Name | Dally, Frederick | |
Born | 29 Jul 1838 | Southwark, UK ![]() |
Gender | Male | |
Business Address/Year | summer 1867 | Barkerville, BC ![]() |
Address: Barkerville, BC Canada | ||
Business Address/Year | summer 1868 | Barkerville, BC ![]() |
Address: Barkerville, BC Canada | ||
Business Address/Year | Jun 1866-Sep 1870 | Victoria, BC ![]() |
Photographer | ||
Address: Fort St. S. side near Government St. Victoria, BC Canada | ||
Died | 28 Jul 1914 | Wolverhampton, UK ![]() |
Association | Forest, Alexander (Relationship: Employee) | |
Association | Green Brothers (Relationship: Successor) | |
Association | Maynard, Richard (Relationship: Undefined) | |
Association | Maynard, Hannah Hatherly (Relationship: Undefined) | |
Person ID | I266 | Camera Workers | D, vol. 1, 1858-1900 |
Last Modified | 14 Mar 2022 |
Photos | ![]() | Frederick Dally portrait, 1870. This was taken the year he left BC. |
![]() | Great Bluff, Thompson River, on the Cariboo Road, 1867 or 1868. Dally made two trips to Barkerville and the Cariboo gold mining fields, the first in 1867 and the second in 1868. This is likely the most recognizable, most iconic and most reproduced image from those trips. |
Documents | ![]() | Frederick Dally's invoice to the Colonial Office for photographs and two albums, 1870 04 |
![]() | Frederick Dally cartouche from verso of a carte-de-visite, between 1866-1870. The "N.B." text at the bottom is slightly different from the version in a private collection. Image courtesy of BC Archives, Visual Records catalogue no. HP003134. | |
![]() | Frederick Dally's ad, First Victoria Directory, Third Issue, and British Columbia Guide (Mallandaine, Jun 1869), back cover. | |
![]() | Frederick Dally's ad, First Victoria Directory, Second Issue, and British Columbia Guide (Mallandaine, Apr 1868). This advertisement appeared on the top of the back cover. Noah Shakespeare's ad appeared on the bottom of the back cover. The two ads were separated by a third ad. | |
![]() | Frederick Dally's ad, Barkerville Cariboo Sentinel, 12 Aug 1867, p. 2.
This ad appeared immediately below L.A. Blanc's ad. | |
![]() | Frederick Dally news item, Barkerville Cariboo Sentinel, 8 Aug 1867, p. 3. | |
![]() | Frederick Dally news item, Barkerville Cariboo Sentinel, 9 Sep 1867, p. 3. About a raffle of his photographs valued at $160 and won by a Mr. McPherson. | |
![]() | Frederick Dally news item, Barkerville Cariboo Sentinel, 12 Sep 1867, p.3 He left Barkerville on 11 Sep 1867 and would travel south in "easy stages" to allow him to stop and take photos. Quesnelmouth was his first stop. | |
![]() | Frederick Dally news item, Barkerville Cariboo Sentinel, 26 Jul 1868, p. 3. The first of two items on the same page about Dally's presence in Barkerville, this piece concerns his near-fatal accident on his way to Barkerville. | |
![]() | Frederick Dally's ad, Victoria Colonist, 18 Feb 1869, p. 1. This ad first appeared in November 1868 and publicized the results of his trip to and from Barkerville and the Cariboo gold fields. | |
![]() | Frederick Dally's ad, Victoria Daily Standard, 20 Jun 1870, p. 4. | |
![]() | Frederick Dally's ad, Victoria Colonist, 21 Jul 1863, p. 2. An ad for his dry goods store which he had opened in 1863. | |
![]() | Frederick Dally's ad, Victoria Colonist, 22 Jan 1864, p. 2. Another ad for his dry goods store. | |
![]() | Frederick Dally's ad, Victoria Colonist, 30 Jul 1864, p. 2. Another ad for his dry goods store. | |
![]() | Frederick Dally news item, Victoria Colonist, 4 Aug 1866, p. 3. The photograph described in this news piece may be BC Archives HP060076 (item D-00668) with a title of "Haynes Band, Victoria B.C." | |
![]() | Frederick Dally news item, Victoria Colonist, 4 Mar 1867, p. 3. About the completion of improvements to his studio. | |
![]() | Frederick Dally's ad, Victoria Colonist, 15 Nov 1867, p. 3. In this ad he publicized the results of his trip to and from Barkerville and the Cariboo gold fields. | |
