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Photos
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 | Wreck of the Barnard Castle near Rack Rocks, 1886. Photograph credited to Mrs. R. Maynard, but likely taken by Richard Maynard. This was the collier on which the fraudster C.K. Wilson who posed as a photographer made good his escape from Nanaimo in 1882. Courtesy of BC Archives, Item A-00007. | 27 May 2023 | |
 | J.T.C. Williams photo of the first Vancouver Rowing Club, 1888. Courtesy of City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 66-14. | 27 May 2023 | |
 | J.M. White ID on front of mount; portrait of unidentified woman, City of Vancouver Archives. | 27 May 2023 | |
 | J.M. White ID on front of mount; portrait of Thomas F. McGuigan, City of Vancouver Archives. | 27 May 2023 | |
 | J.M. White ID on front of mount; portrait of John M. McLuckie, City of Vancouver Archives. | 27 May 2023 | |
 | J.M. White ID on front of mount; portrait of Alfred Mowbray Sherwood, City of Vancouver Archives. | 27 May 2023 | |
 | J.M. White ID on front of mount; portrait of Alec Gogan, City of Vancouver Archives. | 27 May 2023 | |
 | Welsh and Company portrait of John Howard Godfrey, aged 3 years, ca. 1898. This is one of two poses taken at the same time. In the other pose, he is dressed in a different outfit and holding the lacrosse stick which is at his feet in this pose. Courtesy of City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 162-10. | 26 May 2023 | |
 | H.M. Welsh portrait of New Westminster May Queens, 1901. Courtesy of City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 703-1.22.2. | 26 May 2023 | |
 | W.S. Webb portrait, early 1900s. Originally published in Prominent and Progressive Americans: An Encyclopędia of Contemporaneous Biography (1902?), opposite p. 367. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. | 26 May 2023 | |
 | H. Ward photograph, homes on Penwill St., Victoria, 1889. Courtesy of BC Archives, Item C-09000. | 26 May 2023 | |
 | Anton Vogee photograph of Atlin, BC, 1899. Courtesy of Yukon Archives, Anton Vogee fonds, image 82/271. | 20 May 2023 | |
 | Anton Vogee photograph of a scene in Atlin, BC, 24 May 1899. Courtesy of Museum of History and Industry (Seattle, WA), no. 6978, via Wikimedia Commons. | 20 May 2023 | |
 | Vancouver Photographic Company portrait of the champion Vancouver Lacrosse Team, 1890. J.D. Hall is standing on the far left in the back row. Courtesy of City of Vancouver Archives, VPL63. | 18 May 2023 | |
 | Vancouver Photographic Company portrait of Hilda E. Price and her son Thomas Ernest Price, 1887-1892. Courtesy of City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 152-121. | 18 May 2023 | |
 | Mr. and Mrs. James Uren, ca. 1870s? This studio portrait may have been taken in New Westminster or Victoria. The photographer is unknown. James Uren never worked as a photographer. He may have been J.B. Uren's brother. The BC Archives description describes the couple as Mr. and Mrs. John Uren, photographers of New Westminster. Courtesy of BC Archives, Item I-66320. | 18 May 2023 | |
 | R.H. Trueman portrait, likely taken in his studio, 1910. Courtesy of Vancouver Public Library, accession number 59046. | 17 May 2023 | |
 | R.H. Trueman and Company, Cordova St. looking east from Cambie St., 1890s. Courtesy of City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 2-14. | 17 May 2023 | |
 | R.H. Trueman and Company view of the CPR cantilever bridge, Cisco, 1890s. Courtesy of City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 2-16. | 17 May 2023 | |
 | H.A. Tremayne, SS Strathcona sternwheeler, Stikine River, 1900. His ID and the year are visible in the lower left corner. Courtesy of BC Archives, Item C-08490. | 17 May 2023 | |
