Camera Workers British Columbia, 1858-1950

Camera Workers: The British Columbia Photographic Directory, 1858-1950 - D - Volume 2 (1901-1950)

Updated: 2006.11.25

Dabnieres, R.
Tranquille/ca. 1910-1912.
COLLECTIONS/FORMATS: postcards.
REFERENCES: Steele (Draft, 1995 08 17) D.M. Stewart, 1996.12.15.

Dalton, William Tinniswood.
Vancouver/1900+.
Amateur.
See also Camera Workers, vol. 1.
REFERENCES: Mattison (1985).

Dalzell, Frank Herbert.
Vancouver/1916.
REFERENCES: VL1916, Vancouver.

D'Amour, H.
Langford/1950.
REFERENCES:

Daniel, William G.
Vancouver/1934-1935.
Commercial.
He was also a partner in Broderick & Daniel.
REFERENCES:

Daniel, William George Joseph.
Duncan/1932-1934.
Commercial.
He operated the Duncan Studio between 1932-1934.
REFERENCES: VL1933, Duncan.

D'Arcy-Hodsoll, Gregory Edwin.
Vancouver/1927-1933 1940-1954.
Commercial.
He operated the Broadway Photo Co. (1927-1930) the D'Arcy Studio (1928-1930, 1940-1954) and as PhotoCraft (1933).
HOME ADDRESS: Burnaby/1933.
REFERENCES: VL1933, Burnaby.

D'Arcy Studio.
Vancouver/1928-1930 1940-1954.
Operated by G.E. D'Arcy-Hodsoll. The assistant manager in 1946 was Harold Horshaage.
REFERENCES: ___28 ___29 ___30 ___31 ___32 ___33 ___34 ___35 ___36 ___37 ___38 ___39 ___40 ___41 ___42 ___43 ___44 ___45 ___46 ___47 ___48 ___49 ___50.

Dare, Leonard V.
Alberni/1950.
REFERENCES:

Dart, William Balsdon.
North Vancouver ?/1913-1916.
HOME ADDRESS: North Address/1913-1916.
REFERENCES: ___13 ___14 ___15 ___16 VL1913, 1916/North Vancouver.

Davey, Gerald Gunning.
VARIANT: Davy, Gerald G.
New Westminster/1901-1911.
Columbia St. (Hamley Block)/1901-1911.
HOME ADDRESS/YEAR:
Commercial.
Previously employed as a purser on the Ramona, he managed the New Westminster branch of S.J. Thompson's studio.
REFERENCES: ___01 ____ VL1911, New Westminster.

David, Edward Charles.
Rossland/1916.
REFERENCES: VL1916, Rossland.

Davidson, Frederick.
Nelson/1909*.
REFERENCES:

Davidson, George.
Vancouver/1907-1911.
9th Ave. and Westminster/1907-1908 160 E. 9th Ave./1909 25 E. Hastings St./1910-1911.
HOME ADDRESS/YEAR: 32 E. 7th Ave./1907-19__.
Commercial.
Between 1907-1911 he was a partner in Davidson & Stark, then he worked sporadically as a photographer and baker until 19__.
COLLECTIONS: see Davidson & Stark.
IDENTIFYING MARKS: see Davidson & Stark.
REFERENCES: HEVAN07 HEVAN08 HEVAN09 HEVAN10 HEN11 ___12 ___13 HEN14 ___15 ___16 VL1911, Vancouver.

Davidson, George (II ?).
Chilliwack/1927-1932.
Commercial.
He retired in 1935.
REFERENCES: D.M. Stewart, 1996.12.15.

