Camera Workers British Columbia, 1858-1950

Camera Workers: The British Columbia Photographic Directory, 1858-1950 - R - Volume 2 (1901-1950)

Updated: 2001.03.17

R.A. Spencer Studio.
Vancouver/1939-1947; Chilliwack?/1946.
The 1940 BC business directory classified states "Russell's Formerly R.A. Spencer Studio".
REFERENCES:

R.F.L. Brown & Co.
Vancouver/1924.
Firm name of Robert F.L. Brown in 1924 and R. Frank L. Brown in 1928.
REFERENCES:

R.H. Marlow [Photographic Productions] Ltd.
Vancouver/1940-1945.
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R.H. Trueman & Co.
(1894-1911): Vancouver/1901-1911*; Revelstoke/1904; 1910; Sandon/1904-1905.
See also Camera Workers, vol. 1. Owned and operated by R.H. Trueman, the business was acquired after his death in 1911 by Walter Calder. The Revelstoke branch was also known as the Trueman Studio and was managed in 1915 by A.D. Tourner.
REFERENCES: Mattison (1985).

Radium Photo Service.
Golden/1934.
REFERENCES:

Rafton-Canning, Arthur.
Fort Langley/1928; Abbotsford/1932; Princeton/1933
REFERENCES: VL1928, Fort Langley; VL1933, Princeton.

Rand, F.P.
Victoria/1903.
82 Pandora/1903.
Commercial.
He operated the Victoria Portrait Co. with L.A. Iverson.
REFERENCES: ___03.

Randle, Irene Ethel.
Vancouver/1933.
Assistant.
REFERENCES: VL1933, Vancouver.

Ranier, _________.
Vancouver/1912.
Partner in Haweis & Ranier.
REFERENCES: Duns BC (1912).

Ransom, Earl Jones.
Vancouver/1933.
REFERENCES: VL1933, Vancouver.

Rappertie, Arthur Stewart or Stuart
(1877?-1911): Victoria/1901-1911.
Commercial.
41 ½ Pandora Ave./1901-190_; new number: ____ Pandora Ave./190_-1911.
See also Camera Workers, vol. 1. Employed by Hannah Maynard as her photographer or studio assistant for 34 years, he moved to Oregon ca. 1911 to farm, then retired to Florida where he lived with his sister Mrs. Mollie Hamilton.
Rappertie is buried in the Florida State Hospital Cemetery (Cemetery 3, Division 5), Chattahoochee, Gadsden County, Florida.
REFERENCES: VL1908, 1911, Victoria; Florida State Hospital Cemetery List (online at http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/fl/gadsden/cemetery/flstate35.txt; cites death date as November 13).

Rathbun, Henrietta.
VARIANT: Rathburn, Henrietta; Rathbun, Hattie.
Vancouver/1920-1930 ?; Burnaby/1927-1933.
Partner in Charlton & Rathbun.
REFERENCES: VL1920, Vancouver.

Read, C.L.
Atlin/1919-1924.
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Read, William Edmund.
Vancouver/1933.
REFERENCES: VL1933, Vancouver.

Reay, Edna.
Victoria/1920.
REFERENCES: VL1920, Victoria.

Reeves, Cecil Heppenstall.
New Westminster/1928.
REFERENCES: VL1928, New Westminster.

Regan, John Patrick.
Vancouver/1920-1922.
Commercial.
Partner in Regan & McMillan (1921-22).
REFERENCES: VL1920, Vancouver.

Regan & McMillan.
Vancouver/1921-1922.
Partnership of J.P. Regan and B.M. McMillan.
REFERENCES:

Reid, Oswald Meredith.
Vancouver/1920-1928.
REFERENCES: VL1920, 1924, 1928/Vancouver.

Rembrandt Studio.
Victoria/1905.
over Royal Bank of Canada.
REFERENCES: HEN05 (class. add.).

Reston, Arthur Norman.
Princeton/1916-1926.
REFERENCES: VL1916, 1920/Princeton.

Rexall Photo Studio.
VARIANT: Rexall Studio.
New Westminster/1919-1922.
Operated as Rexall Photo between 1920-1922 by C.H. Matthews (1920-1921) and John Vanderpant (1922).
REFERENCES: ___19 (Rexall Studio); ___20; ___21; ___22.

