Camera Workers: The British Columbia, Alaska & Yukon Photographic Directory, 1858-1950 - G - Volume 1 (1858-1900)

© 1999-2001 By David Mattison

Updated: 2001.04.08.

NAME: Gale, Mina (Miss).
VARIANT: Ross, Mina (Mrs. Murdoch G.).
LIFE DATES:
BIRTHPLACE:
PLACE OF DEATH:
WHERE ACTIVE: Kamloops.
BUSINESS ADDRESS-YEAR:
HOME ADDRESS-YEAR:
WORK INTERVAL: 1891-1893.
STATUS: Commercial.
BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: According to the Kamloops Museum-Archives, she arrived from Orangeville, Ontario, in 1891 and set up shop in J.L. Browne's old studio. She married a Canadian Pacific Railway trainman, Murdoch Gordon Ross, in 1892 and closed her studio in May 1893 when she became pregnant.
COLLECTIONS:
IDENTIFYING MARKS:
REFERENCES: WIL92; Letter, Kamloops Museum-Archives to Mattison, 1981 11 03.

NAME: Garden, James Ford.
LIFE DATES: 1847 02 19-1914 12 09.
BIRTHPLACE: Woodstock, NB.
PLACE OF DEATH: Vancouver.
WHERE ACTIVE: Vancouver.
HOME ADDRESS-YEAR:
WORK INTERVAL: 1886-1887.
STATUS: Amateur.
BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: A Dominion Land Surveyor and civil engineer, Garden photographed, as reported by the News-Advertiser, the Lake Coquitlam area in 1887. The previous year he photographed in the Kamloops area where he was surveying part of the Railway Belt land grant. He was mayor of Vancouver from 1898 to 1900, and a Vancouver MLA from 1900 to 1909.
COLLECTIONS:
IDENTIFYING MARKS:
REFERENCES: BVIPA GR-1415, file 3399 (probate); News-Advertiser, 1887 06 03; Canadian Parliamentary Guide (1901); Howay & Scholefield (1914):v. 3; BVIPA Reference Room VF.

NAME: Gardener, R.H.
VARIANT: Gardiner, Roswell H.?
LIFE DATES:
BIRTHPLACE:
PLACE OF DEATH:
WHERE ACTIVE: Victoria.
BUSINESS ADDRESS-YEAR:
HOME ADDRESS/YEAR: 23 Government St. (Windsor Hotel)/1890.
WORK INTERVAL: 1890.
STATUS: Commercial (itinerant?).
BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY:
COLLECTIONS:
IDENTIFYING MARKS:
REFERENCES: HEN90.

Gardener, R.H. see also Gardiner, Roswell H.
NAME: Gardiner, Roswell H.
VARIANT: Gardener, R.H.?.
LIFE DATES:
BIRTHPLACE:
PLACE OF DEATH:
WHERE ACTIVE: Victoria ; Clackamas, OR ; Portland, OR.
BUSINESS ADDRESS/YEAR: Government St. at Courtenay St./1888 08 30?-09 26?
HOME ADDRESS-YEAR:
WORK INTERVAL: 1888 08 30?-09 26?
STATUS: Commercial (itinerant).
BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: Manager of the Great Eastern Photographic and Advertising Company during its Victoria tour, Gardiner turned up in Clackamas in November 1888 and then settled down in Portland where he ran a studio called the Great Eastern Art Co.
COLLECTIONS: OHS; see also Great Eastern Photographic and Advertising Company.
IDENTIFYING MARKS: "R.H. Gardiner Artist. Portland, Oregon" or "R.H. Gardiner Artist. Portland, Or." on front of print mount. See also Great Eastern Photographic and Advertising Company.
REFERENCES: Mattison (1979 05).

