Dally, Frederick^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20]}

1838 - 1914  (75 years)

• Name	Dally, Frederick
  Birth	29 Jul 1838	Southwark, London, Eng., UK   [21]
  Christening	22 Aug 1838	London, Eng., UK   [21]
  Gender	Male
  Business Address/Year	summer 1867	Barkerville, BC
  	Address: Barkerville, BC Canada
  Business Address/Year	summer 1868	Barkerville, BC
  	Address: Barkerville, BC Canada
  Business Address/Year	Jun 1866-Sep 1870	Victoria, BC
  	Photographer
  	Address: Fort St. S. side near Government St. Victoria, BC Canada
  Marriage	1873	St Ives, Huntingdonshire, Eng., UK
  	Bride: Harriet Halls
  Death	28 Jul 1914	Wolverhampton, UK
  Association	Forest, Alexander (Relationship: Employee)
  Association	Green Brothers (Relationship: Successor)
  Association	Maynard, Richard (Relationship: Undefined)
  Association	Maynard, Hannah Hatherly (Relationship: Undefined)
  Person ID	I266	Camera Workers | D, vol. 1, 1858-1900
  Last Modified	24 Feb 2024

  
  

• Photos		Frederick Dally portrait, 1870. This was taken the year he left BC.
  		Great Bluff, Thompson River, on the Cariboo Road, 1867 or 1868. Dally made two trips to Barkerville and the Cariboo gold mining fields, the first in 1867 and the second in 1868. This is likely the most recognizable, most iconic and most reproduced image from those trips.