 | P.T. Timms, 500 block Granville St., before 1910. The Bailey Brothers retail store, visible at 540 Granville St., was taken over by 1910 by the Granville Stationery Company, Limited. Courtesy of City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 677-659. | 17 May 2023 | |
 | P.T. Timms portrait, attributed to P.T. Timms, 1933. Courtesy of City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 677-639. | 17 May 2023 | |
 | P.T. Timms in the doorway of his photography business, 501 West Georgia St., ca. 1910. Courtesy of City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 677-576. | 17 May 2023 | |
 | G.N. Bailey self-portrait, date undetermined. Courtesy of BC Archives, Item I-66747 | 16 May 2023 | |
 | H.N. Topley portrait, Notman studio, Montreal, 1867. H.N.'s brother William J. worked for the Notman studio in the 1860s as a staff photographer. Courtesy of McCord Stewart Museum, Object Number I-25872.1. | 16 May 2023 | |
 | Thompson and Bovill portrait, Thomas James O'Neill and George O'Neill, ca. 1886-1889. Courtesy of BC Archives via Kamloops Museum, Item C-08422. | 16 May 2023 | |
 | Thompson and Bovill, Kickbush farm, Chilliwack, ca. 1886-1889. Courtesy of BC Archives, Item C-07993. | 16 May 2023 | |
 | S.J. Thompson, aftermath of the Point Ellice Bridge disaster, Victoria, 26 May 1896. According to his newspaper ad, this was taken ten minutes after the tragedy. A high-resolution copy is available at the City of Vancouver Archives web site. Courtesy of City of Vancouver Archives, OUT P247.2. | 16 May 2023 | |
 | S.J. Thompson, Columbia St., New Westminster, the day after the Great Fire, 11 Sep 1898. While Thompson's New Westminster studio had been destroyed in the fire, he had already established a branch in Vanocuver and was able to keep operational until he re-established himself in New Westminster. Courtesy of City of Vancouver Archives, OUT P1041.2. | 16 May 2023 | |
 | S.J. Thompson portrait of John Hendry, between ca. 1889-1897. Courtesy of City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 703-1.4. | 16 May 2023 | |
 | F.V. Bingham, Kamloops, pre-1885. The title is "355--Kamloops, B.C., from the West." There is no evidence of the Canadian Pacific Railway in this photograph, in particular a CPR bridge which appears in the background of a similar view by Bingham's former partner A.B. Thom. Courtesy of BC Archives, Item I-75476. | 15 May 2023 | |
 | A.B. Thom, Kamloops, ca. 1886. The Canadian Pacific Railway bridge visible in the background does not appear in a similar photo by Thom's former partner, F.V. Bingham. Courtesy of BC Archives, Item G-00075. | 15 May 2023 | |
 | A.B. Thom, Canadian Pacific Railway line, Kicking Horse Canyon, 1890s. The title is "2140--Seventh and Eighth Crossing Kicking Horse Canyon". Courtesy of BC Archives, Item B-06988. | 15 May 2023 | |
 | Lady Alice Stanley portrait, ca. 1900-1910. Photographed by H. Walter Barnett. Courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, London, Eng., UK. | 11 May 2023 | |
 | Spencer and Hastings portrait, between 1882-1889. A portrait of Stephen Tingley, manager of the BC Express Company Limited, Ashcroft. Courtesy of BC Archives, Item H-05411. | 11 May 2023 | |
 | Spencer and Hastings portrait, ca. 1882. Mrs. W.B. Anderson (nee Emily Holloway). Courtesy of BC Archives, Item I-46699. | 11 May 2023 | |
 | Group portrait, Metlakatla, BC, 10 Jul 1879. Photographed by O.C. Hastings during the visit of HMS Rocket. Among the individuals seated on chairs at the front are Dr. I.W. Powell, Superintendent of Indian Affairs for BC, officers of HMS Rocket and A.C. Anderson, who wrote a lengthy article for the Colonist about the trip and mentioned this photograph. | 11 May 2023 | |
 | Hastings Photo ID on front of photo mount. This identification contains a street number not present in another similar identification (BC Archives accession 198202-004, box 3). Sir James Douglas died in 1877. | 10 May 2023 | |
