Diamond City Photo Gallery^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]}

• Name	Diamond City Photo Gallery
  	VARIANT: Diamond City Studio.
  Gender	Unknown
  Business Address/Year	1894-1895?	Nanaimo, BC
  	Address: 64 Commercial St. Nanaimo, BC Canada
  Business Address/Year	1892-1893	Nanaimo, BC
  	Address: Commercial St. west side Nanaimo, BC Canada
  Association	Sampson, John Wallace (Relationship: Owner)
  Association	Merrifield, George (Relationship: Employee)
  Person ID	I425	Camera Workers | D, vol. 1, 1858-1900
  Last Modified	24 Jul 2023

  
  

• Notes

  STATUS: Studio. BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: This was owned and managed by J.W. Sampson. George Merrifield also worked for the gallery. IDENTIFYING MARKS: Print may be marked at bottom "Sampson Diamond City Studio Nanaimo B.C." A stylized monogram of "JS" may be centred above "Diamond City Studio" or "J Sampson Diamond City Photo Studio Nanaimo B.C."

  
  

• Sources

  [S46] COLLECTION: BVIPA. Print HP018950 (Item I-46797) [S30] WIL92, (Victoria, B.C.: R.T. Williams, 1892). [S32] Williams' B.C. Directory Co., comp., WIL93, (Victoria, B.C.: Printed by the Victoria Printing Company, 1893). [S33] Williams' B.C. Directory Co., comp., WIL94, (Victoria, B.C.: Williams' B.C. Directory Co., 1894). [S34] WIL95, (Victoria, B.C.: Williams' B.C. Directory Co., 1895).