Reynolds Studio.
Vancouver/1923.
REFERENCES:

Ribelin, William Hugh.
Vancouver/1919-1920; Grantham's Landing/1922; Gibson's Landing/1923-1924; Grantham's Landing/1925; Penticton/1926; Kelowna/1927-1934; Vernon/1932-1938.
REFERENCES: VL1928, 1933/Kelowna.

Ribelin, William Judson.
Vernon/1933; Kelowna/1946.
REFERENCES: VL1933, Vernon.

Ribelin & Perrault.
Vancouver/1919-1920.
Parnership of W.H. Ribelin and A.J. Perrault?.
REFERENCES:

Ribelin & Stocks.
Kelowna/1927.
Partnership of W.H. Ribelin and Lumb Stocks.
REFERENCES:

Ribelin Photo Studio.
Penticton/1926; Vernon/1932-1938.
Owned by W.H. Ribelin.
REFERENCES:

Rice, Elmer.
Grand Forks/1919-1921.
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Richards, Albert James.
Vancouver/1914-1917, 1928-1933.
REFERENCES: VL1916, 1928, 1933/Vancouver.

Richardson, Thomas Elmor.
Vancouver/1920, 1928.
REFERENCES: VL1920, 1928/Vancouver.

Riesterer, Robert Alphonso.
Vancouver/1924.
REFERENCES: VL1924, Vancouver.

Rieveley, William Hill.
Vancouver/1920-1924.
Operated Cottage Studio.
REFERENCES: VL1920, 1924/Vancouver.

Rigby, Jackson.
Rossland/1903.
REFERENCES: VL1903, Rossland.

Riggs, Robert W.
Vancouver/1908.
REFERENCES: ___08.

Ritchie, Samuel J.
New Westminster/1910-1914.
REFERENCES: Duns BC (1912).

Robbins, Cyril.
Vancouver/1946-1950.
REFERENCES:

Robbins Studio and Photo Shop.
Vancouver/1950.
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Robert Fort Children's Studio.
__________/19__-19__.
Operated by Robert Fort.
REFERENCES: SUN46.

Roberts, __________.
Victoria/1919.
REFERENCES:

Roberts, Lewis Macpherson.
__________/1907-1908; Rossland/1910-1912; 1916; 1919-1921.
REFERENCES: VL1916,Rossland; Duns BC (1912).

Roberts, Thomas Charles.
Vancouver/1922-1923, 1933.
REFERENCES: VL1933, Vancouver.

Robertson, A.J.
Prince George/1926-1932.
REFERENCES: VL1928, Prince George.

Robson, Jesse H.
Vernon/1942?-1943.
Worked at Mayfair Studio.
REFERENCES:

Robson, William.
Hosmer/1909-1916.
Commercial.
COLLECTIONS: PAA.
IDENTIFYING MARKS: Print surface captioned and signed "Robson Photo".
REFERENCES: VL1909, 1911 (n.l.), 1913, 1916/Hosmer; Silversides (1995: 137).

Roddick, Glen.
Vancouver/ca. 1924.
Amateur.
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Rognon, Orville J.
Vancouver/1913-1919.
Prior to moving to Vancouver, he worked in Seattle with F.H. Nowell. He worked at the Canadian Photo Co. (1913-1914) and also partnered with Leonard Frank as the Commercial Photo Co. (1918).
REFERENCES: Jones (1976).

Ronnie's.
Alert Bay/1946-1950+.
Operated by Ron E. Shuker.
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Ros Weller Studio.
Victoria/19__-19__.
Studio.
Operated by Mrs. R.M. (Rosella) Weller.
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Rosetti Photographic Studios.
VARIANT: Rosetti Studios.
Vancouver/1910-1915.
6-319 Pender W./1910-1911.
938 Robson/1913.
Owned and operated by Lionel Haweis and J.J. McCarthy (1910), then by Haweis and a co-proprietor named Ranier (1912-1915). One A.C. Williams is also listed as a proprietor in 1913.
REFERENCES: Duns BC (1912); HEN10 (McCarthy & Haweis); HEVAN10 (Haweis); HEN11 (Haweis); ___12; HEN13 (Rosetti Studios); ___14 (Haweis); ___15 (Haweis & Ranier).