Gardiner, Roswell H. see also Gardener, R.H.
NAME: Garrison, A.A.
LIFE DATES:
BIRTHPLACE:
PLACE OF DEATH:
WHERE ACTIVE: Discovery (Pine City).
BUSINESS ADDRESS-YEAR:
HOME ADDRESS-YEAR:
WORK INTERVAL: 1899.
STATUS: Commercial.
BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: He managed Anton Vogee's branch gallery at Discovery, then called Pine City.
COLLECTIONS: YWA.
IDENTIFYING MARKS: identification from sign in image: "Branch of Vogee's Gallery A.A. Garrison, Mgr."; print is marked "Vogee Photo."
REFERENCES: Yukon Archives photo no. 184 (Vogee no. 271) and 185 (Vogee no. 270); both are dated 1899 11 26 in the caption.

NAME: Gentile, Charles.
LIFE DATES: 1835 __ __-1893 __ __.
BIRTHPLACE: Italy.
PLACE OF DEATH: Chicago, IL.
WHERE ACTIVE: Victoria ; US Southwest ; San Francisco, CA ; Chicago, IL.
BUSINESS ADDRESS/YEAR: Fort St., N. side at Government (Robinson's Block, also known as Occidental Block)/1863 10-1866 05 ; Government St., W. side near View St. (next door to Theatre Photographic Gallery)/1866 05-08.
WORK INTERVAL: 1863 10-1866 08.
STATUS: Commercial.
BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: Gentile arrived in Victoria from San Francisco in September 1862 and opened a "fancy goods" store. The following August he was advertising to buy "photographic fixings" and by October 1863 had opened a portrait studio in conjunction with his store. He then sold the store in February 1864 and attempted to also sell the photo gallery; he made a second attempt in March 1865. Unsuccessful in his intention to dispose of the photo business, he carried on and began a series of landscape views throughout the known portions of the Colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia.
One of his most important photographic ventures was in August and September 1865 when he accompanied Governor Frederick Seymour's party to the Cariboo country. Gentile also photographed the Alberni area in 1864, the Leech River and Sooke district in 1864 during the height of the gold rush and parts of Washington Territory in 1866.
When he departed BC in September 1866 he left Noah Shakespeare in charge of the gallery that he had only opened in May of that year. Gentile never returned and was later reported to be in San Francisco in 1867, in the U.S. Southwest in 1868 and was in Chicago by the late 1870s.
COLLECTIONS: BVIPA; OOA.
IDENTIFYING MARKS: "C. Gintile [sic], Photographer, Victoria" or "Gentile, Photographer, Victoria, Vancouver Island" or "Gentile, Photographer, Victoria" (with woman's head) or "Gentile, Photographer" on verso of carte-de-visite. Large (approx. 8 x 10 in.) landscape views (negatives) may be captioned by hand and marked "Gentile Pho" (shows up as black on print).
REFERENCES: HOW63 (ad, back cover: "Gentile & Co., Importers"); Colonist, 1862 09 18/3 (arrives from San Francisco); 1863 08 05/2 (Gentile & Co. ad; pre-photographic career); 1863 08 14/3 (ad: "Photographic fixings wanted"); 1863 10 30/2 (ad for gallery opening); 1864 02 02/3; 1864 02 18/3 (auction item); 1864 02 26/2 (auctions lease of house & photographic gallery at back); 1864 03 05/2 (ad); 1864 04 07/2 (ad); 1864 06 28/3; 1864 07 18; 1864 08 15; 1864 09 02/3; 1864 11 07/2; 1865 03 16-about 04 18 (ad for photo gallery sale); 1865 05 18/2 (ad); 1865 06 01; 1865 06 18; 1865 09 16/3; 1865 09 25/3; 1865 10 23/3; 1865 10 27 (2 items); 1865 11 09/3; 1865 11 25/2; 1865 12 08/3; 1866 03 14/3 (returned from Washington Territory); 1866 05 02/3; 1866 07 25/3; 1866 08 15/2 (ad; hires N. Shakespeare); 1955 06 19/11; Cariboo Sentinel, 1865 08 26/1; 1866 05 07/4 (ad for gallery in Victoria); 1866 05 10; Columbian, 1865 09 16/3; Chronicle, 1866 05 18/3 (new gallery opened); BVIPA Visual Records Photographer File; Marino (1998).

