Camera Workers, 1858-1950

The British Columbia, Alaska and Yukon Photographic Directory, 1858-1950

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Blair, William

Blair, William[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16]

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  • Name Blair, William 
    • VARIANT NAME: Blair's Photo Studio; Blair's Studio.
    Gender Male 
    Home Address/Year 1900-1901  Victoria, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    Michigan
    and Menzies St.
    Victoria, BC
    Canada 
    Business Address/Year 1900-1905  Victoria, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    60 Yates St.
    Victoria, BC
    Canada 
    Business Address/Year 1908-1921  Victoria, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    1236 Government St.
    Victoria, BC
    Canada 
    Association Yonge, Ernest Hayden (Relationship: Employee) 
    Person ID I398  Camera Workers | B, vol. 2, 1901-1950
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2024 

  • Documents
    William Blair imprint, recto of mounted photograph, 1900s.    		William Blair imprint, recto of mounted photograph, 1900s.
    The photograph is a studio portrait of Henry Edenshaw, son of carver and Haida chief Albert Edward Edenshaw. Courtesy of UBC Library, Uno Langmann Family Collection of British Columbia Photographs, UL_1072_0001.
    William Blair ad, Victoria <i>Colonist</i>, 31 Dec 1901, p. 7.    		William Blair ad, Victoria Colonist, 31 Dec 1901, p. 7.

  • Notes 
    • STATUS: Commercial.
    • BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: Listed as an artist in the 1892 and 1899 directories, he showed up as a photographer and an artist in the 1900 directory and was last listed as a photographer in the 1921 BC directory. In the late 1910s he operated under the name Blair's Photo Studio or Blair's Studio.
    • IDENTIFYING MARKS: "Wm. Blair, 60 Yates St. Victoria, B.C." or "Blair 60 Yates St. Victoria, B.C." on print mount.

  • Sources 
    1. [S46] COLLECTION: BVIPA.

    2. [S30] WIL92, (Victoria, B.C.: R.T. Williams, 1892).

    3. [S39] HEN99, (Victoria, B.C.: Henderson Publishing Co., 1899).

    4. [S41] HEN00, (Victoria, B.C.: Henderson Publishing Co., 1900).

    5. [S1028] ORMVIC01, (Victoria, B.C.: Ormond and MacGregor, 1901), 19.
      Victoria

    6. [S42] HEN01, (Victoria, B.C.: Henderson Publishing Co., 1901), 895.
      Victoria

    7. [S781] HEN02, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1902), 880.
      Victoria

    8. [S784] HENVIC05, (Victoria: Henderson Publishing, 1905), 117.
      Victoria

    9. [S785] HEN05, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1905).
      Victoria: not listed

    10. [S789] HENVIC08, (Victoria: Henderson Publishing, 1908), 205.
      Victoria

    11. [S796] HENVIC12, (Victoria: Henderson Publishing, 1912), 264.
      Victoria

    12. [S803] HENVIC17, (Victoria: Henderson Publishing, 1917), 274.
      Victoria

    13. [S805] HENVIC20, (Victoria: Henderson Publishing, 1920), 215.
      Victoria

    14. [S806] HENVIC21, (Victoria: Henderson Publishing, 1921).
      Victoria: not listed

    15. [S741] WRI21, (Vancouver, BC: Wrigley Directories, c1921), 1049.
      Victoria: Blair W photogr 1236 Govt

    16. [S742] WRI22, (Vancouver, BC: Wrigley Directories, c1922).
      Victoria: not listed