Camera Workers: The British Columbia, Alaska & Yukon Photographic
Directory, 1858-1950 - V - Volume 1 (1858-1900)
© 1999-2007 By
David Mattison
Updated: 2004.05.22.
Vancouver Art Emporium see C.S.
Bailey & Co.
NAME: Vancouver Camera Club.
VARIANT: Camera Club.
WHERE ACTIVE: Vancouver.
BUSINESS ADDRESS/YEAR:
418 Hastings St./1897-1899.
WORK INTERVAL: 1897-1899.
STATUS: Club.
BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: Organized in January 1897, the Camera Club had a
predecessor or possibly rival in another body also known as the Camera Club
which was inaugurated in March 1895 and was reported to have had 40 members
including several women. Rev. W.W.
Baer was one of the promoters of this earlier organization other
members were M. Gintzburger, E.E. Cracknell, E.B. Deane and Mr. Cooper-Coles.
The formation of the second Camera clubs was noted as being " the first in the
Province" its initial meeting was at the
Edwards Bros. studio. The latter
firm acted as a liaison between the club and the public. By January 22, 1897 a
studio and dark room had been set up above F. J. Painton's music store.
F.T. Salsbury was secretary during
the first year of the 1897 club's existence and
J.T.C. Williams was president from
1897 through 1899. Other officers were Harry Abbott (honorary president), C.M.
Beecher (first vice-president), W. Godrey, second vice-president, A.G. Ferguson
(third vice-president), and C.A. Wood (honorary treasurer). The club was
reported to have 50 members in April 1897.
COLLECTIONS:
REFERENCES:
HEN97 HEN98 HEN99 News-Advertiser, 1895 03 14/8 1895 04 21/8 1897
01 07/8 1897 01 08/8 1897 01 22/8 1897 02 18/1 1897 03 17/5 Western
Recreation (1897 04):38 (officers' names).
NAME: Vancouver Photo Co.
WHERE
ACTIVE: Vancouver.
BUSINESS ADDRESS/YEAR: 416 Cordova St., opposite CPR
offices/1887 10-1891 518 Cordova St., opposite CPR offices/1892.
WORK
INTERVAL: 1887 10-1892 05.
STATUS: Studio.
BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY:
Established by J.D. Hall as the
Vancouver branch of Hall & Lowe,
this studio was sold to David Wadds. As
Hall was active in sports circles, a great number of group portraits of various
sports teams were taken in his studio. Hall also engaged in outdoors work in
November 1887 it was reported that
Mr. Hall, of the Vancouver Photographic Gallery, secured some
very fine views of the C.P.R. wharf while the S.S. Parthia was here. One of
them shows the steamers Parthia, Princess Louise, Premier and George W. Elder,
all unloading at the wharf, which presents a busy scene. The photograph itself
is very clear and distinct, and is a credit to Mr. Hall's artistic
ability.
COLLECTIONS: BVAA.
IDENTIFYING MARKS: " J. D. Hall,
Manager, Vancouver Photographic Company Vancouver, B.C." on front of print
mount.
REFERENCES: WIL88 HEN89 WIL90 WIL91 WIL92
News-Advertiser, 1887 10 15/4 1887 10 18/4 1887 11 20/4 1892 05 2/8
1892 05 17/1.
NAME:
Vaughan, John William.
LIFE DATES:
BIRTHPLACE:
PLACE OF
DEATH:
WHERE ACTIVE: Victoria Honolulu, Hawaii?.
BUSINESS
ADDRESS/YEAR: Government St., W. side near View St./1862 10-1865 01.
HOME
ADDRESS-YEAR:
WORK INTERVAL: 1862 10-1865 01.
STATUS: Commercial.
BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: According to an 1864 ad (Park) he " was a pupil of
the celebrated Monsieur Brunellier of Paris, who was recommended to him by Mr.
[John Jabez Edwin] Mayall [1813-1901], the greatest Photographer in England."
Mayall was British and had moved back to London from Philadelphia in 1847 to
open his American Daguerreotype Institution. Brunellier is no longer celebrated
among the annals of photographic history. Vaughan founded the
Victoria Theatre Photographic Gallery
concurrently with his partnership with C.