 | Hastings Photo ID on front of photo mount. Except for the lack of a street number, this is nearly identical to an identification on a portrait of Sir James Douglas (BC Archives accession 198202-004, box 3). | 10 May 2023 | |
 | S.A. Smythe photograph, 1890s. Depicts the Empress of Japan departing Vancouver. Another photograph at the City of Vancouver Archives shows the vessel at dock. Courtesy of City of Vancouver Archives, BO P12. | 9 May 2023 | |
 | S.A. Smythe photograph, 1880s? Likely taken on commission for the Upper Walrond Ranch; in the background, according to the print caption, are the Rocky Mountains and the Old Man's River. | 9 May 2023 | |
 | H.I. Smith portrait, undated. Courtesy of Canadian Museum of History, CMC, 99477LS, CD2003-0561. | 8 May 2023 | |
 | Two illustrations from the prospectus of the Illinois College of Photography, 1900. Mrs. Olive Harley Prest was among the handful of known photographers from BC and Alaska who attended this school. | 8 May 2023 | |
 | Cover of Illinois College of Photography prospectus, 1900. Mrs. Olive Harley Prest was among a handful of known photographers from BC and Alaska who attended this school. | 8 May 2023 | |
 | 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. | 8 May 2023 | |
 | John Savannah ID, 12 Jun 1894. This group portrait depicts a scene from D.B. Ker's wedding. Courtesy of BC Archives, Item J-05159. | 8 May 2023 | |
 | John Savannah ID, Feb 1892-Oct 1910. Studio portrait of Mrs. James Pottinger (nee Clara Cameron). John Savannah 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. Courtesy of BC Archives, Item I-67881. | 7 May 2023 | |
 | John Savannah ID, ca. 1920s. As of 7 May 2023, none of the individuals or the dog have been identified. Courtesy of BC Archives, Item J-05183. | 7 May 2023 | |
 | 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. | 7 May 2023 | |
 | Hastings Studio portrait, ca. 1888-1895. Tom Hamilton on the left, and E.D. McKinley on the right. Courtesy of BC Archives, Item I-67879. | 7 May 2023 |
Documents
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 | C.K. Wilson ad, Nanaimo Free Press, 19 Apr 1882, p. 2. Some creditors placed this ad to warn other merchants that this "photographer" was not all he claimed to be. | 27 May 2023 | |
 | H. Ward's ID from the verso of a landscape photograph. Depicts a view of near-identical homes on Penwill St., 1889. Courtesy of BC Archives, Item C-09000. | 26 May 2023 | |
 | G.T. Wadds news, Vancouver Sun, 13 May 1923, p. 12. A society columnist for the Sun publicized G.T. Wadds' move to the 12th floor of the Vancouver Block on Granville St. near Georgia St. This building, a heritage structure, is still standing. | 25 May 2023 | |
 | Wadds Brothers news, Vancouver Sun, 4 Apr 1912, p. 3. A few further details about the loss suffered by G.T. Wadds at his Wadds Brothers studio following the 3 Apr 1912 fire. | 25 May 2023 | |
 | G.T. Wadds news, Vancouver Province, 4 Apr 1912, p. 3. A report of the losses suffered by G.T. Wadds in the fire of 3 Apr 1912. | 25 May 2023 | |
 | G.T. Wadds news, Vancouver Province, 26 Jun 1912, p. 30. Following the fire of 3 Apr 1912 which destroyed his Wadds Brothers studio, George refurbished the space and reopened it as the George T. Wadds Studio. This item specifically notes that about 15,000 out of 30,000 negatives were saved. | 25 May 2023 | |
 | David Wadds and Silver Studio news, Vancouver Province, 17 Feb 1912, p. 50. | 25 May 2023 | |
 | David Wadds and Silver Studio news, Vancouver Province, 6 Feb 1912, p. 24. When David Wadds returned to Vancouver from Nelson to open a new photo studio, he purchased the former premises of the photographers Davidson and Stark. | 25 May 2023 | |
