Edwards, George William

1867 - 1944  (77 years)

• Name	Edwards, George William
  Birth	16 Mar 1867	Brighton, ON
  Gender	Male
  Business Address/Year	Mar 1893-1907?	Vancouver, BC
  	Address: 534 Cordova St. Vancouver, BC Canada
  Business Address/Year	1891-Mar 1893	Vancouver, BC
  	Address: 622 Cordova St. next door to Pioneer Art Gallery Vancouver, BC Canada
  Home Address/Year	1894	Vancouver, BC
  	Address: 523 Hornby St. Vancouver, BC Canada
  Home Address/Year	1895-1899	Vancouver, BC
  	Address: 1028 Melville St. Vancouver, BC Canada
  Home Address/Year	1899-1901	Vancouver, BC
  	Address: 1442 Haro St. Vancouver, BC Canada
  Where Active (Non-Specific Address)	1880s	Waterloo, ON
  Death	16 Oct 1944	Vancouver, BC
  Association	Edwards, Edgar Herbert (Relationship: Brother)
  Association	Edwards Brothers (Relationship: Partner)
  Person ID	I258	Camera Workers | E, vol. 1, 1858-1900
  Last Modified	28 Mar 2017

  
  

• Documents » Slide Show		Edwards Brothers news, Vancouver Daily World, 18 Nov 1891, p. 2. This news item specifies the name of their studio as the Pioneer Art Gallery.
  		Edwards Brothers news, Vancouver Daily World, 17 Jul 1892, p. 8. When the Doering and Marstrand Brewery opened in the Mount Pleasant neighbourhood of Vancouver, the Edwards Brothers photographed the building.
  		Edwards Brothers ad, Vancouver Daily World, 16 Mar 1893, p. 4. This ad notifies the public of the move of their studio from 622 Cordova St. to 534 Cordova St.
  		Edwards Brothers ad, Vancouver Daily World, 9 Dec 1893, p. 4. Like many other photographers, the Edwards Brothers targeted Christmas shoppers.
  		Edwards Brothers news, Vancouver Weekly World, 19 Jul 1894, p. 9, part 1. This item was from a supplement to the newspaper titled "Canadian Pacific Review."
  		Edwards Brothers news, Vancouver Weekly World, 19 Jul 1894, p. 9, part 2. This item was from a supplement to the newspaper titled "Canadian Pacific Review."
  		Edwards Brothers news, Vancouver Weekly World, 19 Jul 1894, p. 9, part 3. This item was from a supplement to the newspaper titled "Canadian Pacific Review."
  		Camera Club (Vancouver, 1897) news, Vancouver Daily World, 7 Jan 1897, p. 5. The first organizational meeting was held at the Edwards Brothers studio.
  		Camera Club (Vancouver, 1897) news, Vancouver Daily World, 8 Jan 1897, p. 8. A report of the first organizational meeting of the 1897 Vancouver Camera Club and the election of its executive.
  		Edwards Brothers news, Vancouver Daily News-Advertiser, 4 Dec 1897, p. 8. The Edwards Brothers published their own souvenir album of photographic views, British Columbia Illustrated, just in time for the local Christmas trade of 1897
  		Edwards Brothers news, Vancouver Semi-Weekly World, 20 Dec 1898, p. 7. This item highlights amateur photography products, in particular, Kodak equipment, at their store.
  		Edwards Brothers ad, Vancouver Daily News-Advertiser, 29 Jan 1899, p. 5. In this ad the partnership guarantees the permanency of their platinum photographs. Other Vancouver photographers who used this process were R.H. Trueman and S.J. Thompson.

  
  

• Notes

  STATUS: Commercial. BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: The senior partner in the Edwards Brothers, he married Rosalind Webling, a friend of the poet Pauline Johnson, on 24 Aug 1898. REFERENCES: WIL94; WIL95; HEN97; WIL97; HEN99; WIL99; HEN00; News-Advertiser, 1898 08 25/10; Who's Who in Western Canada (1911); Howay & Scholefield (1914):v.3 397-8; Province, 1944 10 17 (obit.).