Camera Workers British Columbia, 1858-1950

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

Updated 2005.12.06.

Van, Braam Cornelius.
Cranbrook/1923-1933.
He operated Photo Crafts (1926-1927).
He was married to Marion Van Braam.
REFERENCES: VL1924, 1928, 1933/Cranbrook.

Van, William John.
Port Haney/1921-1926.
REFERENCES: VL1924, Port Haney.
Van Bruyssel, Ferdinand see Thomas (Montreal).

Van Dyke Studio.
Vancouver/1946-1950.
Operated by A.C. Barclay (1946-1950).
REFERENCES: ___46 ___47 ___48 ___49 ___50.

Van Natter, Lionel J.
Nelson/1907-1908.
REFERENCES: VL1907, 1908/Nelson.

Vancouver Amateur Finishing Co.
Vancouver/1922-1924.
Operated by W.C. Hodgson and Robert Armour.
REFERENCES:

Vancouver Motion Pictures Limited.
Vancouver/1928-1945.
Incorporated on 1928 08 10 by R.E. Bourne, Charles McKenzie and Harry Rosenbaum. Operated by Leon Shelly of Shelly Films Ltd. and an important early independent production company of documentary industrial films. Some films were produced on contract for the National Film Board of Canada.
COLLECTIONS: OOA.
REFERENCES: Duffy (1986).

Vancouver Photo Co.
Vancouver/1913-1922.
Operated by Reginald Hocker (1914-1916) D.L. and T.B. Eastley (1918-1921).
REFERENCES:

Vanderpant, Anna.
VARIANT: Ackroyd, Anna.
Vancouver/1930s-1940s.
Commercial; Artistic.
Daughter of John Vanderpant, she and her sister Catharina continued to operate Vancerpant Galleries following their father's death in 1939. In 1946 Anna won a Focus Fotossalon (Free Netherlands) medal for one of her photographs.
REFERENCES: Presentation House Gallery (1986); C. Vanderpant to Mattison, e-mail, 2009.08.08.

Vanderpant, Catharina.
VARIANT: Shelly, Catharina.
Vancouver/1930s-1940s.
Commercial; Artistic.
Daughter of John Vanderpant, she and her sister Anna continued to operate Vancerpant Galleries following their father's death in 1939.
REFERENCES: Presentation House Gallery (1986); C. Vanderpant to Mattison, e-mail, 2009.08.08..

Vanderpant, John (1884, Alkmaar, Netherlands-1939 07 24, Vancouver, BC).
New Westminster/1920-1927 Vancouver/19__-1946.
Commercial; Artistic.
In 1922 he operated as the Rexall Photo Studio, then under his own name in 1923 as Vanderpant Photo Studio. He and his two daughters used the name Vanderpant Galleries from 1926-1946.
REFERENCES: Hill (1976); Salloum (1995); Arnold (1996); Collapse (2000); C. Vanderpant to Mattison, e-mail, 2009.08.08..

Vanderpant Galleries.
Vancouver/1926-1946.
REFERENCES: see Vanderpant, John.

Vanderpant Photo Studio.
New Westminster/1923.
Commercial.
Operated by John Vanderpant.
REFERENCES: see Vanderpant, John.

Varley, Peter (b. 1921 __ __, ___________) ( C ).
Vancouver/late 1940s.
Amateur ?.
He was the cinematographer on the amateur film In the Daytime (1950).
REFERENCES: Duffy (1986) Presentation House Gallery (1986).

Vemish, Ludlow Gilford.
North Vancouver ?/1924.
HOME ADDRESS: North Vancouver/1924.
REFERENCES: VL1924, North Vancouver.

Vernon Photo Co.
Vernon/1910 1918-1920.
Operated by B.R. LeBlond.
REFERENCES:

Victor Portrait Studio.
Vancouver/1922.
Operated by G.P. Dicker and H.V. Yates. The premises became the Campbell Studio in 1923.
REFERENCES: ___22.

Victoria Art Emporium.
Victoria/1918.
Operated by W.A. Bull.
REFERENCES:

Victoria Book & Stationery Co. Ltd.
Victoria/pre-1918.
COLLECTIONS/FORMATS: postcards prior to 1918.
REFERENCES: D.M. Stewart, 1996.12.15.

Victoria Camera Club.
Victoria/1944-present.
An amalgamation of the British Columbia Civil Service Camera Club and the Victoria Photographic Society, the club commemorated its 50^th season with the publication of its history, A Celebration of Photography (1995). The club publishes its own periodical, Close Up (194_?-present).
REFERENCES: Victoria Camera Club (1995).

Victoria Photo Co.
Victoria/1926-1935.
Operated by A.C. Falk.
REFERENCES: ___25 ___26 (Falk) ___27 ___28 ___29 ___30 (Falk) ___31 ___32 ___33 ___34 ___35 (Falk) ___36.

Victoria Photographic Co.
Victoria/1914-1927 1934.
Operated by L.M. Forbes.
REFERENCES: ___13 ___14 ___15 ___16 ___17 ___18 ___19 ___20 ___21 ___22 ___23 ___24 ___25 ___26 ___27 ___28 ___29 ___30 ___31 ___32 ___33 ___34 ___35.

