Camera Workers: The British Columbia Photographic Directory, 1858-1950
- E - Volume 2 (1901-1950)
©
1999-2007 By David Mattison
Updated: 2006.08.28.
Eason, Arthur Ephriam.
Chilliwack/1920.
REFERENCES: VL1920, Chilliwack.
Easthope, Edwin
Frederick.
New Westminster/1894-1901 Vancouver/1897-1899 1902-1904
Victoria/1923-1930.
620 Columbia St. (Hawley Block, New Westminster)/1901
610 Granville St. (Vancouver)/1902-1904.
HOME ADDRESS/YEAR: 2532 Columbia
St. (Vancouver?)/1902 1346 Howe St. (Vancouver)/1903-1904
Victoria/1923-1930.
Commercial.
See also Camera Workers, vol. 1.
Perhaps after his New Westminster operation failed, Easthope went back to
work for S.J. Thompson in Vancouver by 1903 he was a photographer for
Thompson. Easthope relocated to Victoria in the early 1920s.
COLLECTIONS/FORMATS:
IDENTIFYING MARKS:
REFERENCES: H__01 HEN02
HEN03 HEN04 ___05 ___06 ___07 ___08 ___09 ___10 ___11 ___12 ___13
___14 ___15 ___16 ___17 ___18 ___19 ___20 ___21 ___22 ___23 ___24
___25 ___26 ___27 ___28 ___29 ___30 VL1924, 1928/Victoria Mattison
(1985).
Easthope Studio.
_______________/19__.
Owned by E.F. Easthope.
REFERENCES:
Eastley, Dorothy Lucie.
Vancouver/1918-1921.
Photo
finisher.
She worked for the Vancouver Photo Co.
REFERENCES:
___18 ___19 ___20 ___21 VL1920, Vancouver.
Eastley, Thomas B.
Vancouver/1918-1921.
Commercial.
He worked for the Vancouver Photo Co.
REFERENCES: ___18 ___19
___20 ___21 VL1920, Vancouver [??].
Eckoff,
A.T.
Vancouver/1918-1919 Prince Rupert/1925-1929.
Commercial.
He worked for the Granville Studio in 1918-1919 and operated under
the name Eckoff Studio in Prince Rupert in 1925.
REFERENCES: ___18
___19 ___20 ___21 ___22 ___23 ___24 ___25 ___26 ___27 ___28 ___29.
Econom, Dimitri.
Vancouver/1928.
Assistant.
He worked at the Grandy Studio.
REFERENCES:
___28 VL1928, Vancouver.
Econom, Nicolai (Nick).
Vancouver/1928-1933.
He was the proprietor of the Grandy Studio.
REFERENCES: VL1928 (Nicolai), 1933 (Nick)/Vancouver.
Eden, Joseph Gallilco.
Vancouver/1920.
REFERENCES:
VL1920, Vancouver.
Edis, Olive.
England/1905- British Columbia/1920.
Commercial (visit).
An Engish photographer from Sheringham, Norfolk, Olive Edis, whose uncle was president of the Canadian Pacific Railway, obtained a commission to take photographs in Canada in areas through which the rail line passed. During this trip she used Autochrome technology.
COLLECTONS/FORMATS: Autochrome.
IDENTIFING MARKS: Some prints contain her monogram, an " O" surmounting an
"
E"
and joined by a vertical line.
REFERENCES:
Sampson (2006).
Edmonds Studio.
Burnaby/1929[?]-1938.
Owned by Gaston Lorimy.
REFERENCES: ___29 ___30 ___31 ___32 ___33 ___34 ___35 ___36 ___37
___38.
Edwards, Edgar Herbert (1870?-1947).
Vancouver/1901-1911.
HOME ADDRESS/YEAR:.
Commercial.
See also
Camera Workers, vol. 1. He was a partner in the Edwards Bros.
studio.
REFERENCES: VL1933, Vancouver Mattison (1985).
Edwards, George William (1867-1944).
Vancouver/1901-1907.
HOME ADDRESS/YEAR: 1442 Haro St./1901-.
Commercial.
See also Camera Workers, vol. 1. The senior partner
in the Edwards Bros.
REFERENCES: Mattison (1985).
Edwards, John Bedford.
North Vancouver/1932
Vancouver/1933-1934.
