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Coughlan, William Power[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25]

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  • Name Coughlan, William Power 
    • VARIANT NAMES: Coughlan, William C.; Coughlin, W.P.; Laughlan, M.P.
    Gender Male 
    Business Address/Year 1888-1889  Nanaimo, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    Church St.
    Nanaimo, BC
    Canada 
    Home Address/Year 1892  Nanaimo, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    Fitzwilliam St.
    Nanaimo, BC
    Canada 
    Business Address/Year 1893  Nanaimo, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    Fitzpatrick St.?
    Nanaimo, BC
    Canada 
    Home Address/Year 1895  Nanaimo, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    26 Fitzpatrick St.
    Nanaimo, BC
    Canada 
    Business Address/Year 1895-1900  Nanaimo, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    He also lived at this address. 
    Address:
    26 Fitzwilliam St.
    Nanaimo, BC
    Canada 
    Person ID I441  Camera Workers | C, vol. 1, 1858-1900
    Last Modified 4 Aug 2023 

  • Documents
    Great Eastern Photographic and Advertising Co.'s letter ad, <i>Nanaimo Free Press</i>, 1 Aug 1888, p. 3.    		Great Eastern Photographic and Advertising Co.'s letter ad, Nanaimo Free Press, 1 Aug 1888, p. 3.
    This notice provoked a sardonic reply from one of Nanaimo's resident photographers, W.P. Coughlan in the 4 Aug 1888 issue under the title "Oh, Photographic, Is It?"
    W.P. Coughlan news, <i>Nanaimo Free Press</i>, 25 Jun 1889, p. 2.    		W.P. Coughlan news, Nanaimo Free Press, 25 Jun 1889, p. 2.
    Coughlan was reacting to the presence of J.B. Uren who had opened a studio on 24 Jun 1889 under the name Mainland Photograph Company. As intimated by Coughlan, he faced the same issue in 1888 when the Great Eastern Photographic and Advertising Company visited Nanaimo.

  • Notes 
    • STATUS: Commercial.
    • BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: The earliest mention of his work was an article which described a photograph he took of the ship Northbrook at anchor. An ad he ran in the Nanaimo paper described him as a "home photographer." His work was primarily portraiture. Coughlan was involved in an interesting exchange of newspaper letters with the itinerant firm the Great Eastern Photographic and Advertising Company in Jul 1888.

  • Sources 
    1. [S339] Voters List, (Victoria, B.C.: Province of British Columbia, 1874-), 1900, 1903, 1908, 1909, 1911, Ref. NW 324.1 B862.
      Nanaimo

    2. [S706] Nanaimo Free Press, 25 Jul 1888, 3.

    3. [S706] Nanaimo Free Press, 4 Aug 1888, 3.

    4. [S22] Draper, Thomas, comp., WIL89, (Victoria, B.C.: R.T. Williams, 1889).
      Nanaimo

    5. [S24] HEN90, (Victoria, B.C.: Henderson Directory Co., 1890).
      Nanaimo

    6. [S28] HEN91, (Vancouver, B.C.: Henderson Directory Co., 1891).
      Nanaimo

    7. [S29] Halliday, W.M., comp., WIL91, (Victoria, B.C.: R.T. Willilams, 1890), 45.
      Nanaimo: Coughlan W P photographer Church

    8. [S30] WIL92, (Victoria, B.C.: R.T. Williams, 1892).
      Nanaimo

    9. [S32] Williams' B.C. Directory Co., comp., WIL93, (Victoria, B.C.: Printed by the Victoria Printing Company, 1893).
      Nanaimo

    10. [S33] Williams' B.C. Directory Co., comp., WIL94, (Victoria, B.C.: Williams' B.C. Directory Co., 1894), 722.
      Classified: Photographers: Coughlan Wm Nanaimo
      Nanaimo: not listed in alphabetic section

    11. [S34] WIL95, (Victoria, B.C.: Williams' B.C. Directory Co., 1895), 236.
      Nanaimo: Coughlan W P photographer res 26 Fitzwilliam

    12. [S36] HEN97, (Victoria, B.C.: Henderson Publishing Co., 1897).
      Nanaimo: not listed in alphabetic; Classified: Photographers: not listed

    13. [S37] WIL97, (Victoria, B.C.: Williams' B.C. Directory Co., 1897).
      Nanaimo: not listed in alphabetic section; Classified: Photographers: not listed

    14. [S38] HEN98, (Victoria, B.C.: Henderson Publishing Co., 1898), 252.
      Nanaimo: Coughlan W P photographer 26 Fitzwilliam

    15. [S40] Williams, R.T., comp., WIL99, (Victoria, B.C.: Province Publishing Co., 1899), 157.
      Nanaimo: Coughlan W P photographer 26 Fitzwilliam st

    16. [S39] HEN99, (Victoria, B.C.: Henderson Publishing Co., 1899), 314.
      Nanaimo: Coughlin [sic] W P photographer h 26 Fitzwilliam

    17. [S41] HEN00, (Victoria, B.C.: Henderson Publishing Co., 1900), 383.
      Nanaimo: Coughlin W P photographer h 26 Fitzwilliam

    18. [S42] HEN01, (Victoria, B.C.: Henderson Publishing Co., 1901).
      Nanaimo: not listed

    19. [S781] HEN02, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1902).
      Nanaimo: not listed

    20. [S782] HEN03, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1903).
      Nanaimo: not listed

    21. [S783] HEN04, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1904).
      Nanaimo: not listed

    22. [S785] HEN05, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1905).
      Nanaimo: not listed

    23. [S792] PROVI09, (Victoria: Provincial Publishing, 1909).
      Nanaimo: not listed

    24. [S732] HEN10, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1910).
      Nanaimo: not listed

    25. [S793] HENVIC10, (Victoria: Henderson Publishing, 1911).
      Nanaimo: not listed