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Frederick Dally's invoice to the Colonial Office, Apr 1870. He sold the office photographs and two albums.
  		Frederick Dally's ad, First Victoria Directory, Third Issue, and British Columbia Guide (Mallandaine, Jun 1869), back cover.
  		Frederick Dally's ad, First Victoria Directory, Second Issue, and British Columbia Guide (Mallandaine, Apr 1868). This advertisement appeared on the top of the back cover. Noah Shakespeare's ad appeared on the bottom of the back cover. The two ads were separated by a third ad.
  		Frederick Dally's ad, Barkerville Cariboo Sentinel, 12 Aug 1867, p. 2. This ad appeared immediately below L.A. Blanc's ad.
  		Frederick Dally news, Barkerville Cariboo Sentinel, 8 Aug 1867, p. 3.
  		Frederick Dally news, Barkerville Cariboo Sentinel, 9 Sep 1867, p. 3. About a raffle of his photographs valued at $160 and won by a Mr. McPherson.
  		Frederick Dally news, Barkerville Cariboo Sentinel, 12 Sep 1867, p.3 He left Barkerville on 11 Sep 1867 and would travel south in "easy stages" to allow him to stop and take photos. Quesnelmouth was his first stop.
  		Frederick Dally news, Barkerville Cariboo Sentinel, 26 Jul 1868, p. 3. The first of two items on the same page about Dally's presence in Barkerville, this piece concerns his near-fatal accident on his way to Barkerville.
  		Frederick Dally's ad, Victoria Colonist, 18 Feb 1869, p. 1. This ad first appeared in November 1868 and publicized the results of his trip to and from Barkerville and the Cariboo gold fields.
  		Frederick Dally's ad, Victoria Daily Standard, 20 Jun 1870, p. 3.
  		Frederick Dally's ad, Victoria Colonist, 21 Jul 1863, p. 2. An ad for his dry goods store which he had opened in 1863.
  		Frederick Dally's ad, Victoria Colonist, 22 Jan 1864, p. 2. Another ad for his dry goods store.
  		Frederick Dally's ad, Victoria Colonist, 30 Jul 1864, p. 2. Another ad for his dry goods store.
  		Frederick Dally news, Victoria Colonist, 4 Aug 1866, p. 3. The photograph described in this news piece may be BC Archives HP060076 (item D-00668) with a title of "Haynes Band, Victoria B.C."
  		Frederick Dally news, Victoria Colonist, 4 Mar 1867, p. 3. About the completion of improvements to his studio.
  		Frederick Dally's ad, Victoria Colonist, 15 Nov 1867, p. 3. In this ad he publicized the results of his trip to and from Barkerville and the Cariboo gold fields.
  		Frederick Dally news, Victoria Colonist, 23 Feb 1869, p. 3.
  		Frederick Dally news, Victoria Colonist, 6 Mar 1870, p. 3. About a colonial government map of the Peace River mines he photographed for resale.
  		Frederick Dally news, Victoria Colonist, 27 Sep 1870, p. 3. About the sale of his studio to the Green Brothers and a sale, by Dally, of 12,000 cartes-de-visites of Indigenous people.
  		Green Brothers ad, Victoria Colonist, 13 Oct 1870, p. 4. The Green Brothers had acquired Frederick Dally's photographs in September 1870 and this was their first ad in which they represented the images as their own. This ad was still running in Feb 1871. The same ad was published in the Victoria Daily Standard newspaper.
  		Green Brothers imprint, ca. 1870-1871. Since the Green Brothers acquired Frederick Dally's stock, it is not surprising that the "N.B." note at the bottom almost entirely matches the wording on one of Dally's imprints (Dally, BC Archives, Visual Records catalogue no. HP002599). Image courtesy of BC Archives, Barnard album no. 27, p. 17.
  		Frederick Dally news, Victoria Colonist, 26 Jun 1866, p. 3. Announcing the opening of his photo studio on Fort St.
  		Frederick Dally news, Victoria Colonist, 21 Aug 1866, p. 3. In addition to this notice about the return of HMS Scout from its clockwise circumnavigation of Vancouver Island and the presence of Dally, a longer account of the voyage appeared on the same page with no mention of him.
  		Frederick Dally news, Barkerville Cariboo Sentinel, 26 Jul 1868, p. 3. The second of two items on the same page about Dally's presence in Barkerville, this one describes some of his photographic plans.
  		Frederick Dally news, Victoria Colonist, 28 Sep 1870, p. 3.
  		Green Brothers news, Victoria Colonist, 28 Oct 1870, p. 3. About their exhibiting Dally's photographs at the agricultural show.
  		Green Brothers news, Victoria Colonist, 29 Sep 1870, p. 3. About their exhibiting Dally's photos at the annual show of the Agricultural and Horticultural Society which was held on a property on Cook St.
  		Frederick Dally news, New Westminster Daily British Columbian, 27 May 1869, p. 3 About a photograph of a gathering of First Nations peoples for an "annual festival" in Apr.
  		Fort Street Gallery news, Victoria Colonist, 17 Mar 1872, p. 3. This item states that the negatives are leaving the colony, however, in Aug 1872 an auction was held of Dally's camera, negatives and darkroom equipment.
  		Frederick Dally ad, Victoria Colonist, 15 Aug 1872, p. 3. The auctioneers Plummer and Pagden sold Dally's camera, negatives and darkroom equipment on 15 Aug 1872.
  		Frederick Dally news, Victoria Colonist, 15 Aug 1872, p. 3. About the auction of Dally's camera, negatives and darkroom equipment by auctioneers Plummer and Pagden on 15 Aug 1872.
  		"The Great Bluff on the Thompson River, B.C.", Canadian Illustrated News, 24 Feb 1872, p. 116. An etching based on Frederick Dally's photograph from 1867 or 1868.
  		Frederick Dally imprint on the verso of a carte-de-visite, between 1866-1870. The "N.B." text at the bottom almost entirely matches the wording on one of the Green Brothers carte-de-visite (BC Archives, Visual Records, Barnard album no. 27, p. 17). This image is from a private collection.
  		Frederick Dally imprint on the verso of a carte-de-visite, 1866-1870. This image is from a private collection and the "N.B." note at the bottom is slightly different from the version in the BC Archives (Visual Records catalogue no. HP003134). While the font is the same, the N.B. note is also different from UBC Library UL_1022_0009.
  		Frederick Dally news, Victoria Colonist, 24 Sep 1868, p. 3. As he may not have opened his studio until some time in August, this newspaper reference is correct is referring to it as "new."
  		Frederick Dally news, Victoria Colonist, 12 Jun 1870, p. 3. This was the first of at least three Royal Navy "Flying Squadrons". The photographs were taken in Esquimalt Harbour. This notice appeared in the Colonist as early as 26 May 1870.
  		Frederick Dally news, Victoria Colonist, 28 Jun 1870, p. 3. The newspaper praised his photograph of the Gorge, noting that it had been coloured by the artist E.T. Coleman, with whom Dally had been friends for several years.
  		F. Dally news, Victoria Daily Chronicle, 4 Feb 1865, p. 3.
  		F. Dally ad, Victoria Colonist, 15 Mar 1865, p. 2. Dally was elected a co-vice-president of this Welsh social group on 14 Mar 1865.
  		F. Dally news, Victoria Daily Chronicle, 12 Jan 1866, p. 3. He established an Art Union.
  		F. Dally's Art Union ad, Victoria Daily Chronicle, 12 Jan 1866, p. 2. While most merchants held sales to reduce their stock, Dally hit upon a clever scheme by conducting a raffle under the auspices of an Art Union he established. Still, at $5 a ticket he was likely losing money.
  		F. Dally ad, Victoria Daily Chronicle, 15 Feb 1866, p. 3, part 1. Perhaps his Art Union scheme did not net him the results he had anticipated, so he announced he was closing his dry goods business and selling off the stock by auction.
  		F. Dally ad, Victoria Daily Chronicle, 15 Feb 1866, p. 3, part 3. Perhaps his Art Union scheme did not net him the results he had anticipated, so he announced he was closing his dry goods business and selling off the stock by auction.
  		F. Dally news, Victoria Daily Chronicle, 1 Jun 1866, p. 3. The first newspaper item about the opening of his new photo studio on Fort St. A later news piece in the Colonist gave its location as Fort St.
  		Gentile and Company news, Victoria Colonist, 18 Feb 1864, p. 3. About the sale of the lease for Robertson's Block, also known as Robinson's Block and the Occidental Block, which included the Occidental Saloon and Gentile and Company's store. A month after the sale, Frederick Dally took out a lease for a year on Gentile's old space. Richard Maynard's boot and shoe store later occupied the ground floor of the Occidental Block. This building stood where the ground-floor entrance to the Bay in the Bay Centre is in the 2000s.
  		F. Dally ad, Victoria Daily Chronicle, 15 Feb 1866, p. 3, part 2. Perhaps his Art Union scheme did not net him the results he had anticipated, so he announced he was closing his dry goods business and selling off the stock by auction.
  		Frederick Dally imprint, verso of carte-de-visite, 1866-1870. The photograph is an exterior portrait of an Indigenous woman and man standing in front of a large tree stump. While the font is the same, the N.B. note is also different from that on a private collection carte-de-visite. Courtesy of UBC Library, Uno Langmann Family Collection of British Columbia Photographs, UL_1022_0009.
  		Frederick Dally imprint, verso of carte-de-visite, May 1870. The photograph is of HMS Charybdis at anchor for a refit in Esqumimalt Harbour. The object around its bow is a cofferdam. Part of the famous Flying Squadron (1869-1870), the ship had been grounded on 23 February 1870 between Blunden Islet and South Pender Island. The date of the photograph is from the copy in the Brisker family album (Library and Archives Canada, C-002699). The font used for Dally's name and the N.B. text are the same as that on BC Archives Item G-07380 (HP003134). Courtesy of UBC Library, Uno Langmann Family Collection of British Columbia Photographs, UL_2055_0001.
  		Green Brothers imprint, 1870. Since this imprint specifically mentions Frederick Dally, it must have been produced in the fall of 1870.