Davidson, John R.
Vancouver/1910-1916.
318 Homer St./1910 901 Georgia St./1911-1916 901 Robson St./1917.
HOME ADDRESS/YEAR: 111 W. 10th Ave./1910 509 Salisbury Dr./1911 1159 Haro St./1913 9 - 4745 Bute St. (Chester Apts.)/1914 901 Georgia St./1915 42 - 589 Burrard St./1916 901 Robson St./1917.
Commercial.
In 1910 he operated the Canadian Associated Arts Studio with H.C. Pledger. Between 1911-1916 he owned the Art Emporium. In 1917 he was listed as a stationer.
REFERENCES: HEVAN10 HEN11 ___12 ___13 ___14 ___15 ___16 ___17.

Davidson, Thorstein John (1870? __ __, Martharnupi, Iceland-1953 __ __).
Prince Rupert/1908-1920.
Commercial.
Although his obituary states he emigrated from Iceland to Prince Rupert in 1908 and worked as a photographer for a dozen years, according to D.M. Stewart he was in Brandon, MB, between 1907-1909. Around 1911 he operated under the name Peerless Studio.
COLLECTIONS/FORMATS: postcards.
IDENTIFYING MARKS:
REFERENCES: ___08 ___09 ___10 ___11 ___12 ___13 ___14 ___15 ___17 ___18 ___19 ___20 VL1911, 1916, 1920/Prince Rupert Duns BC (1912) Colonist, 1953 11 27/__ (obit) Steele (Draft, 1995 08 17) D.M. Stewart,1996.12.15.

Davidson & Stark.
Vancouver/1907-1911.
9th Ave. and Westminster/1907-1908 160 E. 9th Ave./1909 25 E. Hastings St./1910-1911.
Commercial.
Partnership of George Davidson and John H. Stark.
COLLECTIONS:
IDENTIFYING MARKS:
REFERENCES: HEVAN07 HEVAN08 HEVAN09 HEVAN10 HEN11.

Davis, Harry V.
Penticton/1947+.
Photo supplier.
He operated Cameo Photo Supplies.
REFERENCES: ___46 ___47 ___48 ___49 ___50.

De Graaf, Bouke.
Vancouver/1938.
Commercial.
He opearted De Graaf [Photographic] Studios.
REFERENCES:

De Graaf [Photographic] Studios.
Vancouver/1938.
Owned by Bouke De Graaf.
REFERENCES:

De Luxe Camera Shop.
Cranbrook/1934.
Operated by William Stevely.
REFERENCES: ___34.

Deacon, Lucy.
Vancouver/1933.
REFERENCES: VL1933, Vancouver.

Dean, Mickey (1910 __ __-1997 03 19).
VARIANT: Akpinar, Mehmet Sabahattin.
Vancouver/19__-1990?.
Press photographer.
Born in Turkey and the son of a Turkish navy captain, Akpinar emigrated to Canada in 1929 under the sponsorship of Vancouver Sun publisher Robert Cromie. He soon changed his name to Mickey Dean and initially worked on a farm before taking up employment as a as photographer for the Sun. During World War Two he was an assistant to war photographer and Sun photographer Gus Sivertz in 1944 Dean went overseas as an official photographer photographing various Allied military units. After the war he resumed his work at the Sun as well as the Province until his retirement in 1990[?].
COLLECTIONS:
REFERENCES: Times-Colonist, 1997.04.06/A2 (obit).

Delmar Portrait Studio.
Vancouver/1946?-1950.
Operated by Mary E. and Robert L. Smith.
REFERENCES:

Demidoff, James.
Trail/1943.
He operated Progress Studio.
REFERENCES: ___42 ___43 ___44.

Denison, Clare May.
West Vancouver ?/1924.
HOME ADDRESS: West Vancouver/1924.
REFERENCES: VL1924, West Vancouver.