NAME: Gibson, William Hewison.
LIFE DATES: 1861 07 08-1942 03 27.
BIRTHPLACE: Hindley Green, Lancashire, UK.
PLACE OF DEATH: Victoria.
WHERE ACTIVE: Rivers Inlet ; Bella Coola ; Victoria ; Bella Bella.
WORK INTERVAL: 1890-1936?
STATUS: Amateur.
BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: The father of professional photographer, Wilfred Gibson (1886-1968), William moved to Rivers Inlet 1889-1890 and worked as a missionary. He retired in 1936.
COLLECTIONS: OOA.
IDENTIFYING MARKS:
REFERENCES: Colonist, 1942 03 28 (obit.); 1976 06 13/4-5 & 15.

NAME: Gilbert, John King.
VARIANT:
LIFE DATES: 1834? __ __-1876 10 25.
BIRTHPLACE: Cornwall, UK.
PLACE OF DEATH: Nanaimo.
WHERE ACTIVE: Nanaimo.
BUSINESS ADDRESS/YEAR: Bastion St., next door to Temperance House/18---1876.
HOME ADDRESS/YEAR: Skinner St./1874-1876.
WORK INTERVAL: 18---1876.
STATUS: Commercial.
BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: Public records give his occupation as a miner. His probate file, administered by his widow, Mary Jane Gilbert, makes no mention of the photo studio. A week after his death she advertised the studio for rent, calling it "well established" and "fitted up with all the latest improvements. The Gallery is 50x14 feet, with a large room in front suitable for a store or waiting room." The studio was leased by W.H. Davis who took possession in early June 1877.
J.K. Gilbert was a member of the Ancient Order of Forestry, Court Nanaimo Foresters' Home, and the Good Templars Onward Lodge. He left his widow and three children upon his death at age 42.
COLLECTIONS:
IDENTIFYING MARKS:
REFERENCES: Will (BVIPA GR-1052, box 18, no. 2616); probate (BVIPA GR-1304, box 14, no. 286); Voters List, 1874, 1875, 1876 (all Nanaimo); Nanaimo Free Press, 1876 10 28/3 (obit. and funeral); 1876 11 01/2 (studio for rent ad).

NAME: Gillis, Dr. Alexander J.
LIFE DATES:
BIRTHPLACE:
PLACE OF DEATH:
WHERE ACTIVE: Chilkoot Pass (Dyea) Trail; Dawson, Yukon.
BUSINESS ADDRESS/YEAR: McLennan & McFeely Block (dental office)/1901.
WORK INTERVAL: 1898-early 1900s.
STATUS: Amateur.
SUMMARY: From Nova Scotia, Dr. Gillis attended dental college in Philadelphia (grad. 1892) and medical school there (grad. 1894). He was married in 1902 and resided in Dawson.
COLLECTIONS/FORMATS: YWA.
IDENTIFYING MARKS: Print surface may be captioned and signed "Gillis".
REFERENCES: Cohen (1977); Letter, Michael Cirelli, 1996 01 25.

Gintzburger, M. see Vancouver Camera Club.
Godfrey, W. see Vancouver Camera Club.

NAME: Goetze, O.D.
VARIANT: Alaska Photo Co.
NAME: Goetze Photo Studio.
LIFE DATES:
BIRTHPLACE:
PLACE OF DEATH:
WHERE ACTIVE: southeast Alaska; Nome, AK; Seattle, WA.
BUSINESS ADDRESS/YEAR: Nome/?-1908.
WORK INTERVAL: 1898-1908.
STATUS: Commercial (itinerant and studio).
SUMMARY: Primarily an itinerant photographer, he photographed throughout southeast Alaska and Siberia with his base in Nome. It is not known if he photographed aspects of the Klondike gold rush. He sold his business in 1908 to the Lomen Brothers and moved to Seattle where he operated as the "Alaskan Studio". He photographed at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (Seattle) in 1909.
COLLECTIONS/FORMATS: photo postcards.
IDENTIFYING MARKS:
REFERENCES: Colin Baxter, "A Pioneer in Alaska Photography" (We Alaskans, 1989 11 05); Grainger (Directory Alaska Postcards, 1992).

