Camera Workers: The British Columbia Photographic Directory, 1858-1950
- O - Volume 2 (1901-1950)
©
1999-2000 By David Mattison
Oak Bay Art Store.
Oak Bay/1914.
Operated
by Arthur E. Price.
REFERENCES: ___14.
O'Brien, Walter Howard.
Vancouver/1913.
2044
Granville St.
HOME ADDRESS/YEAR: 3832 Inverness St./1913-1914.
Commercial.
Proprietor with H.F. Goodmurphy of Photo Art.
REFERENCES: H__13; H__14 (no occup.); H__15 (not listed); VL1913,
Vancouver.
O'Connor, Richard N.
Vancouver/1917.
214 - 718 Granville St.
HOME ADDRESS/YEAR: 1642
Davie St.
Commercial.
He managed Gibson Co.
REFERENCES:
H__17.
Okamura, Paul L.
New Westminster
1901-1908; 1910; 1924-1931; Vancouver/1914-1915.
REFERENCES: ___01; ___02;
___03; ___04; ___05; ___06; ___07; ___08; ___09; ___10; ___11; ___12; ___13;
___14; ___15; ___16; ___17; ___18; ___19; ___20; ___21; ___22; ___23; ___24;
___25; ___26; ___27; ___28; ___29; ___30; ___31.
Old,
Sydney H.
Kelowna/1921-1922.
REFERENCES: WRI21; WRI22.
Oliver, William John (1887 07
28, Ash, Kent, UK-1954 04 19, Calgary, AB) (P & C ).
WHEN/WHERE
ACTIVE: Calgary/1911-early 1940s; BC/1920s-1930s.
STATUS: Photojournalist;
Commercial.
BIOGRAPHY: Oliver began his photographic career with Calgary
photographer Frederick B. Cooper, then worked for about a year as a newspaper
photographer for the Morning Albertan (1911-1912), following which he
opened his first studio in the basement of a house he lived in at 314 -
7th Avenue East. He later landed work with the Calgary Herald
and was much in demand as an outdoor photographer. W.J. Oliver took up
cinematography during the late 1910s. He was associated with Fox Movietone News
and also produced an impressive series of films for the federal Parks Branch in
the 1920s and 1930s. Jameson's biography thoroughly documents his varied
career.
COLLECTIONS/FORMATS: ACG (negatives); BVIPA (videos); OOA (prints
& films/videos, National Parks collection).
IDENTIFYING MARKS: Print
surface may be captioned, numbered and marked "© Oliver" or "Oliver
Studio".
REFERENCES: Jameson
(1984); Alberta Between
the Wars, 1919-1939 (Canada's Digital Collections Web site).
Ollason, James.
Vancouver/1906-1907.
424
Westminster Ave./1906-1907.
HOME ADDRESS/YEAR: 424 Westminster Ave./1906.
Commercial.
He managed the Rembrandt Photo Studio in 1906 and
then went on to work in real estate.
REFERENCES: H__06; HEVAN07; H__08;
H__09 (not listed); H__10 (not listed); H__11 (not listed); H__12 (no occup.);
H__13; H__14 (not listed); H__15 (no occup.); H__16 (no occup.); H__17.
Ollis, H.H.
Vancouver/1950.
Director of
operations for Aero Surveys Ltd.
REFERENCES: ___50.
Olliver, Samuel.
Vancouver/1914.
HOME
ADDRESS/YEAR: 159 - 161 E. Hastings St. (Hotel Balmoral)/1914.
Commercial
(assistant?).
REFERENCES: H__14.
Omineca
Photographic Company.
Hazelton/1912*.
REFERENCES: Duns BC (1912).
O'Neil, Hugh.
Vancouver/1919.
Partner in
Jenkins & O'Neil.
REFERENCES:
O'Neil,
Miss Stella.
Mission City/1932.
REFERENCES: WRI32.
O'Rourke, Arthur O.
Victoria/1920-1929.
REFERENCES:
O'Rourke, Arthur H.
Victoria/1932-1934.
REFERENCES: WRI32; ___33; ___34.
Owl Studio.
Victoria/1912-1913.
1305
Government/1912.
Operated by Charles B. Stephens.
REFERENCES:
___12.