 | David Wadds news, Delta Times, 23 Jul 1914, p. 3. He opened a temporary studio in the community of Ladner on 23 Jul 1914. | 25 May 2023 | |
 | Wadds Brothers ad, Nelson Daily News, 18 Oct 1906, p. 4. While they continued to use Wadds Brothers for business purposes until 1912, the official date of their partnership dissolution was 1 Aug 1906. | 25 May 2023 | |
 | Queen Studio ad, Nelson Daily News, 18 Oct 1906, p. 4. | 24 May 2023 | |
 | David Wadds news, Phoenix Pioneer, 3 May 1902, p. 4. | 24 May 2023 | |
 | Wadds Brothers news, Vancouver Province, 6 Oct 1899, p. 7, part 2. In addition to their winning most of the professional photography prizes at the 1899 New Westminster exhibition, F.L. Hacking also won in that category. The two amateur photographers who won were F.T. Salsbury and Charles Whetham. | 24 May 2023 | |
 | Wadds Brothers news, Vancouver Province, 6 Oct 1899, p. 7, part 1. In addition to their winning most of the professional photography prizes at the 1899 New Westminster exhibition, F.L. Hacking also won in that category. The two amateur photographers who won were F.T. Salsbury and Charles Whetham. | 24 May 2023 | |
 | Wadds Brothers news, Vancouver Province, 3 Oct 1900, p. 4. At the 1900 New Westminster exhibition the Wadds Brothers nearly made a clean sweep of professional photography prize category. F.L. Hacking beat them in the landscape views category. Two named amateur photographers won prizes, Viggo Laursen (not Lansen) of Vancouver took first place and J. Calvert of Nanaimo won second place in that category. | 22 May 2023 | |
 | New Westminster exhibition photography prize list, 1898. Vancouver Province, 11 Oct 1898, p. 3. | 22 May 2023 | |
 | H.D. McKay ad, Vancouver Province, 11 Oct 1898, p. 4. | 22 May 2023 | |
 | Carlo Gentile and Noah Shakespeare news, Victoria Colonist, 15 Aug 1866, p. 3. Gentile hired Shakespeare while Gentile was away in Europe, a trip he apparently never completed due to the loss of his photographs on one of two Puget Sound vessels. Gentile's agent, Thomas Allsop, published a "lost" ad in the Colonist on 27 Oct 1866, p. 2. | 21 May 2023 | |
 | Wadds Brothers ad, Vancouver Province, 5 Aug 1898, p. 1. This ad is reminiscent of the "lost" ad posted by Carlo Gentile's agent in Oct 1866 when his negatives were accidentally left on one of two Puget Sound vessels. | 21 May 2023 | |
 | Arthur Vipond funeral, Victoria Daily Times, 15 Nov 1889, p. 4. One of the pallbearers was the former Victoria photographer S.A. Spencer. | 19 May 2023 | |
 | Arthur Vipond obituary, Victoria Daily Times, 12 Nov 1889, p. 4. | 19 May 2023 | |
 | Green Brothers imprint, ca. 1870-1871. Since the Green Brothers acquired Frederick Dally's stock, it is not surprising that the "N.B." note at the bottom almost entirely matches the wording on one of Dally's imprints (Dally, BC Archives, Visual Records catalogue no. HP002599). Image courtesy of BC Archives, Barnard album no. 27, p. 17. | 18 May 2023 | |
 | Vaughan's Photographic Gallery news, Victoria Colonist, 7 Sep 1864, p. 3. Without naming him, this news item notes the hiring of G.H. Brown by J.W. Vaughan. | 18 May 2023 | |
 | J.W. Vaughan's news, Victoria Colonist, 9 Dec 1863, p. 3. | 18 May 2023 | |
 | J.W. Vaughan news, Victoria Colonist, 9 Dec 1864, p. 3. Vaughan advertises "crayotypes", portraits based on photographs. They are rather expensive but would in effect be an original work of art. | 18 May 2023 | |
 | J.W. Vaughan news, Victoria Colonist, 29 Apr 1864, p.3. About the theft of a photographic case by a "boy" who was sentenced to the chain gang. Two years later the same thing happened to G.R. Fardon at his studio. | 18 May 2023 | |
 | J.W. Vaughan's ID from the verso of a carte-de-visite portrait. The portrait is of an officer from HMS Topaze. Image courtesy of BC Archives, Visual Records catalogue no. HP050033. | 18 May 2023 | |