Goetze Photo Studio see Goetze, O.D.

NAME: Goetzman, H.J.
LIFE DATES:
BIRTHPLACE:
PLACE OF DEATH:
WHERE ACTIVE: Bennett, BC; Dawson, Yukon.
BUSINESS ADDRESS/YEAR: ; 1st Ave SE cor Queen, Dawson/1903.
WORK INTERVAL: 1897-1904.
STATUS: Commercial.
SUMMARY: Believed to have reached the Yukon via the Chilkoot Trail in the winter 1897-98 with his wife and daughter or sister. NWMP records at Chilkoot, however, record Goetzman, his wife and Miss Edith Goeztman of Buffalo, NY, entering the Yukon on July 11, 1899 via boats 382 and 383. It is possible they left the Klondike before the winter of 1898-99 and returned the following summer. Goetzman returned to San Francisco in 1904. In the Clary Craig list his address in San Francisco is 10960 Howard St. as of September 26, 1905.
According to Grainger (1992), "over 400 negatives" were lost in Dawson from water damage during a fire in April 1907. The Arctic Studio reproduced some of his photographs as photo postcards.
COLLECTIONS/FORMATS:
IDENTIFYING MARKS: Print surface usually titled, sometimes dated and signed "By Goetzman Dawson".
REFERENCES: 1901 Canada Census; Polk 1903 Gazetteer Directory; Clary Craig Klondike PO List; Dawson Daily News, 1907 04 12/4; Cohen (1977); Berton (1983); Grainger (Directory Alaska Postcards, 1992).

NAME: Goetzman, M.
LIFE DATES:
BIRTHPLACE:
PLACE OF DEATH:
WHERE ACTIVE: Dawson, YT.
BUSINESS ADDRESS/YEAR: Dawson/1901.
WORK INTERVAL: by 1901.
STATUS: Commercial?.
SUMMARY:
COLLECTIONS/FORMATS:
IDENTIFYING MARKS:
REFERENCES: 1901 Canada Census.

Gold Star Studio see Bale, G.C.

NAME: Good, H.L.
LIFE DATES:
BIRTHPLACE:
PLACE OF DEATH:
WHERE ACTIVE: Cache Creek.
BUSINESS ADDRESS-YEAR:
HOME ADDRESS-YEAR:
WORK INTERVAL: 1898.
STATUS: Amateur.
BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: According to the photo identification, he was the telegraph operator and express agent at Cache Creek. The image is the exterior of his workplace.
COLLECTIONS: BVIPA.
IDENTIFYING MARKS:
REFERENCES: BVIPA photo no. HP009557.

NAME: Goodie, ---.
LIFE DATES:
BIRTHPLACE:
PLACE OF DEATH:
WHERE ACTIVE: Esquimalt.
HOME ADDRESS-YEAR:
WORK INTERVAL: 1873.
STATUS: Amateur?
BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: A photograph in the BVIPA of the HMS Tenedos was identified as his work.
COLLECTIONS: BVIPA.
IDENTIFYING MARKS: "Goodie./73" written in black ink on print surface.
REFERENCES: BVIPA photo no. HP000584.

NAME: Goodmurphy, Herbert Fuller.
LIFE DATES: 1879? __ __-1962 03 16.
BIRTHPLACE:
PLACE OF DEATH: North Vancouver.
WHERE ACTIVE: Vancouver.
BUSINESS ADDRESS/YEAR: 225 Carrall St./1899-1900.
HOME ADDRESS/YEAR: Mt. Pleasant/1899-1900
WORK INTERVAL: 1899-1917.
STATUS: Commercial.
BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: He worked initially for Alphonse Savard, then operated his own studio in North Vancouver after 1900, as well as maintaining a gallery in Vancouver.
REFERENCES: HEN99; BVAA (obituary information).

