Camera Workers, 1858-1950

The British Columbia, Alaska and Yukon Photographic Directory, 1858-1950

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Vinson, Valient Vivian[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, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37]

Male 1877 - 1934  (56 years)

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  • Name Vinson, Valient Vivian 
    • VARIANT NAMES: Vincent, V.V.; Vinson, Vivian V.
    Birth 22 Nov 1877  Pauling, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [38] 
    Gender Male 
    Business Address/Year 1905-1909  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    303 Hastings St. W.
    King Photo Studio
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Home Address/Year 1905-1909  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    303 Hastings St. W.
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Home Address/Year 1910  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    801 Homer St.
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Business Address/Year 1912  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Branch studio 
    Address:
    619 Granville St.
    King Photo Studio
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Home Address/Year 1911-1913  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    807 Homer St.
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Home Address/Year 1916  West Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    Gordon Ave.
    corner 14th
    West Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Home Address/Year 1914-1915, 1917-1924  West Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    Hollyburn Ave.
    West Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Home Address/Year 1927  West Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    Gordon Ave. north side
    near 14th
    West Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Business Address/Year 1910-1933  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    311 Hastings St. W.
    King Photo Studio
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Home Address/Year 1932-1933  West Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    1425 Gordon
    West Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Death 25 Mar 1934  West Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location  [39] 
    Burial Capilano View Cemetery, West Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location  [40] 
    Association Progress Studio [Vancouver] (Relationship: Proprietor) 
    Association King Photo Studio (Relationship: Co-owner) 
    Association Teit, James Alexander (Relationship: Undefined) 
    Association Photographers' Association of the Pacific Northwest (Relationship: Member) 
    Association Vinson, Blanche (Relationship: Spouse) 
    Association Vinson, Bruffet Thomas (Relationship: Father) 
    Association Vinson, Willis Weldon (Relationship: Brother) 
    Association Vinson, Harry Hubert (Relationship: Brother) 
    Association King and Vinson (Relationship: Partner) 
    Person ID I910  Camera Workers | V, vol. 2, 1901-1950
    Last Modified 26 Jan 2024 

  • Notes 
    • STATUS: Studio.
    • BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: The son of B.T. and Louella Vinson, he was educated in Portland, OR, and came to BC in 1903 to work at photography. The 1931 Canada census indicates he immigrated in 1904. He co-owned the King Photo Studio between 1905-1906 and was sole proprietor between 1907-1933. His widow took over operations of the King Photo Studio.

      Around 1911 he photographed Interior Salish Natives with the assistance of J.A. Teit. Vinson also ran the Progress Studio (1916-1917), at an address which was originally a branch studio in 1912 for the King Photo Studio.

      Vinson's first name was given as "Vivian" between 1905-1909 and from 1910-1919 as "Valiant". He was married twice, first in 1899 in Idaho to Harriet (Hattie) May Newland (later Dean), and next to Blanche (Ducheny) Vinson of Portland, OR.

      He was a reeve of West Vancouver in 1920 (BVAA PORTRAITS P. 289 and 689), and Vinson Creek in the municipality is named after him. Identified as "V.V. Vincent" in the Daily News-Advertiser, he was an official representative for BC to the Photographers' Association of the Pacific Northwest conference in Vancouver in 1910 and was elected its president that year.

  • Sources 
    1. [S339] Voters List, (Victoria, B.C.: Province of British Columbia, 1874-), 1924, Ref. NW 324.1 B862.
      West Vancouver

    2. [S339] Voters List, (Victoria, B.C.: Province of British Columbia, 1874-), 1928, 1933, Ref. NW 324.1 B862.
      North Vancouver (Vancouver)

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

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

    5. [S786] HENVAN05, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1905).

    6. [S787] HENVAN06, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1906).

    7. [S788] HENVAN07, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1907).

    8. [S790] HENVAN08, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1908).

    9. [S791] HENVAN09, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1909).

    10. [S698] HENVAN10, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1910).

    11. [S795] HENVAN11, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1911).

