Hooper, Charles Frederick^{[1, 2]}

• Name	Hooper, Charles Frederick
  	VARIANT NAME: C.F. Hooper Studio.
  Gender	Male
  Business Address/Year	1911-1916	Merritt, BC
  	Address: opposite school Merritt, BC Canada
  Person ID	I1564	Camera Workers | H, vol. 2, 1901-1950
  Last Modified	24 Jun 2023

  
  

• Photos

  C.F. Hooper portrait, ca. 1911-1916. The postcard is titled "An Old Timer Nicola Valley B C". Courtesy of UBC Library, Uno Langmann Family Collection of British Columbia Photographs, UL_1626_03_0213.

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		C.F. Hooper's ad, Nicola Valley News, 27 Dec 1912, p. 3.
  		C.F. Hooper's ad, Nicola Valley News, 26 Nov 1915, p. 3.
  		C.F. Hooper's ad, Nicola Valley News, 21 Apr 1916, p. 3.
  		A.H. "Harry" Priest news item, Nicola Valley News, 20 Oct 1911, p. 1. About his disposing of his studio business to C.F. Hooper. Priest would continue to photograph, taking on outdoor work.

  
  

• Notes

  STATUS: Commercial; studio. BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: He arrived in Merritt in 1911 and purchased Henry Priest's studio which was opposite the public school. In addition to ads in the Nicola Valley News newspaper, he also advertised in the Merritt Herald and Nicola Valley Advocate (23 Aug 1912, p. 2). IDENTIFYING MARKS: Postcard surface may be titled and captioned "Hooper Merritt". FORMATS: Postcards.

  
  

• Sources

  [S339] Voters List, (Victoria, B.C.: Province of British Columbia, 1874-), 1913, 1916, Ref. NW 324.1 B862. Merritt [S740] WRI18, (Vancouver, BC: Wrigley Directories, c1918). Merritt: not listed