Victoria Photographic Society.
Victoria/1941-1944.
Joined with the British Columbia Civil Service Camera Club to form the Victoria Camera Club in 1944.
REFERENCES: Victoria Camera Club (1995).

Victoria Portrait Co.
Victoria/1903.
82 Pandora/1903.
Studio?.
Operated by L.A. Iverson and F.P. Rand.
REFERENCES: ___03 (n.l. class. under Artists, Art Goods, or Photographers).

Victoria Studio.
Victoria/1928-1934.
Operated by Henry Whittlesey (1933).
REFERENCES:

Viertell, George O.
VARIANT: Viertel, Geo. O.
Gretna, MB/1899 Vancouver/1913?-1914.
627 Granville/1914.
HOME ADDRESS: 627 Granville/1914.
Commercial.
He managed the Crown Studio (1914).
REFERENCES: ___13 (n.l.?) HEN14 (Viertel, Geo O) Dempsey (1978, Gretna, MB)

Vincent Studio.
Vancouver/1947-1950.
Operated by B.A. Bjornson.
REFERENCES: ___47 ___48 ___49 ___50.

Vinson, B.T.
Vancouver/1917.
619 Granville/1917.
He managed the Progress Studio.
REFERENCES: ___17.

Vinson, Blanche (Ducheny).
Vancouver/1935-1943+.
She managed the King Photo Studio from 1935-1943+.
A native of Portland, OR, she married V.V. Vinson.
REFERENCES:

Vinson, Harry H.
Vancouver/1914.
He managed the Canadian Photo Co. (1914).
REFERENCES:

NAME: Vinson, Valient Vivian
VARIANT: Vincent, V.V. Vinson, Vivian V.
LIFE DATES: 1877 __ __1934 03 25.
BIRTHPLACE: Ohio.
PLACE OF DEATH: West Vancouver, B.C.
WHERE/WHEN ACTIVE: Vancouver/1905-1924.
BUSINESS ADDRESS/YEAR: 303 Hastings W./1905-1909 311 Hastings W./1910-1917 619 Granville (branch)/1912.
HOME ADDRESS/YEAR: 303 Hastings W./1905-1909 801 Homer/1910 807 Homer/1911-1913 Hollyburn (West Vancouver)/1914-1915 1917-1924 Gordon Ave., corner 14th (West Vancouver)/1916 North Vancouver/1928-1933.
STATUS: Commercial.
BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: The son of B.T. and Louella Vinson, he was educated in Portland, Oregon, and came to BC in 1903 to work at photography. He co-owned the King Photo Studio between 1905-1906 and was sole proprietor between 1907-1917+?. His widow took over operations of the King Photo Studio.
Around 1911 he photographed Interior Salish Natives with the assistance of J.A. Teit. Vinson also ran the Progress Studio (1916-1917).
Vinson's first name was given as " Vivian" between 1905-1909 and from 1910-1917 as " Valiant" . He was married to Blanche (Ducheny) Vinson of Portland, Oregon. He was a reeve of West Vancouver in 1920 (CVA PORTRAITS P. 289 and 689), and Vinson Creek in the municipality is named after him. Identified as " V.V. Vincent" in the Daily News-Advertiser, he was an official representative for BC to the Photographers' Association of the Pacific Northwest conference in Vancouver in 1910 and was elected its president that year.
COLLECTIONS: .
IDENTIFYING MARKS: .
REFERENCES: BVIPA Death Registration No. 1934-09-488296 (microfilm B13150) HEVAN05 HE_06 HEVAN07 HEVAN08 HEVAN09 HEVAN10 HEN11 HEN12 HEN13 HEN14 HEVAN15 HE_16 HE_17 VL1924, West Vancouver VL1928, 1933/North Vancouver (Vancouver) Daily News-Advertiser, 1910 08 02/10 (" Photographers of Northwest Gather" ), 1910 08 05/7 (" Photos for an Official Exhibit" ) British Columbia Magazine (June 1911): class. PHOTOGRAPHERS Who's Who in Western Canada (1911) Tepper (1987) Pacific Streamkeepers Federation, Vinson Creek Watershed (Web site, viewed 2005 12 06: http://www.pskf.ca/ecology/watershed/westvan/2003/vinson02.html).

Vinson, Willis W.
VARIANT: Vinson, Win W.
Vancouver/1913-1915.
619 Granville/1913-1915.
HOME ADDRESS: 619 Granville/1913 1350 13^th Ave. E./1914-1915.
He managed the Progress Studio (1913-1915).
REFERENCES: HEN13 (Progress Studio, Win W.) HEN14 HENVAN15 ___16 (n.l.) ___17 (n.l.).

Vinson, Win W. see Vinson, Willis W.

Vogue Photo Studio.
Vancouver/1944-1945.
Operated by Yucho Chow.
REFERENCES:

Voorhoeve, Herman C.
Radium Hot Springs/1931-1932.
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