bishop J.C. picture framer 159 Cordova Street h 565 Howe

    8. [S733] GRE99, (Vancouver, BC: Rowland E. Green, [1900]), 113.
      Vancouver: Bishop J.C. pictures and framing art goods 126 Cordova h 565 Howe

    9. [S41] HEN00, (Victoria, B.C.: Henderson Publishing Co., 1900), 763.
      Vancouver: Bishop J.C. picture framer 150 Cordova h 1105 Melville

    10. [S42] HEN01, (Victoria, B.C.: Henderson Publishing Co., 1901), 633.
      Vancouver: Bishop J.C. picture framer 150 Cordova h 1117 Melville

    11. [S781] HEN02, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1902), 610.
      Vancouver: Bishop J.C. picture framer 150 Cordova h 1117 Melville

    12. [S782] HEN03, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1903), 624.
      Vancouver: Bishop John C picture framer 150 Cordova W rms 635 Richards

    13. [S783] HEN04, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1904), 647.
      Vancouver: Bishop John C [sic] art gallery and artists goods 150 Cordova W rms 635 Richards

    14. [S785] HEN05, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1905), 483.
      Vancouver: Bishop Joseph C artists goods 150 Cordova W rms 635 Richards

    15. [S786] HENVAN05, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1905), 179.
      Vancouver: Bishop Joseph C artists goods 150 Cordova W rms 635 Richards

    16. [S787] HENVAN06, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1906), 235.
      Vancouver: Bishop Joseph C artists goods 150 Cordova W rms 152 Cordova W

    17. [S788] HENVAN07, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1907), 315.
      Vancouver: Bishop Joseph C artists goods 421 Granville lvs same

    18. [S790] HENVAN08, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1908), 411.
      Vancouver: Bishop Joseph C artists goods 421 Granville lvs same

    19. [S791] HENVAN09, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1909), 497.
      Vancouver: Bishop Joseph C artists goods 421 Granville lvs Ellsmere Rooms

    20. [S795] HENVAN11, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1911), 482.
      Vancouver: Bishop Joseph C artists goods 421 Granville lvs same

    21. [S797] HENVAN12, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1912), 569.
      Vancouver: Bishop Joseph C of Bishop & Christie r 1372 Pender W

    22. [S746] HENVAN13, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1913), 615.
      Vancouver: Bishop John C [sic] picture framer 421 Granville r 1372 Pender W

    23. [S832] Find a Grave (Web site).
      Joseph Charles Bishop
      URL (accessed 20 Jan 2021): https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26303606/joseph-charles-bishop