Camera Club (Vancouver, 1897)^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]}

• Name	Camera Club (Vancouver, 1897)
  Gender	Unknown
  Business Address/Year	1897-1902	Vancouver, BC
  	Address: 418 Hastings St. Vancouver, BC Canada
  	May have continued after 1899.
  Association	Abbott, Harry (Relationship: Member)
  Association	Beecher, Charles McCulloch (Relationship: Member)
  Association	Edwards, Arthur N. (Relationship: Member)
  Association	Ferguson, A.G. (Relationship: Member)
  Association	Gintzburger, Maurice (Relationship: Member)
  Association	Godfrey, W. (Relationship: Member)
  Association	Williams, John Tomatoa Chawner (Relationship: Member; President)
  Association	Salsbury, Frederick Thurston (Relationship: Member; Secretary)
  Person ID	I30	Camera Workers | C, vol. 1, 1858-1900
  Last Modified	8 May 2023

  
  

• Photos

  Vancouver Camera Club, 1897-1902. A group portrait of the club organized in Jan 1897. The individuals are identified as: 1. Arthur N. Edwards [of the Edwards Brothers studio]; 2. George Buscombe; 3. Alex (Gint) Purvis; 4. Jonny Garden; 5. Fred T. Salsbury; 6. W.J. Hogg; 7. W.J. Wright; 8. Walter Stark; 9. unidentified; 10. Frank Wright; 11. Mr. Kerr; 12. Ernie Stark. Courtesy of City of Vancouver Archives, CL P23.

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		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.
  		Camera Club (Vancouver, 1897) news, Vancouver Daily News-Advertiser, 8 Jan 1897, p. 8. A report of the organizational meeting of the 1897 Vancouver Camera Club held at the Edwards Brothers studio on 7 Jan 1897.

  
  

• Notes

  STATUS: Club. BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: Organized in Jan 1897, the Vancouver Camera Club had a predecessor or possibly rival in another body also known as the Camera Club which was inaugurated in Mar 1895 and was reported to have had 40 members including several women. Rev. W.W. Baer was one of the promoters of this earlier organization other members were M. Gintzburger, E.E. Cracknell, E.B. Deane and Mr. Cooper-Coles. The formation of the second Camera Club was noted as being "the first in the Province"; its initial meeting was at the Edwards Brothers studio. The latter firm acted as a liaison between the club and the public. By 22 Jan 1897 a studio and dark room had been set up above F.J. Painton's music store. F.T. Salsbury was secretary during the first year of the 1897 club's existence and J.T.C. Williams was president from 1897 through 1902. Other officers were Harry Abbott (honorary president), C.M. Beecher (first vice-president), W. Godrey, second vice-president, A.G. Ferguson (third vice-president), and C.A. Wood (honorary treasurer). The club was reported to have 56 members in late Mar 1897 and 50 members in April 1897. By 1903 the club was moribund as a new Vancouver camera club was being organized. REFERENCES: HEN97; HEN98; HEN99; News-Advertiser, 1897 01 07/8, 1897 01 08/8, 1897 01 22/8, 1897 02 18/1, 1897 03 17/5; Western Recreation (1897 04):38 (officers' names).

  
  

• Sources

  [S650] (Vancouver) Province, 17 Mar 1897, 165. Report of its first "annual" meeting with 56 enrolled members. [S40] Williams, R.T., comp., WIL99, (Victoria, B.C.: Province Publishing Co., 1899). Vancouver: not listed in alphabetic section under Camera or Vancouver Camera or in street directory under 418 Hastings St. W. [S39] HEN99, (Victoria, B.C.: Henderson Publishing Co., 1899), 634. Vancouver: Camera Club, J. Williams, Pres., 418 Hastings [S733] GRE99, (Vancouver, BC: Rowland E. Green, [1900]). Not listed in alphabetic section under Camera or Vancouver Camera or in street directory at 418 Hastings St. W. [S41] HEN00, (Victoria, B.C.: Henderson Publishing Co., 1900), 777. Vancouver: Camera Club, J. Williams, Pres., 418 Hastings [S42] HEN01, (Victoria, B.C.: Henderson Publishing Co., 1901), 646. Vancouver: Camera Club, J. Williams, Pres., 418 Hastings [S781] HEN02, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1902), 623. Vancouver: Camera Club, J. Williams, Pres., 418 Hastings [S782] HEN03, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1903). Vancouver: not listed