Fulton. Vaughan formed a partnership with
W.F. Robertson the following
August. After this partnership was dissolved Vaughan used the named
Vaughan's Photographic Gallery. He finally
sold the business in January 1865 when it was announced he was about to leave
for Honduras. He might have instead ended up in Honolulu a carte-de-visite
portrait in the Bishop Museum bears the imprint " J. W. Vaughan" on the back.
COLLECTIONS: BVIPA HBM.
IDENTIFYING MARKS: " John W. Vaughan
Photographic Artist, Victoria Theatre, V.I." or " Vaughan, Vancouver Island" on
verso of cartes-de-visite (1863-1864). One carte-de-visite with a scroll design
on verso was signed " Vaughan 1864" (not verified as his signature).
REFERENCES/ADVERTISING
AND SOURCES (IMAGES): HOW63 Park (1864)
Mattison (1980
Winter):1-6.
NAME:
Vaughan & Fulton.
WHERE ACTIVE: Victoria.
BUSINESS
ADDRESS/YEAR: Government St., W. side near View St./1862 10-12.
WORK
INTERVAL: 1862 10-12.
STATUS: Commercial.
BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: This
was a partnership of J.W. Vaughan and
C. Fulton who established the
Victoria Theatre Photographic Gallery.
COLLECTIONS:
IDENTIFYING MARKS:
REFERENCES: Chronicle,
1862 10 29/2 Colonist, 1862 12 19/1 (dissolution of partnership notice
dated Dec. 12).
NAME: Vaughan & Robertson.
WHERE
ACTIVE: Victoria.
BUSINESS ADDRESS/YEAR: Government St., W. side near View
St./1863 08-1864 02.
WORK INTERVAL: 1863 08-1864 02.
STATUS:
Commercial.
BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: This was the partnership of
J.W. Vaughan and
W.F. Robertson which operated in
conjunction with the Victoria Theatre
Photographic Gallery. Vaughan operated as Vaughan's Photographic Gallery after the
partnership ended.
COLLECTIONS: BVIPA.
IDENTIFYING MARKS: " Vaughan
& Robertson Photographers Victoria Theatre V.I." signed on verso of
carte-de-visite (not verified as either man's signature).
REFERENCES:
Colonist, 1863 08 05/2 Chronicle, 1864 03 04/1 (dissolution of
partnership notice dated Feb. 27).
NAME: Vaughan's Photographic Gallery.
WHERE ACTIVE: Victoria.
BUSINESS ADDRESS/YEAR: Government St., W.
side near View St./1864 03-1865 01.
WORK INTERVAL: 1864 03-1865 01.
STATUS: Studio.
BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: This was the name used by
J.W. Vaughan after his partnership with
W.F. Robertson had been dissolved
the gallery was in the Victoria Theatre.
COLLECTIONS: BVIPA.
IDENTIFYING MARKS: " Vaughan's Photographic
Gallery. Victoria, V.I." on verso of carte-de-visite.
REFERENCES: HOW63
Colonist, 1864 08 22/1.
NAME: Vaux family.
VARIANT: Vaux, George,
Sr. (1832-1915) Vaux, George, Jr. (1863-1927) Vaux, William S., Jr.
(1872-1908) Vaux, Mary (1860-1940).
WHERE ACTIVE: Rocky Mountains
Selkirk Mountains.
HOME ADDRESS-YEAR: Philadelphia, PA.
WORK
INTERVAL: 1887-1900+.
STATUS: Amateur (visit).
BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY:
Beginning in mid-July 1887 with a brief stop at the just-opened Glacier Hotel,
this talented family of scholars and photographers returned for more studies of
the mountains in 1894, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1900 and on into the twentieth
century. An excellent overview of the family's history and outstanding examples
of their photographs can be found in Cavell's tribute.
COLLECTIONS: ABA
(negatives).
IDENTIFYING MARKS:
REFERENCES:
Cavell (1983).
NAME: Victoria
Theatre Photographic Gallery.
VARIANT: Theatre Photographic Gallery.
WHERE ACTIVE: Victoria.
BUSINESS ADDRESS/YEAR: Government St., W.
side near View St./1862 10-1879 02?.
WORK INTERVAL: 1862 10-1879 02?.
STATUS: Studio.
BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: Established by J.W. Vaughan and C.
Fulton in October 1862, the business was leased or purchased from Vaughan
in January 1865 by G. Robinson.
Robinson sold it to J.A. Craigg in May
1869 S.A. Spencer bought the
business from Craigg in April 1872 and Spencer refitted the gallery.