Denman, David Lake (18--?-1931 __ __).
VARIANT: Denman, Lake.
Balfour ?/1920-1924 Vancouver ?/1924 Tranquille (near Kamloops)/1928-1929.
HOME ADDRESS: Balfour/1920-1924 Tranquille Sanitorium (near Kamloops)/1928-1931.
According to his daughter, he spent his remaining years at the Tranquille Sanitorium which he beautifully photographed on a number of occasions. His name appeared in the voters lists until at least 1933.
COLLECTIONS: BCARS (album).
IDENTIFYING MARKS: " L Denman" monogram and number appears on print surface of photographs taken at the Tranquille Sanitorium.
REFERENCES: VL1920, Balfour, 1924 VL1924, Vancouver VL1928, Kamloops VL1933, North Vancouver Beryl Stoker or Stroker, daughter, Orillia, ON, 1995 09 27.

Denman, James.
Vancouver/1933.
REFERENCES: VL1933, Vancouver.

Dennison, Paul.
VARIANT: Denison, Paul.
Regina, Sask. Vancouver/1914-1924.
2046 Granville St./1914-1915 1916 938 Robson St./1917.
HOME ADDRESS/YEAR: 2046 Granville St./1914-1915 7 - 1568 W. 12th Ave./1916 1268 W. 12th Ave./1917.
Commercial.
Prior to becoming a photographer he worked as a demonstrator for the Canadian [?] Kodak Co. in Vancouver. In 1917 he took over the Artona Studio and operated it until at least 1923.
REFERENCES: (Regina listing in Henderson's 1907 Western Canadian ? directory) ___12 ___13 HEN14 ___15 ___16 ___17 VL1920, Vancouver.

Des Buisay.
Dawson Creek/ca. 1950.
COLLECTIONS/FORMATS: postcards.
REFERENCES: Steele (Draft, 1995 08 17).

Desniers, _________.
Kamloops/ca. 1911.
Commercial ?.
COLLECTIONS/FORMATS: postcards.
IDENTIFYING MARKS: " Desniers Photo" .
REFERENCES: Steele (Draft, 1995 08 17).

Devlin, William.
Vancouver/1902-1904.
719 Granville St./1902 709 Georgia St./1903-1904?.
HOME ADDRESS/YEAR: 1080 Hornby St./1902-1904.
Commercial (assistant).
He was employed by R.H. Trueman & Co. After leaving photography he worked as a building painter, driver and butcher.
REFERENCES: HEN01 HEN02 HEN03 HEN04 ___05 ___06 ___07 ___08 ___09.

Devoe, Dona.
Vancouver/1933.
Assistant.
REFERENCES: VL1933, Vancouver.

Dicconson, Harold Lovett.
Penticton/1933.
REFERENCES: VL1933, Penticton.

Dicker, George P.
VARIANT: Diken, G.?
Vancouver/1922-1923?.
Commercial.
He worked for Victor Portrait Studio (1922). In 1923 a " G. Diken" is listed under Universal Arts, a possible typo.
REFERENCES: ___21 ___22 ___23.

Dicker, Susanna.
Vancouver/1922.
Commercial.
She was a photographer for Victor Portrait Studio.
REFERENCES: ___21 ___22 ___23.

Dight, Bernard Rainsford.
Vancouver/1924-1928.
REFERENCES: VL1924, 1928/Vancouver.

Dodge, H.O. (Sydney, NS).
Vancouver/1911.
REFERENCES:

Dollar Studio.
Vancouver/1925-1926.
152 W. Hastings/1925-1926.
Studio.
Operated by P.H. Frost (1925) Frederick Moxon (1926). Renamed Arcade Studio (1927).
REFERENCES: ___25 ___26 ___27 (Arcade Studio).

Dominion Photo Company.
Vancouver/1915-196_.
438 W. Pender St./1915-1916 618 W. Pender St./1917.
One of the most important photographic firms in Vancouver during this period, the Dominion Photo Co. was initially managed by John Fawcett. The company employed Percy Bentley and D.K. Treffrey in 1915, with Bentley and Fawcett being listed in 1917. The firm continued in operation by Robert Bentley following his father's death in 1968.
COLLECTIONS: BL (copyright collection print registered to P. Bentley) CVA (negs & prints BC Telephone Co. collection) VPL (negs & prints).
IDENTIFYING MARKS: Earliest prints are numbered on surface: " 303" later prints are numbered on surface and identified with company name: " 6095 Dominion Photo Co. Vancouver B.C."
REFERENCES: H__15 ___16 ___17 Vancouver Art Gallery (1976).

