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  • Name Savannah and Company  
    • VARIANT NAME: Savannah Photographic Parlors.
    Gender Unknown 
    Business Address/Year Feb 1892-?  Victoria, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    28 Fort St.
    Five Sisters Block
    Victoria, BC
    Canada 
    Business Address/Year 1889-Feb? 1892  Victoria BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    56 Fort St.
    Victoria, BC
    Canada 
    Association Savannah, John (Relationship: Owner) 
    Association Butcher, Arthur (Relationship: Employee) 
    Person ID I48  Camera Workers | S, vol. 1, 1858-1900
    Last Modified 26 Jun 2023 

  • Photos
    John Savannah ID, 1892.    		John Savannah ID, 1892.
    He operated in the Five Sisters Block from Feb 1892 until his studio was burned out in the Oct 1910 fire which destroyed the entire block.

    Documents
    Savannah and Company article, <i>Daily Colonist</i>, 5 Feb 1892, p. 5.    		Savannah and Company article, Daily Colonist, 5 Feb 1892, p. 5.
    Describes their "new quarters in the Five Sisters' Block." The Victoria Times ran a similar article on 3 Feb 1892.
    John Savannah news, Victoria <i>Times</i>, 3 Feb 1892, p. 5.    		John Savannah news, Victoria Times, 3 Feb 1892, p. 5.
    The Daily Colonist ran a similar article on 5 Feb 1892.
    John Savannah imprint, verso of mounted photograph, 1890s.    		John Savannah imprint, verso of mounted photograph, 1890s.
    The photograph is a studio portrait of an Indigenous woman (standing) and a Caucasian man (seated). The first-prize medal was awarded by the British Columbia Agricultural Association (B.C. A. Association) at its annual exhibition. Courtesy of UBC Library, Uno Langmann Family Collection of British Columbia Photographs, UL_1565_0001.

  • Notes 
    • STATUS: Studio.
    • BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: This company was established by J. Savannah as "successors to O.C. Hastings".

  • Sources 
    1. [S628] (Victoria) Colonist, (Victoria: Colonist), 5 Feb 1892, 5.
      "A Handsome Suite of Rooms."

    2. [S239] Castle, Geoffrey, Castle (1984), (The Scribe (November 1984):2-3).

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

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

    5. [S28] HEN91, (Vancouver, B.C.: Henderson Directory Co., 1891).
      Victoria: not listed

    6. [S29] Halliday, W.M., comp., WIL91, (Victoria, B.C.: R.T. Willilams, 1890).
      Victoria: not listed

    7. [S30] WIL92, (Victoria, B.C.: R.T. Williams, 1892).
      Victoria: not listed

    8. [S32] Williams' B.C. Directory Co., comp., WIL93, (Victoria, B.C.: Printed by the Victoria Printing Company, 1893).
      Victoria: not listed