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

© 1999-2007 By David Mattison

Oak Bay Art Store.
Oak Bay/1914.
Operated by Arthur E. Price.
REFERENCES: ___14.

O'Brien, Walter Howard.
Vancouver/1913.
2044 Granville St.
HOME ADDRESS/YEAR: 3832 Inverness St./1913-1914.
Commercial.
Proprietor with H.F. Goodmurphy of Photo Art.
REFERENCES: H__13 H__14 (no occup.) H__15 (not listed) VL1913, Vancouver.

O'Connor, Richard N.
Vancouver/1917.
214 - 718 Granville St.
HOME ADDRESS/YEAR: 1642 Davie St.
Commercial.
He managed Gibson Co.
REFERENCES: H__17.

Okamura, Paul L.
New Westminster 1901-1908 1910 1924-1931 Vancouver/1914-1915.
REFERENCES: ___01 ___02 ___03 ___04 ___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 ___31.

Old, Sydney H.
Kelowna/1921-1922.
REFERENCES: WRI21 WRI22.

Oliver, William John (1887 07 28, Ash, Kent, UK-1954 04 19, Calgary, AB) (P & C ).
WHEN/WHERE ACTIVE: Calgary/1911-early 1940s BC/1920s-1930s.
STATUS: Photojournalist Commercial.
BIOGRAPHY: Oliver began his photographic career with Calgary photographer Frederick B. Cooper, then worked for about a year as a newspaper photographer for the Morning Albertan (1911-1912), following which he opened his first studio in the basement of a house he lived in at 314 - 7th Avenue East. He later landed work with the Calgary Herald and was much in demand as an outdoor photographer. W.J. Oliver took up cinematography during the late 1910s. He was associated with Fox Movietone News and also produced an impressive series of films for the federal Parks Branch in the 1920s and 1930s. Jameson's biography thoroughly documents his varied career.
COLLECTIONS/FORMATS: ACG (negatives) BVIPA (videos) OOA (prints & films/videos, National Parks collection).
IDENTIFYING MARKS: Print surface may be captioned, numbered and marked " © Oliver" or " Oliver Studio" .
REFERENCES: Jameson (1984) Alberta Between the Wars, 1919-1939 (Canada's Digital Collections Web site).

Ollason, James.
Vancouver/1906-1907.
424 Westminster Ave./1906-1907.
HOME ADDRESS/YEAR: 424 Westminster Ave./1906.
Commercial.
He managed the Rembrandt Photo Studio in 1906 and then went on to work in real estate.
REFERENCES: H__06 HEVAN07 H__08 H__09 (not listed) H__10 (not listed) H__11 (not listed) H__12 (no occup.) H__13 H__14 (not listed) H__15 (no occup.) H__16 (no occup.) H__17.

Ollis, H.H.
Vancouver/1950.
Director of operations for Aero Surveys Ltd.
REFERENCES: ___50.

Olliver, Samuel.
Vancouver/1914.
HOME ADDRESS/YEAR: 159 - 161 E. Hastings St. (Hotel Balmoral)/1914.
Commercial (assistant?).
REFERENCES: H__14.

Omineca Photographic Company.
Hazelton/1912*.
REFERENCES: Duns BC (1912).

O'Neil, Hugh.
Vancouver/1919.
Partner in Jenkins & O'Neil.
REFERENCES:

O'Neil, Miss Stella.
Mission City/1932.
REFERENCES: WRI32.

O'Rourke, Arthur O.
Victoria/1920-1929.
REFERENCES:

O'Rourke, Arthur H.
Victoria/1932-1934.
REFERENCES: WRI32 ___33 ___34.

Owl Studio.
Victoria/1912-1913.
1305 Government/1912.
Operated by Charles B. Stephens.
REFERENCES: ___12.