HOME ADDRESS: North Vancouver/1933.
REFERENCES:
VL1933, North Vancouver.
Edwards Bros.
Vancouver/1901-1911.
621 Granville St./1911
See also Camera
Workers, vol. 1.
REFERENCES: British Columbia Magazine (June
1911): class. PHOTOGRAPHERS Mattison (1985).
Egerton,
Francis Le B.
Vancouver/1910-1913 or 1914.
518 W. Hastings St./1910
(BCER)/1911.
HOME ADDRESS/YEAR: 1512 Yew St./1910 2 - 980 Denman
St./1911 5 - 1974 Georgia St./1912.
Commercial.
He worked for the
Bullen Photo Co. in 1910, then was listed as the official photographer
with the BC Electric Railway, a position which H.E. Bullen, his former
employer, assumed in 1913 and/or 1914.
COLLECTIONS:
IDENTIFYING MARKS:
REFERENCES: HEN10 HEVAN10 HE_11 HE_12 HE_13 HE_14.
Eggett, William James.
West Vancouver ?/1916.
HOME ADDRESS: West Vancouver/1916.
REFERENCES: VL1916, West Vancouver.
Eldridge, Arthur H.
Vancouver/1926-1932.
Commercial.
REFERENCES: ___25 (retired) ___26 (photog) ___27 ___28
___29 ___30 ___31 ___32 (photog) ___33 ___34 ___35 (no occup) ___36
___37 ___38 (retired).
Electric Studio.
VARIANT: Electric Photo Studio.
Vancouver/1910-1915.
117 E.
Hastings St./1910-1915 132 E. Hastings St./19__.
Operated by G.H. Buck
and George Borden in 1910 and subsequently by Buck alone.
COLLECTIONS:
IDENTIFYING MARKS:
REFERENCES: HEVAN10 ___11 H__12
(not listed) H__13 H__14 H__15.
Elf, T.
Vancouver/1911.
3 - 319 W. Pender St./1911.
HOME ADDRESS/YEAR: 618
W. Pender St./1911.
Commercial.
This person operated the Convex Art
Novelty Co., but the name could be a fictitious entry in the directory.
REFERENCES: HE_11.
Elite Photo Studio (I).
Vancouver/1901-1902.
301 Hastings St./1901-1902.
Operated by
Carrie Erickson.
COLLECTIONS:
IDENTIFYING MARKS:
REFERENCES:
HEN01 HEN02.
Elite Studio (II).
Vancouver/1911-1924.
508 Granville St./1911 1177 Granville
St./1912-19__.
Operated by M.E. Charleston from 19__ to 19__ by
J.W. Wheeler in 1919 and 1920 and finally by J.K. Wills between
1922-1924.
COLLECTIONS:
IDENTIFYING MARKS:
REFERENCES: H__11
H__12 H__13 H__14 H__15 H__16 H__17 ___18 ___19 ___20 ___21 ___22
___23 ___24.
Elite Studio (III).
Vancouver/1936.
REFERENCES: ___36.
Elite
Studio (IV).
Victoria/1910-1918.
909 Government/1910-1918 4-909
Government/1914.
Operated by S.G. Russell (1910-1912), then by
F. and/or J.G. Russell (1913-1917).
REFERENCES: ___10 ___12
HEVIC13 (F.G. Russell) ___14 (J.G. Russell) ___15 ___17 (F.G. Russell)
___18.
Elite Studio (V).
Victoria/1936-1938.
203-1104 Douglas St./1936-1938.
Manager, A.L. Lee. Studio
renamed Campbell Studio beginning in 1939.
REFERENCES: ___36 ___37
___38.
Elliott, Albert Thomas.
North
Vancouver/1907-1908.
Commercial.
Partner in Elliott &
Baglow.
REFERENCES:
Elliott, George.
Trail/1927 Cranbrook/1932.
REFERENCES:
Elliott, W. George.
Vancouver/1919-1926.
He
operated the Progress Studio from 1919 to 1926.
REFERENCES:
Elliott & Baglow.
North Vancouver/1906-1909.
Commercial.
Partnership of A.T. Elliott and F.J. Baglow.
COLLECTIONS:
IDENTIFYING MARKS:
REFERENCES: D.M. Stewart,
1996.12.15.
Ellis, Walter James.
Vancouver/1911 1915 Powell River/1912?-1914?.