    12. [S797] HENVAN12, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1912).

    13. [S746] HENVAN13, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1913).

    14. [S747] HENVAN14, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1914).

    15. [S748] HENVAN15, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1915).

    16. [S749] HENVAN16, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1916).

    17. [S750] HENVAN17, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1917).

    18. [S751] HENVAN18, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1918), 882.
      Vancouver: "Vinson Valiant V reeve West Van h Gordon Av nr 14th St (West Van)"

    19. [S740] WRI18, (Vancouver, BC: Wrigley Directories, c1918), 715.
      Vancouver: "Vinson V V prop The King Studio 311 Hastings west"

    20. [S752] HENVAN19, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1919), 896.
      Vancouver: "Vinson Valiant V reeve West Van Munic h Gordon (W Van)"

    21. [S738] WRI19, (Vancouver, BC: Wrigley Directories, c1919), 1028.
      Vancouver: "Vinson V V prop The King Studio 311 Hastings W"

    22. [S753] HENVAN20, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1920), 1002.
      "Vinson V V reeve Munic of West Van h W Van"

    23. [S739] WRI20, (Vancouver, BC: Wrigley Directories, c1920), 943.
      Vancouver: "Vinson V V prop The King Studio 311 Hastings W"

    24. [S754] HENVAN21, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1921), 1104.
      Vancouver: "Vinson Valient V of King Studio h Hollyburn (W Van)"

    25. [S741] WRI21, (Vancouver, BC: Wrigley Directories, c1921), 998.
      Vancouver: "Vinson V V prop The King Studio 311 Hastings W"

    26. [S755] HENVAN22, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1922), 1170.
      Vancouver: "Vinson Valient V prop King Studio h Gordon Ave Hollyburn (W Van)"

    27. [S742] WRI22, (Vancouver, BC: Wrigley Directories, c1922), 1024.
      Vancouver: "Vinson V V prop The King Studio 311 Hastings W"

    28. [S760] WRI27, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1927), 1355.
      Vancouver: "Vinson Valient V prop King Studio h ns Gordon nr 14th W Van"

    29. [S765] WRI32, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1932), 1354.
      Vancouver: "Vinson Valient V prop King Studio h 1425 Gordon W Van"

    30. [S766] WRIVAN33, (Vancouver: Wrigley Directories, 1933), 836.
      Vancouver: "Vinson Valient V prop King Studio h 1425 Gordon W Van"

    31. [S768] SUN34, (Vancouver: Sun Directories, 1934).
      Vancouver: not listed

    32. [S626] (Vancouver) News-Advertiser, (Vancouver: News-Advertiser), 2 Aug 1910, 10.
      "Photographers of Northwest Gather"

    33. [S626] (Vancouver) News-Advertiser, (Vancouver: News-Advertiser), 5 Aug 1910, 7.
      "Photos for an Official Exhibit"

    34. [S976] British Columbia Magazine, (Vancouver : Man-to-Man Co.), Jun 1911.
      classified: PHOTOGRAPHERS

    35. [S493] C.W. Parker, ed., Who's Who in Western Canada (1911), (Vancouver: Canadian Press Association, 1911).

    36. [S552] Leslie H. Tepper, ed., Tepper (1987), (Ottawa: National Museums of Canada, Canadian Museum of Civilization, 1987).

    37. [S975] Pacific Streamkeepers Federation (Web site).
      Vinson Creek Watershed
      URL (accessed 17 Mar 2017): http://www.pskf.ca/ecology/watershed/westvan/2003/vinson02.html

    38. [S924] Ancestry.ca (Web site).
      Valient Vivian Vinson in William Burrell Heston Jr. and Related Families by Bill Heston

    39. [S652] BVIPA death registration index.
      Registration no. 1934-09-488296 (microfilm B13150)

    40. [S832] Find a Grave (Web site).
      URL (accessed 17 Mar 2017): https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Vinson&GSbyrel=all&GSdy=1934&GSdyrel=in&GSob=n&GSsr=41&GRid=99533229&df=all&