Dominion Photo Studio.
Nanaimo/1918.
Operated by J.H. Baxter.
REFERENCES: ___17 ___18 ___19.

Dominion [Photo] Studio.
Vancouver/1904-1919.
Operated by J. Hogg or J. Clarke Hoag.
REFERENCES: ___04 ___05 ___06 ___07 ___08 ___09 ___10 ___11 ___12 ___13 ___14 ___15 ___16 ___17 ___18 ___19 ___20 ___21.

Donaldson, Christina.
Vancouver/1928-1933.
Assistant.
REFERENCES: VL1928, 1933 (assistant)/Vancouver.

Donaldson, Robert L.
Cranbrook/1948.
Commercial.
Proprietor of the Nelson Studio.
REFERENCES: ___47 ___48 ___49.

Dong Yee Studio.
Vancouver/1914-1917.
139 E. Pender St./1914-1917.
Operated by Dong Yee.
COLLECTIONS:
IDENTIFYING MARKS:
REFERENCES: HE_14 HE_15 HE_16 HE_17.

Doo, Tom.
Vancouver/1917.
512 Main St./1917.
HOME ADDRESS/YEAR: probably same as business.
Commercial.
He also operated under the name Tom Doo Co.
COLLECTIONS:
IDENTIFYING MARKS:
REFERENCES: HE_17.

Dorais, Crosby Sheppard.
Vancouver/1920-1928.
REFERENCES: VL1920, 1924, 1928/Vancouver.

Dorothy West Studio.
Vancouver/1934.
Operated by Dorothy West.
REFERENCES:

Dougans, Andrew Y.
Vancouver/1917.
649 Granville St./1917.
HOME ADDRESS/YEAR: 723 E. 11th Ave./1917.
Commercial.
He worked for the Vancouver Photo Co.
REFERENCES: HE_15 (no occupation) HE_16 (not listed) HE_17.

Downing, Claire S. (1887 __ __, New York (State)-19__ __ __).
Vancouver.
HOME ADDRESS/YEAR: 1991 Inglewood, West Vancouver/1933.
Amateur.
He moved to Vancouver at the age of 10 and took up photography three years later. Downing was a gifted photographer whose best work was in the Naturalistic school of photography popular in the 1890s.
COLLECTIONS: VPL.
IDENTIFYING MARKS:
REFERENCES: Vancouver Art Gallery (1976)

Dowsett, Charles F.
Chilliwack/1922-1923.
COLLECTIONS/FORMATS: postcards.
REFERENCES: Steele (Draft, 1995 08 17).

Dresser, Alfred W.
Victoria/1900s.
HOME ADDRESS: 713 Kings Rd./1912.
Amateur.
An architect by profession, he was active as an amateur photographer in the early 1900s.
COLLECTIONS/FORMATS: BCA.
REFERENCES: ___00 ___01 ___02 ___03 (architect) ___04 (retired) ___05 ___06 ___07 ___08 ___09 ___10 ___11 ___12.

Du Barry Studio.
Vancouver/1942-1948.
Among this studio's photographers were N.H. Schwarze (1943) P.W. Rowe (1946) and G.J. Wells (1948).
REFERENCES:

Dudley, Henry Ernest.
Kamloops/1916-1928.
He worked for A.C. Taylor & Co. from betweeen 1920 and 1924.
REFERENCES: ___17 ___18 ___19 ___20 ___21 ___22 ___23 ___24 ___25 ___26 ___27 ___28 ___29 VL1916, 1920, 1924, 1928/Kamloops.