NAME: Gore, Thomas Sinclair.
LIFE DATES: 1851 __ __-1937 01 08.
BIRTHPLACE: Gore's Landing, ON.
PLACE OF DEATH: Victoria.
WHERE ACTIVE: Victoria ; Port Moody.
HOME ADDRESS/YEAR: Victoria/1886.
WORK INTERVAL: 1886-?
STATUS: Amateur.
BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: A surveyor by profession, he photographed the arrival of the first Canadian Pacific Railway train at Port Moody on July 4, 1886. He was mentioned as an amateur photographer in the Colonist in February 1886. He was later active in the Island Arts and Crafts Society.
COLLECTIONS: BVAA.
IDENTIFYING MARKS:
REFERENCES: BVIPA GR-1304, file 294/37 (probate); Colonist, 1886 02 27/3; 1891 11 06/5; 1937 01 09 (obit.); BVIPA Reference Room VF; BVAA photo CANADIAN P. 2.

NAME: Gould, William John.
LIFE DATES: 1854 01 24-1926 12 13.
BIRTHPLACE: Toronto, ON.
PLACE OF DEATH: Victoria, BC.
WHERE ACTIVE: (BC locations only) Revelstoke ; Vernon ; Golden.
BUSINESS ADDRESS-YEAR: Qu'Appelle, SK/1892, 1898 ; Indian Head, SK/1892, 1898 ; Wolseley, SK/1892 ; Moose Jaw, SK/1893-1895, 1897 ; Revelstoke, BC/1894 08 ; Medicine Hat, AB/1894-1895 ; BC (location undetermined)/1895 11 ; Gleichen, AB/1895 ; Regina, SK/1895-1896 ; Vernon/1897 ; Golden/1899-1900+.
HOME ADDRESS-YEAR: same as business address.
WORK INTERVAL: 1894-1900+.
STATUS: Commercial (itinerant).
BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: The eldest child of William John Gould (1830, London, England-1896, Toronto, ON), W.J. Gould the son married on May 25, 1876 in Owen Sound, ON, Sarah Ann McGregor (1852, Owen Sound, ON-1892 or 1894). The couple had three children, two of whom were born in Owen Sound, and the last in Rochester, New York, in 1882. Gould operated as an itinerant photographer, possibly following his wife's death, out of several different Prairie locations between 1892 and 1899 by which time he had remarried and moved to Golden, BC.
Operating out of a tent in Moose Jaw, SK, in June-July 1893, Gould's ad (Moose Jaw Times, June 16, 1893) claimed "twenty-seven years experience in the best studios in Canada and United States." If this statement is true, it means he likely apprenticed as a photographic assistant at age 12 (1866). Gould visited Revelstoke in August 1894 where he worked out of a tent near the bakery. Moving his headquarters to Regina in 1895, he visited or worked out of Vernon in 1897. Gould married Mary Etta Rennie (1874-1941, Prince Albert, SK) on August 10, 1898 in Indian Head, SK, and they had six children in Golden.
According to a biographical account by a granddaughter, Gould operated out of a two-story building later known as Marr's Drugstore.
COLLECTIONS:
IDENTIFYING MARKS:
REFERENCES: WIL97; Kootenay Mail, 1894 08 04/3; BC Archives Vital Events death registration no. 1926-09-362765, microfilm reel B13128; Dempsey (1978); Maurice, (1996-); Shirley Giske (W.J. Gould's granddaughter) to Mattison, 1999.11.29 (name, life dates, biographical information).

NAME: Graves, C.H.
LIFE DATES:
BIRTHPLACE:
PLACE OF DEATH:
WHERE/WHEN ACTIVE: Nome, AK/by or before 1902.
BUSINESS ADDRESS/YEAR:
STATUS: Commercial.
SUMMARY: His views were published by the Universal Photo Art Co. and copyrighted by Graves.
COLLECTIONS/FORMATS: stereographs.
IDENTIFYING MARKS: "Copyright 1902 by C.H. Graves" on front of stereograph.
REFERENCES: Wolfe (1987).