 | J.W. Vaughan's ID from the verso of a carte-de-visite portrait. Portrait of Israel Wood Powell, Jr. Image courtesy of BC Archives, Visual Records item number B-01965 (HP030764). | 18 May 2023 | |
 | Uren and Mountain's ID from the verso of a portrait. Image courtesy of BC Archives, Item G-05381. | 18 May 2023 | |
 | John Uren's ID from the verso of a portrait. Image courtesy of BC Archives, Item C-07092. | 17 May 2023 | |
 | J.B. Uren's ID from the front of a photograph. | 17 May 2023 | |
 | R.H. Trueman Canadian Pacific Railway pass, 18 Nov 1892. The front of a CPR railway pass issued to R.H. Trueman which provided him with a roundtrip between Vancouver and Donald. Trueman never used the pass, apparently because his wife was ill and passed away in Jan 1893. Courtesy of Canadian Pacific Corporate Archives. | 17 May 2023 | |
 | Bailey Brothers Company Ltd. ad, Henderson's City of Vancouver Directory, 1907, p. 93. | 16 May 2023 | |
 | H.N. Topley portrait, Notman studio, Montreal, 1867. H.N.'s brother William J. worked as a staff photographer for the studio. Courtesy of McCord Stewart Museum, Object Number I-25872.1. | 16 May 2023 | |
 | H.N. Topley news, Victoria Colonist, 13 Jun 1894, p. 3, part 2. Topley worked as a photographer for the Alaska boundary survey. Among his inventions reported on here was one for producing accurate colour or colourized photographs of geological formations, including glaciers. | 16 May 2023 | |
 | H.N. Topley news, Victoria Colonist, 13 Jun 1894, p. 3, part 1. Topley worked as a photographer for the Alaska boundary survey. Among his inventions reported on here was one for producing accurate colour or colourized photographs of geological formations, including glaciers. | 16 May 2023 | |
 | T.B. Straiton news, Vancouver Daily News-Advertiser, 3 Dec 1893, p. 8, part 2. The Sullivan Block was built in the summer 1893 on the north side of Cordova St. between Carrall and Abbott streets. | 14 May 2023 | |
 | T.B. Straiton news, Vancouver Daily News-Advertiser, 3 Dec 1893, p. 8, part 1. The Sullivan Block was built in the summer 1893 on the north side of Cordova St. between Carrall and Abbott streets. | 14 May 2023 | |
 | T.B. Straiton news, Vancouver Daily World, 30 Nov 1893, p. 8. About Straiton's occupancy in the newly constructed Sullivan Block on the north side of Cordova St. between Carrall and Abbott streets. | 14 May 2023 | |
 | Sunbeam Photo and Art Company's ad, Vancouver Daily News-Advertiser, 16 Dec 1891, p. 6. | 14 May 2023 | |
 | Frederick Steele biography, The Story of Manitoba, vol. 2 (1913), p. 158-159. | 14 May 2023 | |
 | Steele and Company ad, Nelson Miner, 11 Jul 1896, p. 3. He was visiting from Winnipeg and operated in a tent studio. | 14 May 2023 | |
 | Stanley Brothers news, Nelson Miner, 20 Jul 1895, p. 1. These were likely the brothers E.H. and George Stanley. | 13 May 2023 | |
 | Gilbert Stanley and Neelands Brothers news, Nelson Miner, 20 Jul 1895, p. 1. | 13 May 2023 | |
 | Stanley Brothers news, Nelson Miner, 29 Oct 1892, p. 9. | 13 May 2023 | |
 | Gilbert Stanley obituary, Nelson Daily News, 25 Jan 1915, p. 8. | 13 May 2023 | |
 | Stanley Brothers ad, Vancouver Daily World, 22 Nov 1890, p. 7. | 12 May 2023 | |
 | J.A. Craigg's letter to the editor, Victoria Colonist, 2 Apr 1870, p. 2. Craigg objected to the racist characterization by the Law Society of the new Attorney General. The Colonist editor thought it more a case of local talent being passed over. | 11 May 2023 | |
 | Spencer and Hastings ID on front of photo mount. This ID is similar to BC Archives Item H-05411, a portrait Stephen Tingley. | 11 May 2023 | |
 | O.C. Hastings biography, A History of British Columbia (1906), p. 766. | 11 May 2023 |
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