  
  

• Notes

  STATUS: Commercial. BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: Dally arrived in Victoria from England in Sep 1862. He operated a dry goods store at the corner of Government and Broughton in 1863 and moved his business in Mar 1864 to the northeast corner of Fort and Government in the Occidental building (Robinson's Block). The first ad announcing the opening of his photo studio on Fort St., possibly across the street from his former dry goods store, appeared in the Victoria Daily Chronicle on 1 Jun 1866, p. 3. His first major photographic journey was a circumnavigation of Vancouver Island as a guest of the Royal Navy on HMS Scout between 8 and 20 Aug 1866. Dally made his own account of the trip which is preserved by the BC Archives and has been digitized. Dally made two trips up to Barkerville, the first in 1867, travelling there with Governor Seymour's party but arriving by Barnard's Express as the only passenger on the afternoon of 7 Aug. His second trip to Barkerville began on 21 Jun 1868 when he left Victoria; he reached the town on 24 Jul. His studio in Barkerville in 1868 was destroyed in the 16 Sep fire and Dally returned to Victoria that November. The Cariboo Sentinel noted his losses were $1,100 (22 Sep 1868, p. 2, "Burning of Barkerville"; name was misspelled Dalley). While in Victoria, in addition to being a Freemason, he was also a member of the Mechanic's Literary Institute (Colonist, 7 Nov 1866, p. 3, "Mechanic's Institue"). He may also have lent his vocal talent to an elocution class (Colonist, 17 Dec 1866, p. 3, "Elocution Class"). He was elected a co-vice-president of Victoria's St. David's Society, a Welsh social group, on 14 Mar 1865. He also formed an Art Union in Jan 1866 for which he sold raffle tickets for a draw on 7 Feb 1866. He sold his studio, camera, negatives and showcases in Sep 1870 for $1,131 to the Green Brothers and his business affairs in Victoria were wound down by Thomas Allsop (Allsop and Mason, later the BC Land and Investment Agency). The two brothers reneged on payment which was to be made in full within 18 months of the promissory note they signed on 27 Sep 1870. According to Dally, he was never paid. His camera, negatives and darkroom equipment were auctioned on 15 Aug 1872 by auctioneers Plummer and Pagden. Dally sailed out of Victoria on the morning of 13 Oct 1870, bound for San Francisco, aboard the Pelican (Colonist, 14 Oct 1870, p. 3, "The Steamer Pelican..."). Dally went on to Philadelphia to study dentistry and then returned to England. Richard and Hannah Maynard managed to acquire many of his glass negatives in the 1870s or 1880s which they then marketed under their own imprint. The BC Archives purchased several of Dally's personal albums and papers in the 1910s. [22] IDENTIFYING MARKS: "Frederick Dally, Fort Street, Victoria, Vancouver Island, B.C." on verso of cartes-de-visite (at least three different typefaces). Large (approx. 8 x 10 in.) landscape views are not signed on negative surface. REFERENCES: Colonist, Chronicle, Standard and Cariboo Sentinel, 1862-1870.