627 Granville/1911.
HOME ADDRESS: 105-627 Granville/1911 34-784 Thurlow/1915.
He managed
the Chic Studio (1911) and Photo and Art Stores (1913). By 1915
he was owrking for BC Technical Press as a printer.
COLLECTIONS/FORMATS: BL
(print).
IDENTIFYING MARKS: Print surface signed " Copyright, Ellis, Powell
River, B.C." .
REFERENCES: HEN11 (class. only) ___12 (Vancouver, n.l.)
___13 ___14 ___15 (Vancouver) VL1913, Powell River British Columbia
Magazine (March 1911 ad, 627 Granville) Pierce (1985: 105," Walter James
Ellis" ).
Ells, F.B.
Courtenay/1924.
REFERENCES:
Elsner, Erna C.
Vancouver/1913-1914.
544 Granville St./1913-1914.
HOME
ADDRESS/YEAR: 19255 W. 5th Ave./1913 2343 Trutch St./1914.
Studio
(assistant).
She was listed as an assistant in the first year and a clerk
in the second. She was related by marriage or family to the proprietor,
Samuel Elsner.
REFERENCES: H__13 H__14.
Elsner, Samuel.
Vancouver/1913-1914 Salem, Oregon.
544 Granville St./1913-1914.
HOME ADDRESS/YEAR: 19255 W. 5th Ave./1913
2343 Trutch St./1914.
Commercial.
He operated the Granville
Studio and was assisted by his wife or daughter, Erna C. Elsner. He
probably moved to Salem, Oregon, as an Elsner's Studio was in operation there
(265 N. Commercial) in 1915.
REFERENCES: H__13 H__14 " Oregon
Photographers, 1867-1921" not listed in Robinson (1992).
Embury, John James.
Kamloops/1920-1934.
REFERENCES:
VL1920, 1924, 1928 (n.l.)/Kamloops.
Emery, Bertram
A.
Vancouver/Victoria/ca. 1915-1916.
Amateur.
COLLECTIONS:
CVanA.
REFERENCES: ___12 (clerk, W.S. Terry Drug Store) ___13 ___14
___15 ___16.
Emmons, George
Thornton (1852 06 06, Baltimore, MD-1945 06 11, Victoria, BC).
Northwest Coast, B.C. /19__-19__.
Amateur.
As a United States Navy
lieutenant stationed in Alaska between 18__ and ____ he developed an interest
in the Native peoples with whom he came into contact. Emmons photographed
primarily among the Tahltan and Tlingit peoples of Alaska and BC.
Emmons
published widely in his lifetime. Some of his writings on the Tlingit peoples
was posthumously published and contains examples of his
photography.
COLLECTIONS: AMNH BVIPA (MS-1077, prints) BVIPM (prints) CMC
(prints) UWL.
IDENTIFYING MARKS:
REFERENCES: BVIPA MS-1077 (Newcombe
family papers) BVIPA VF Emmons
(1991) American Indians
of the Pacific Northwest Digital Collection (American Memory, Library of
Congress).
Empire Studio.
Vancouver/1928-1930.
Operated by Morris Krasnikov.
REFERENCES:
Empress Studio.
Vancouver/1923-1943.
Operated by
James S. Murakami.
REFERENCES:
Empress
Studio.
Victoria/1915-1921.
Daniel Galea
was a photographer there in 1918.
REFERENCES:
England, Kathleen Margaret.
Vancouver/1933.
REFERENCES: VL1933, Vancouver.
Erickson,
Carrie.
Vancouver.
301 Hastings St./1901-1902.
Commercial.
She operated the Elite Photo Studio.
COLLECTIONS: see Elite
Photo Studio (Vancouver).
IDENTIFYING MARKS: see Elite Photo Studio
(Vancouver).
REFERENCES: HEN01 HEN02.
Evans,
C.
Vancouver/1919.
He worked for Crown Photographers.
REFERENCES: ___18 ___19 ___20.
Evans,
Flitcroft.
Vancouver/1913.
REFERENCES: VL1913, Vancouver.
Eyres, Edmond James.
Victoria/1901-1909.
See
also Camera Workers, vol. 1.
IDENTIFYING MARKS:
REFERENCES:
Signature from BCA GR-0066, box 1, file 2 Mattison (1985).