Dudley's Studio.
Kamloops/1918-1919..
REFERENCES: ___17 ___18 ___19 ___20.

Dunbar, Mrs. Archibald see Taylor, Isabel C.

NAME: Duncan, Frank.
WHERE/WHEN ACTIVE: Salmon Arm/1913-ca. 1915.
HOME ADDRESS/YEAR: Tappen/19__-ca. 1915.
STATUS: Commercial.
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: According to Marshall, he was an itinerant photographer who appeared in Salmon Arm hoping to sell subscriptions for a special illustrated edition of the Salmon Arm Observer newspaper.
COLLECTIONS/FORMATS: postcards.
REFERENCES: Steele (Draft, 1995 08 17) Marshall (1998).

Duncan, Clarence James.
Vancouver/1920-1924.
Military.
He was a photographer at the Vancouver Air Station at Jericho Beach in 1923 and a pilot with the Royal Canadian Air Force the next year.
REFERENCES: ___19 ___20 (n.l.) WRI 1 (n.l.) WRI22 (n.l.) WRI23 ___24 ___25 VL1920, 1924/Vancouver D.M. Stewart, 1996.12.15.

Duncan Studio.
Duncan/1927-1935.
Operated by F.W. Hitchcox between 1927-1931, then by W.G.J. Daniel from 1932-1934 and finally W. Gibson in 1935.
REFERENCES: ___26 ___27 ___28 ___29 ___30 ___31 ___32 ___33 ___34 ___35 ___36.

Dunne, Ralph Patrick.
Vancouver/1916-1928.
REFERENCES: VL1916, 1920, 1924, 1928/Vancouver.

Dunphy, I. or J.W.
Trout Lake City/1904-1905.
REFERENCES:

Dunphy, W.T.
Trout Lake City/1904-1905.
REFERENCES:

Dunphy, William Franklin.
Kaslo/1907*-1908*.
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Dunsmore, William.
Nanaimo/1919.
8 Church/1912.
He was selling music and pianos in 1912.
He owned Dunsmore Music House.
REFERENCES: ___12 ___13 ___14 ___15 ___16 ___17 ___18 ___19 ___20.

Dunsmore Music House [??].
Nanaimo/1919.
Firm name of William Dunsmore.
REFERENCES: ___18 ___19 ___20.

Dunstone, Harry.
Vancouver/1920-1924.
REFERENCES: VL1920, 1924/Vancouver.

Duryea, William C.
Vancouver/1908-1920.
1027 Davie St./1908.
HOME ADDRESS/YEAR: same as business address/1908.
Commercial.
He was a portrait photographer who operated under the name Duryea Photo Co.
COLLECTIONS: UBC (prints).
IDENTIFYING MARKS:
REFERENCES: HEVAN08 HEVAN09 HEVAN10 HE_11 HE_12 HE_13 HE_14 HE_15 HE_16 HE_17 ___18 ___19 ___20.

Duryea Photo Co.
Vancouver/1918-1920.
Operated by W.C. Duryea between 1918-1920. One employee in 1920 was A.B. Weeks.
REFERENCES: ___17 ___18 ___19 ___20 ___21.

Dusterhoeft, William George (1878 02 04, Peoria, IL-1961 04 29, Chilliwack, BC).
Chilliwack Sardis/1890s-1950s.
HOME ADDRESS: Chilliwack Central & Banford Roads, East Chilliwack/1907-1916 404 Stevenson Rd. (Sardis)/1917-1961.
Amateur.
Arrived in East Chilliwack in 1891 to farm with his parents. He worked in insurance, real estate and was a notary public. His hobbies included photography, music and acting. According to the Chilliwack Museum & Archives, he was most active as a photographer between 1900-1916.
COLLECTIONS: CM& A no. P3501-P3713 (negatives prints).
REFERENCES: CM& A report to Mattison, 1991 09 06 Francis (1996: 143).