![]() | Frederick Dally news item, Victoria Colonist, 23 Feb 1869, p. 3. | |
![]() | Frederick Dally news item, Victoria Colonist, 6 Mar 1870, p. 3. About a colonial government map of the Peace River mines he photographed for resale. | |
![]() | Frederick Dally news item, Victoria Colonist, 27 Sep 1870, p. 3. About the sale of his studio to the Green Brothers and a sale, by Dally, of 12,000 cartes-de-visites of Indigenous people. | |
![]() | Green Brothers ad, Victoria Colonist, 13 Oct 1870, p. 4. The Green Brothers had acquired Frederick Dally's photographs in September 1870 and this was their first ad in which they represented the images as their own. This ad was still running in Feb 1871. | |
![]() | Green Brothers cartouche, ca. 1870-1871. Since the Green Brothers acquired Frederick Dally's stock, it is not surprising that the "N.B." note at the bottom almost entirely matches the wording on one of Dally's cartouches (Dally, BC Archives, Visual Records catalogue no. HP002599). Image courtesy of BC Archives, Barnard album no. 27, p. 17. | |
![]() | Frederick Dally news item, Victoria Colonist, 26 Jun 1866, p. 3. Announcing the opening of his photo studio on Fort St. | |
![]() | Frederick Dally news item, Victoria Colonist, 21 Aug 1866, p. 3. In addition to this notice about the return of HMS Scout from its clockwise circumnavigation of Vancouver Island and the presence of Dally, a longer account of the voyage appeared on the same page with no mention of him. | |
![]() | Frederick Dally news item, Barkerville Cariboo Sentinel, 26 Jul 1868, p. 3. The second of two items on the same page about Dally's presence in Barkerville, this one describes some of his photographic plans. | |
![]() | Frederick Dally news item, Victoria Colonist, 28 Sep 1870, p. 3. | |
![]() | Green Brothers news item, Victoria Colonist, 28 Oct 1870, p. 3. About their exhibiting Dally's photographs at the agricultural show. | |
![]() | Green Brothers news item, Victoria Colonist, 29 Sep 1870, p. 3. About their exhibiting Dally's photos at the annual show of the Agricultural and Horticultural Society which was held on a property on Cook St. | |
![]() | Frederick Dally news item, New Westminster Daily British Columbian, 27 May 1869, p. 3 About a photograph of a gathering of First Nations peoples for an "annual festival" in Apr. | |
![]() | Fort Street Gallery news item, Victoria Colonist, 17 Mar 1872, p. 3. This item states that the negatives are leaving the colony, however, in Aug 1872 an auction was held of Dally's camera, negatives and darkroom equipment. | |
![]() | Frederick Dally ad, Victoria Colonist, 15 Aug 1872, p. 3. The auctioneers Plummer and Pagden sold Dally's camera, negatives and darkroom equipment on 15 Aug 1872. | |
![]() | Frederick Dally news item, Victoria Colonist, 15 Aug 1872, p. 3. About the auction of his camera, negatives and darkroom equipment by auctioneers Plummer and Pagden on 15 Aug 1872. | |
![]() | "The Great Bluff on the Thompson River, B.C.", Canadian Illustrated News, 24 Feb 1872, p. 116. An etching based on Frederick Dally's photograph from 1867 or 1868. | |
![]() | Frederick Dally ID on the verso of a carte-de-visite, between 1866-1870. The "N.B." text at the bottom almost entirely matches the wording on one of the Green Brothers carte-de-visite (BC Archives, Visual Records, Barnard album no. 27, p. 17). This image is from a private collection. | |
![]() | Frederick Dally ID on the verso of a carte-de-visite. This image is from a private collection and the "N.B." note at the bottom is slightly different from the version in the BC Archives (Visual Records catalogue no. HP003134). | |
![]() | Frederick Dally news, Victoria Colonist, 24 Sep 1868, p. 3. As he may not have opened his studio until some time in August, this newspaper reference is correct is referring to it as "new." |
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