Rosher, Cyril Bagshawe.
Victoria/1923-1928.
Commercial.
REFERENCES: VL1924, 1928/Victoria.

Rosher, Phyllis Marion.
Victoria/1924-1928.
Photographic assistant.
REFERENCES: VL1924, 1928/Victoria.

Rosher Studio.
Victoria/1925-1927.
Operated by C.B. Rosher.
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Rotch?, O.
Vancouver/1918.
He operated the Progress Studio.
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Rowe, Percy William.
Vancouver/1920-1948?.
He operated the Artona Studio in 1925, 1933, 1943 and the Du Barry Studio in 1946.
REFERENCES: ___20; ___21; ___22; ___23; ___24; ___25; ___26; ___27; ___28; ___29; ___30; ___31; ___32; ___33; ___34; ___35; ___36; ___37; ___38; ___39; ___40; ___41; ___42; ___43; ___44; ___45; ___46; ___47; SUN48 (n.l.); __49; ___50; VL1920, 1924, 1928, 1933/Vancouver; D.M. Stewart, 1996.12.15.

Rowley, Ernest J.
Toronto/1900 ; Vancouver/1907-1908.
723 Georgia St.
HOME ADDRESS: 1367 Georgia St.
Commercial.
While working in Toronto he copyrighted a photograph bearing the influence of the Pictorialist school.
COLLECTIONS/FORMATS: BL (print).
REFERENCES: HEVAN07; HEVAN08; Pierce (1985: 124).

Rowlstone, Sidney or Sydney Henry John.
VARIANT: Rowlston, S.H.
Vancouver/1908-1909.
330 Homer St./1909.
Commercial.
He was in partnership in 1908-1909? as Hindmarsh & Rowlstone, but also appears to have operated on his own in 1909. He specialized in "All Classes of Out Door Work" (HEVAN09).
REFERENCES: ___07; ___08; HEVAN09; ___10; VL1909, Vancouver.

Royal Studio.
New Westminster/1907-1908, 1911-1914.
Studio.
REFERENCES: ___07; ___08; ___09; ___10; ___11; ___12; ___13; ___14.

Russell, F.G.
Victoria/1913, 1917.
909 Government/1913, 1917.
HOME ADDRESS: Clarence Hotel/1913.
Commercial.
Worked for the Elite Studio (IV).
REFERENCES: ___13; ___14 (see J.G. Russell); ___15; ___17; ___18 (n.l.).

Russell, J.G.
Victoria/1914.
4-909 Government/1914.
HOME ADDRESS: 2681 Douglas/1914.
Worked for the Elite Studio (IV).
REFERENCES: ___14.

Russell, Luke.
Vancouver/1920-1928.
REFERENCES: VL1920, 1924, 1928/Vancouver.

Russell, Sidney Gordon.
Victoria/1908-1912; 1920.
909 Government/1910-1912.
HOME ADDRESS: 2681 Douglas/1910-1911; 909 Government/1912.
Commercial.
He operated the Elite Studio (IV) (1910-1912).
REFERENCES: ___08; ___09; ___10; ___11; ___12; VL1908, 1920/Victoria.

Russell, Vincent Calhoun.
New Westminster/1914; 1918-1921; 1923-1924; Cranbrook/1926-1930; New Westminster/1932; Penticton/1933-1935, New Westminster/1936; Penticton/1939; Vancouver/1940-1946.
Commercial.
He operated in Cranbrook as Photo Crafts.
REFERENCES: VL1920, 1924/New Westminster; VL1928, Cranbrook; VL1933, Penticton.

Russell Studio.
Vancouver/1940-1946.
Owned by Vincent C. Russell.
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Russell's Photo Studio.
New Westminster/1918-1921.
Owned by Vincent C. Russell.
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Russell's Studio.
Penticton/1933?-1939.
Owned by Vincent C. Russell.
REFERENCES:

Russwurm, A.
Stewart/1934.
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Ryan, Patrick Joseph.
Prince Rupert/1913-1920; 1924-1933?.
REFERENCES: VL1913, 1916, 1920, 1924, 1933/Prince Rupert.