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Hall, James Deakin

Hall, James Deakin[1]

Male 1854 - 1936  (82 years)

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  • Name Hall, James Deakin 
    Birth 1854  Londonderry, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Business Address/Year 1884  Victoria, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Studio opened 9 Nov 1884 
    Address:
    Government St. (over Victoria House)
    Hall and Lowe
    Victoria, BC
    Canada 
    Business Address/Year 1887-1891  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    416 Cordova St.
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Business Address/Year 1892  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    518 Cordova St.
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Home Address/Year 1892  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    1608 Burrard St.
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Death 3 Aug 1936  Oak Bay, BC Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Association Hall and Lowe (Relationship: Partner) 
    Association Hall, Robert Hanley (Relationship: Brother) 
    Association Vancouver Photographic Company (Relationship: Owner) 
    Person ID I173  Camera Workers | H, vol. 1, 1858-1900
    Last Modified 13 Nov 2021 

  • Photos
    J.D. Hall portrait by Skene Lowe, before 1917.    		J.D. Hall portrait by Skene Lowe, before 1917.
    A Victoria studio portrait taken when Hall was sheriff of Vancouver. The two photographers had been partners as Hall and Lowe. Courtesy of BC Archives, Item G-09207.
    Vancouver Photographic Company portrait of the champion Vancouver Lacrosse Team, 1890.    		Vancouver Photographic Company portrait of the champion Vancouver Lacrosse Team, 1890.
    J.D. Hall is standing on the far left in the back row. Courtesy of City of Vancouver Archives, VPL63.

    Documents
    Hall and Lowe's ad from Trout's <i>Prospectors' Manual</i> (1886).    		Hall and Lowe's ad from Trout's Prospectors' Manual (1886).
    Hall and Lowe news item, <i>San Francisco Journal of Commerce</i>, BC Edition, Feb 1888, p. 2.    		Hall and Lowe news item, San Francisco Journal of Commerce, BC Edition, Feb 1888, p. 2.
    Hall and Lowe ad, <i>San Francisco Journal of Commerce</i>, BC Edition, Feb 1888, p. 4.    		Hall and Lowe ad, San Francisco Journal of Commerce, BC Edition, Feb 1888, p. 4.
    Hall and Lowe news article, Victoria <i>Colonist</i>, 2 Sep 1884, p. 3.    		Hall and Lowe news article, Victoria Colonist, 2 Sep 1884, p. 3.
    About Hall's occupancy of part of the Denny building on Government St. over the Victoria House store. Hall was later joined by Skene Lowe who operated Hall and Lowe in Victoria while Hall eventually relocated to Vancouver by 1887.
    Skene Lowe article, Victoria <i>Colonist</i>, Special Ed., 5 Apr 1896, p. 7, part 1.    		Skene Lowe article, Victoria Colonist, Special Ed., 5 Apr 1896, p. 7, part 1.
    Skene Lowe article, Victoria <i>Colonist</i>, Special Ed., 5 Apr 1896, p. 7, part 2.    		Skene Lowe article, Victoria Colonist, Special Ed., 5 Apr 1896, p. 7, part 2.
    Hall and Lowe news, Victoria <i>Colonist</i>, 4 Jun 1885, p. 3.    		Hall and Lowe news, Victoria Colonist, 4 Jun 1885, p. 3.
    H.T. Devine news, Vancouver <i>Province</i>, 23 Nov 1935, Sunday Magazine, p. 10.    		H.T. Devine news, Vancouver Province, 23 Nov 1935, Sunday Magazine, p. 10.
    In his letter to the editor, Devine introduces a few inaccuracies of his own into the historical record.
    Hall and Lowe ad, Victoria <i>Colonist</i>, 23 May 1892, p. 7.    		Hall and Lowe ad, Victoria Colonist, 23 May 1892, p. 7.
    This dissolution of partnership ad is dated 1 May 1892. Skene Lowe would continue to operate as Hall and Lowe in Victoria and J.D. Hall would continue to run the Vancouver Photographic Company.

  • Notes 
    • STATUS: Commercial.
    • BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: According to an 1883 newspaper article, Hall immigrated with his parents in 1867 to Canada (Ontario) and settled in Brampton. After moving to Toronto and working for R. Walker and Sons, he then started with Notman and Fraser, photographers, about 1869. He moved to Winnipeg in 1881 and formed a partnership with William Johnston as Johnston and Hall. By 1883 Hall had taken on a new partner, Skene Lowe. The partnership operated as Hall and Lowe. Lowe had moved to Victoria by 1885. Hall had visited Victoria and his brother Robert H. in Fort Simpson in the summer of 1884 and that may have prompted Lowe to relocate. Hall initially opened the Hall and Lowe studio in November 1884. Hall was reported doing itinerant photographic work in Medicine Hat in Sep 1886, and moved to the coast in Jul 1887 the Vancouver Photographic Company was opened that Oct. The Hall and Lowe studio in Victoria continued to operate under that name. The partnership was dissolved in May 1892 and Hall sold the Vancouver studio to David Wadds. Hall became sheriff of Vancouver, a post he held until 1917.
    • REFERENCES: WIL88; HEN89; WIL90; WIL91; WIL92; BVIPA GR-1304, file 2/37 (probate); Winnipeg Daily Sun, 1883 12 24/11; Colonist, 1884 08 19/3, 1885 06 03/3, 1896 04 05 (Special Edition); Winnipeg Daily Times, 1884 08 30, "The Frigid Zone"; Medicine Hat Times, 1886 09 11; Manitoba Sun, 1887 07 18 and 26; News-Advertiser, 1887 10 15/4; World, 1891 (Souvenir Edition), 1892 05 02/8, 1892 05 17/1, 1892 07 14/8; Province, 1936 08 (obit. incorrectly identified birthplace as near Milton, ON).

  • Sources 
    1. [S483] Manitoba Historical Society, Manitoba Photographers, 1858 to Present (Web site), (Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Historical Society) (Reliability: 2).
      Reproduces a magnified view of the Hall & Lowe Winnipeg business with possibly one of the two owners standing in the doorway.

    2. [S652] BVIPA death registration index.
      Registration no. 1936-09-517076 (microfilm reel B13157)