Camera Workers: The British Columbia, Alaska & Yukon Photographic Directory, 1858-1950 - I - Volume 1 (1858-1900)

© 1999-2007 By David Mattison

Updated: 2001.04.08.


I.W. Taber & Co. see Taber, Isaiah West.

NAME: Imanty, D.G.
LIFE DATES:
BIRTHPLACE:
PLACE OF DEATH:
WHERE ACTIVE: New Westminster?
HOME ADDRESS-YEAR:
WORK INTERVAL: 1898.
STATUS: Amateur.
BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: He was awarded a prize for best collection of amateur photos at the New Westminster Provincial Fair. He is not listed in the 1895-1900 directories for New Westminster, Victoria or Vancouver.
COLLECTIONS:
IDENTIFYING MARKS:
REFERENCES: News-Advertiser, 1898 10 13/5.

NAME: Imperial Art Studio.
WHERE ACTIVE: Victoria.
BUSINESS ADDRESS/YEAR: 76 Yates St./1892-1900+.
WORK INTERVAL: 1892 10-1900+.
STATUS: Studio.
BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: This was operated by E.J. Eyres.
COLLECTIONS: BVIPA.
IDENTIFYING MARKS: " Eyres, Imperial Studio, Victoria, B.C." on verso of print mount.
REFERENCES: WIL93 WIL94 WIL95 HEN99 WIL99 HEN00 Colonist, 1894 09 19/12 1896 04 05.

NAME: Imperial Photo Studio.
WHERE ACTIVE: Vancouver.
BUSINESS ADDRESS/YEAR: 225 Carrall St./1896-1900.
WORK INTERVAL: 1896-1900+.
STATUS: Studio.
BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: This was established by Alphonse Savard.
COLLECTIONS: BVAA
IDENTIFYING MARKS:
REFERENCES: HOD96 HEN97 HEN99 WIL99 World, 1896 06 (Souvenir Edition).

NAME: Inchbold & Fleming.
WHERE ACTIVE: Victoria.
BUSINESS ADDRESS/YEAR: Government St./1887.
WORK INTERVAL: 1887.
STATUS: Studio.
BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: The partnership of Stanley Inchbold, an artist, and Edgar Fleming, the photographer listed as artists, photographers & phototype publishers.
COLLECTIONS:
IDENTIFYING MARKS:
REFERENCES: MAL87.

NAME: Ingersoll, Truman Ward.
VARIANT: Ingersoll View Co.
LIFE DATES: 18__ __-1922 06 __
BIRTHPLACE:
PLACE OF DEATH:
WHERE/WHEN ACTIVE: Alaska/ca. 1897.
BUSINESS ADDRESS/YEAR: St. Paul, MN.
STATUS: Commercial (visit).
SUMMARY: He started in business ca. 1883 and travelled to Alaska to secure views for his stereoscopic publishing business around 1897. Ingersoll did not, however, photograph any aspect of the Klondike gold rush himself he purchased publication rights to the work of other photographers, including views sold to the Keystone View Company.
COLLECTIONS/FORMATS: Minnesota Historical Society and private collections stereographs.
IDENTIFYING MARKS: stereograph card mount may be imprinted on left side " Ingersoll View Company, St. Paul, Minn., U.S.A. " and on right side with a series title the individual view may also bear a title on the bottom right of the right-eye image or lower right of the card mount.
REFERENCES: Johnston (1980) Waldsmith (1991) King (1995).

NAME: Itter, Julian E.
LIFE DATES:
BIRTHPLACE:
PLACE OF DEATH:
WHERE ACTIVE: Rossland.
BUSINESS ADDRESS/YEAR: 23 E. Columbia Ave./1897.
HOME ADDRESS-YEAR:
WORK INTERVAL: 1897.
STATUS: Unknown.
BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: He was listed as " of" Itter Bros. & McBeth.
COLLECTIONS: see Itter Bros. & McBeth.
IDENTIFYING MARKS: see Itter Bros. & McBeth.
REFERENCES: HEN97.

NAME: Itter, William Henry.
LIFE DATES:
BIRTHPLACE:
PLACE OF DEATH:
WHERE ACTIVE: Rossland.
BUSINESS ADDRESS/YEAR: 23 E. Columbia Ave./1897 Third Ave./1899.
HOME ADDRESS-YEAR:
WORK INTERVAL: 1897-1899.
STATUS: Commercial.
BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: A partner in Itter Bros. & McBeth, he was listed as working at a news depot in the post office lobby and as a clerk with McNeil, both in 1899.
COLLECTIONS: see  Itter Bros. & McBeth.
IDENTIFYING MARKS: see Itter Bros. & McBeth.
REFERENCES: HEN97 HEN99 WIL99.

NAME: Itter Bros. & McBeth.
WHERE ACTIVE: Rossland.
BUSINESS ADDRESS/YEAR: 23 E. Columbia Ave./1897.
WORK INTERVAL: 1897.
STATUS: Studio.
BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: This company was managed by J.E. and W.H. Itter and a man named McBeth, perhaps R.A. McBeth.
COLLECTIONS:
IDENTIFYING MARKS:
REFERENCES: HEN97.