N. Shakespeare leased the gallery
from Spencer in May 1875 and J.B. Uren
then purchased it from Shakespeare in June 1878. By February 1879 Uren was
operating his own studio in New Westminster. The building housing the gallery
was demolished in October 1882.
COLLECTIONS: BVIPA.
IDENTIFYING
MARKS: see under names of various photographers.
REFERENCES/ADVERTISING
AND SOURCES (IMAGES): HOW63 MAL68
MAL69 MAL74 Mattison (1980
Winter):1-14.
NAME:
Vieusseux, Charles Edward.
LIFE DATES:
BIRTHPLACE:
PLACE
OF DEATH:
WHERE ACTIVE: Victoria.
HOME ADDRESS/YEAR: Quebec St./1877.
WORK INTERVAL: 1870s.
STATUS: Amateur.
BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: He
taught or operated a boys' school in James Bay. The BC Archives has a photo
with his imprint on it. He appears to have been an amateur. His wife died in
February 1892.
COLLECTIONS: BVIPA.
IDENTIFYING MARKS: " Mr. C. E.
Vieusseux, Photographic Artist, Victoria, B.C." on verso of carte-de-visite.
REFERENCES: MAL69 MAL71 MAL74 HIB77 Colonist, 1892 02 17/8
(wife's obit.) BVIPA Visual Records Photographer File.
NAME: Vipond, Arthur.
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LIFE DATES: 1832 __
__-1889 11 12.
BIRTHPLACE: Etherby, Durham, England, UK.
PLACE OF
DEATH: Victoria.
WHERE ACTIVE: Victoria.
BUSINESS ADDRESS-YEAR:
HOME ADDRESS-YEAR:
WORK INTERVAL: 1858-186-?.
STATUS: Amateur.
BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: Although he arrived in Victoria with the
Royal Engineers as a civilian and
was armed with a photographer's certificate he had earned in England, he
appears not to have practiced professionally. Surviving views of Fort Victoria
appear to be among the earliest in existence. He was listed in the 1874 and
1877 directories as a machinist and gunsmith.
COLLECTIONS: BVIPA.
IDENTIFYING MARKS:
REFERENCES: MAL74 HIB77 Colonist, 1889 11
13-14/4 (obit.) World, 1889 11 13/4 (obit.)
Mattison (1989).
NAME: Vogee, Anton.
VARIANT: Vogee's Photographic Gallery.
LIFE DATES: 1866? __ __-1950 10 10.
BIRTHPLACE: Andlesmith, Norway.
PLACE OF DEATH: Vancouver.
WHERE
ACTIVE: Atlin Bennett Discovery (Pine City) Alaska Yukon Territory.
BUSINESS ADDRESS/YEAR: Pearl St., corner of Second St. (Atlin tent
gallery)/1899-1900.
HOME ADDRESS-YEAR:
WORK INTERVAL: 1899-1900.
STATUS: Commercial.
BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: He maintained branch studios at
Atlin, Bennett and Pine City (Discovery). The studio at Pine City was managed
by A.A. Garrison. Vogee's main
occupation, however, was that of a sign painter and wall paper dealer. He was
active in the towns of Dawson, Skagway and Whitehorse between 1898-1902 and
left for Norway with his family in 1908.
COLLECTIONS: BVIPA (copy prints
from YWA) YWA (glass negatives
and digital facsimiles).
IDENTIFYING MARKS: print surface usually
captioned, numbered and marked " Vogee" or " Vogee Photo."
REFERENCES:
Letter, Yukon Archives, 1982 03 26.
Vogee's Photographic
Gallery see Vogee, Anton.
NAME: Vullinghs, Adrian John.
LIFE
DATES: 1868 __ __-1940 04 13.
BIRTHPLACE: Holland.
PLACE OF DEATH:
Victoria.
WHERE ACTIVE: Hagan (East Saanich).
HOME ADDRESS-YEAR:
WORK INTERVAL: 1893-1909.
STATUS: Amateur.
BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: He
was a missionary/reverend at this Saanich peninsula community. In addition to
photographing the landscape and his native Indian charges, he organized a brass
band in 1896.
COLLECTIONS: BVISAC.
IDENTIFYING MARKS:
REFERENCES: BVIPA GR-1304, file 182/40 (probate)
Lillard (1977).