NAME: Gray, Andrew.
LIFE DATES:
BIRTHPLACE:
PLACE OF DEATH:
WHERE ACTIVE:
BUSINESS ADDRESS-YEAR:
HOME ADDRESS-YEAR:
WORK INTERVAL: 1886.
STATUS: Amateur?.
BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY:
COLLECTIONS: BVIPA (album Visual Records accession 198003-020).
IDENTIFYING MARKS:
REFERENCES:

NAME: Great Eastern Photographic and Advertising Co.
WHERE ACTIVE: Vancouver ; Nanaimo ; Victoria ; Tacoma, WA ; Portland, OR.
BUSINESS ADDRESS/YEAR: Powell and Carrall Sts., behind Ferguson Block/1888 06-07 25 ; Government and Courtenay Sts./1888 08 30-09 26.
WORK INTERVAL: 1888 06-09 26.
STATUS: Studio (itinerant).
BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: Operated by T.J. Fletcher in Nanaimo and by R.H. Gardiner in Victoria, the company turned up in Vancouver and moved on to Nanaimo on July 25 where Fletcher exchanged letters to the newspaper with local photographer W.P. Coughlan. The company then transferred to Victoria in late August and remained there for a month or so. Gardiner subsequently returned to Victoria in November 1888 to honour orders placed just prior to his company's move from Victoria to Puget Sound.
COLLECTIONS: BNCM; BVAA; BVICA; OHS.
IDENTIFYING MARKS: Landscape views (approx. 8 x 10 in.) taken in Vancouver bear a number on the print surface ranging from at least "96/C" to at least "142/C"; the front of the print mount may be marked "The Great Eastern Photographic and Advertising Company." "Great Eastern Photo and Advertising Co." on front of cabinet portrait (BVICA). "Great Eastern Photo. & Advertising Co. R. H. Gardiner, Manager, 285 Goldsmith St., East Side, Portland, Oregon" on front of print mount (OHS).
REFERENCES: Mattison (1979 05).

Great Northern Railway official photographer see Le Munyon, C.E.
NAME: Green, George R.
LIFE DATES:
BIRTHPLACE:
PLACE OF DEATH:
WHERE ACTIVE: Victoria.
BUSINESS ADDRESS/YEAR: Fort St., S. side near Government St./1870-1872.
HOME ADDRESS-YEAR:
WORK INTERVAL: 1870-1872.
STATUS: Commercial.
BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: He was a partner-manager with brother Rowland E. of the Green Bros. studio.
COLLECTIONS: see Green Bros.
IDENTIFYING MARKS: see Green Bros.
REFERENCES: MAL71.

NAME: Green, L.D.
LIFE DATES:
BIRTHPLACE:
PLACE OF DEATH:
WHERE ACTIVE: Victoria.
BUSINESS ADDRESS/YEAR: 112 Government St./1885.
HOME ADDRESS/YEAR: Blanshard St./1885.
WORK INTERVAL: 1885.
STATUS: Unknown.
BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: This person worked for Peterson & Crowell.
REFERENCES: WIL85.

NAME: Green, Rowland Edward.
LIFE DATES:
BIRTHPLACE:
PLACE OF DEATH:
WHERE ACTIVE: Victoria.
BUSINESS ADDRESS/YEAR: Fort St., S. side near Government St./1870-1872.
HOME ADDRESS-YEAR:
WORK INTERVAL: 1870-1872.
STATUS: Commercial.
BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: He was a partner-manager with brother George R. in the Green Bros. studio.
COLLECTIONS: see Green Bros.
IDENTIFYING MARKS: see Green Bros.
REFERENCES: MAL71; MAL74; MAL87; BVIPA Newspaper Index.