  
  

• Sources

  [S46] COLLECTION: BVIPA. Albums, prints and glass negatives, the last are part of the Maynard family collection. Most of the albums, part of the Frederick Dally fonds, have been digitized and can be downloaded as Adobe Acrobat PDF files. [S152] COLLECTION: OOA. Prints [S943] COLLECTION: UKRCT. "Photographic views of British Columbia 1867 to 1870". Cover title of album (RCIN 2368804.a) presented by F. Dally to Queen Victoria, 6 Jul 1883; URL (accessed 30 Jan 2017): https://www.royalcollection.org.uk/collection/2368804-a/photographic-views-of-british-columbia-1867-to-1870 [S942] COLLECTION: OTPL. Album [S138] COLLECTION: BVAUS (Reliability: 3). "Views in British Columbia. Photographed by F. Dally. Victoria, V.I." Album in Uno Langmann Family Collection of B.C. Photographs. URL (accessed 30 Jan 2017): http://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0053437 [S173] COLLECTION: YUL. Album of photographs created primarily by Frederick Dally of locations in British Columbia, Canada, with several photographs of Utah by C. R. Savage, a panoramic photograph of Saint Louis Missouri by Robert Benecke, as well as photographs of Arizona, Cali. Various caption misspellings and location errors such as placing Comox on the Fraser River. Digital facsimile URL (accessed 26 Feb 2022): https://collections.library.yale.edu/catalog/2018549 [S666] BVIPA archival records. Frederick Dally fonds (PR-1380); includes albums and glass plate negatives [S666] BVIPA archival records. BC Land and Investment Agency fonds, T. Allsop to Dally, 1871-72, PR-2013, Series 16, Victoria Office general correspondence outward, container 935638-0322 (formerly City of Victoria Archives fonds PR1, box 54E3, file 1) [S12] MAL68, (Victoria, V.I.: E. Mallandine, 1868). [S13] MAL69, (Victoria, V.I.: E. Mallandine, 1869). [S196] Bellinger, Joan, Bellinger (1976), (Surrey: Nunaga Publishing, 1976:25-28), NW 971 C226 1976. [S439] Joan Marsha Schwartz, Schwartz (1977), (Master's thesis, University of British Columbia, 1977). [S204] Birrell, Andrew J., Birrell (1977 02), (Canadian Photography (February 1977):14-19). [S230] Calvert, Lorna, Calvert (1979), (Westworld (September-October 1979):27-30). [S442] Joan M. Schwartz, Schwartz (1985), (Edmonton: Hurtig Publishers, 1985). [S211] Blackman, Margaret B., Blackman (1985-86), (Archivaria no. 21 (Winter 1985-86):68-86). Discusses the work of Frederick Dally and other Victoria, BC, photographers [S595] David Mattison and Daniel Savard, Mattison and Savard (1992), (History of Photography 16, no. 3 (Autumn 1992):1-20). [S362] Rosemary Neering, Neering (1996), (Beautiful British Columbia Magazine 38, no. 2 (Summer 1996):18-23). [S520] John Hannavy, ed., Hannavy (2007), (New York: Routledge, 2007, c2008), vol. 1, 377 (Reliability: 3). "Dally, Frederick (1838-1914) ... Joan M. Schwartz" [S695] Monique Roy-Sole, Roy-Sole (2008), (Canadian Geographic 128, no. 4 (July/August 2008):58-66). Article text, p. 59-60, remaining photographs by Frederick Dally presented as though they are in an album, the Toronto Public Library's Dally album being the source of most of the views. The article does not mention the existence of Dally's personal papers and negatives at the BC Archives, Victoria. [S924] Ancestry.ca (Web site). London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1920. Southwark, Saint John, Horsleydown, Tooley Street, Bermondsey. [S628] (Victoria) Colonist, (Victoria: Colonist), 15 Mar 1865, 2. Ad for election of new officers on 14 Mar 1865.