NAME: Green Bros.
WHERE ACTIVE: Victoria.
BUSINESS ADDRESS/YEAR: Fort St., S. side near Government St./1870-1872.
WORK INTERVAL: 1870-1872.
STATUS: Studio.
BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: This studio was managed by George R. and Rowland E. Green. The brothers purchased Frederick Dally's business when he sold out in September 1870. The following month one of the brothers accompanied Governor Anthony Musgrave aboard the HMS Sparrowhawk to Knights Inlet and the Stikine River. The brothers eventually reneged on their payment and the equipment and negatives were sold in August 1872 and probably acquired by Richard and Hannah Maynard.
COLLECTIONS: BVIPA.
IDENTIFYING MARKS: "Messrs. Green, Fort Street, - - - - Victoria, Vancouver Island, B.C." on verso of carte-de-visite.
REFERENCES: MAL71; Colonist, 1870 09 06; 1870 10 21; 1872 08 15.

NAME: Greer, Paul E. ( C ).
LIFE DATES:
BIRTHPLACE:
PLACE OF DEATH:
WHERE/WHEN ACTIVE: Dawson, Yukon/1899.
WORK INTERVAL: by 1898?-early 1900s.
STATUS: Cinematographer (commercial).
SUMMARY: He arrived in Dawson on Monday, July 31, 1899, representing the Depue Chronomatographe Co. of Chicago and New York. According to the Klondike Nugget articles, he took a panoramic moving pictures of Dawson and Klondike City from the deck of the Victorian on Wednesday afternon, August 2.
COLLECTIONS/FORMATS:
IDENTIFYING MARKS:
REFERENCES: Klondike Nugget, 1899 08 02/1; 1899 08 05/5 (via M. Cirelli, 1997 02 25).

Grey, Mary Caroline see Minto, Mary Caroline, Lady.
NAME: Griffith, George W.
LIFE DATES:
BIRTHPLACE:
PLACE OF DEATH:
WHERE ACTIVE: Yukon?.
BUSINESS ADDRESS/YEAR: Philadelphia, PA.
HOME ADDRESS/YEAR: Philadelphia, PA.
WORK INTERVAL:
STATUS: Commercial (visit).
BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: One of the owners of Griffith & Griffith, he may have visited the Klondike to photograph the gold rush.
REFERENCES:
NAME: Griffith & Griffith.
WHERE ACTIVE: Yukon?.
BUSINESS ADDRESS/YEAR: Philadelphia, PA (headquarters).
WORK INTERVAL: .
STATUS: Commercial (visit).
BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: One of the owners, G.W. Griffith, may have ventured to the Klondike to photograph the gold rush.
REFERENCES:
NAME: Guest, John James.
LIFE DATES:
BIRTHPLACE:
PLACE OF DEATH:
WHERE ACTIVE: New Westminster.
BUSINESS ADDRESS/YEAR: Columbia St. (Hamley Block)/1890.
HOME ADDRESS/YEAR: Pelham/1890.
WORK INTERVAL: 1890.
STATUS: Commercial (assistant).
BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: He worked for S.J. Thompson.
REFERENCES: HEN90.

NAME: Gunterman, Mattie.
VARIANT: Werner, Ida Madeline.
LIFE DATES: 1872 05 __-1945 06 18.
BIRTHPLACE: La Crosse, WI.
PLACE OF DEATH: Beaton.
WHERE ACTIVE: Beaton.
HOME ADDRESS-YEAR:
WORK INTERVAL: 1890?-1927.
STATUS: Amateur.
BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: Moving to Seattle around 1890, Mattie married Bill Gunterman on December 19, 1891. The couple moved to Beaton, then known as Thompson's Landing, in order to improve Mattie's health; not unusual in itself, but this couple walked there! Along the way Mattie took photographs which have survived. She apparently stopped photographing when her home was destroyed by fire. Only her earlier glass negatives, stored in a shed, escaped unharmed and were discovered accidentally by Ron D'Altroy of the Vancouver Public Library's Historic Photographs Section in 1961.
COLLECTIONS: BVA.
IDENTIFYING MARKS:
REFERENCES: BVA; Revelstoke Review, 1945 06 21 (obit.); Robideau (1977); Robideau (1978); Strong (1985); Stevenson (1986); Robideau (1995); Gray (2000).