----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Bundy" Sent: Friday, February 02, 2007 1:44 PM Subject: [CAN-BC] street photographs Vancouver BC > I just scanned an old photo taken of my aunt Nancy Ramsay and a friend, > shopping in downtown Vancouver, looks like late 1940's to me. I can > remember getting photographed that way myself as a child, I think near the > old Hudson Bay store. This one indicated on the back taken by Movie Snaps, > 541 Granville St. Sometimes we bought them, and sometimes we didn't, but > enough people must have bought them to keep the place in business for a > long time. We have 2/3 photos of my Dad, which were taken whilst he was walking along streets, in the business districts of Vancouver/Victoria. He'd been drafted to Pacific Command for 18 months, during (1941/42) WWll, at ages 20/21. I think this was a common practice in many cities. There is also one of my Mum taken in Glasgow Scotland c1944, which is nice as it is the only photo we've seen of her, head to toe, in her WRNS uniform. Plus, we've quite a few photos of several members of my husband's family which were taken as they walked along Marine Parade, Brighton/Hove Sussex England. These latter photos were taken over a period of 15 or so years, 1930s / late 1940s. Husband's sister, cousin and himself at various ages show the photos were taken over several years. Will have to dig them out to see if they do mention who the photographer / studio was. Toni ~ Ontario
Hi Toni, Its true, I do have a few taken in Glasgow that way, but when I was a child I remember those in Vancouver, and never saw that occur in any of the areas of the USA where I lived later. Maybe that was just timing, and it was a dying industry by then. Jim Bundy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Trena" <amheater@cogeco.ca> To: "BC Rootsweb" <CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2007 8:34 AM Subject: Re: [CAN-BC] street photographs Vancouver BC > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jim Bundy" > Sent: Friday, February 02, 2007 1:44 PM > Subject: [CAN-BC] street photographs Vancouver BC > > >> I just scanned an old photo taken of my aunt Nancy Ramsay and a friend, >> shopping in downtown Vancouver, looks like late 1940's to me. I can >> remember getting photographed that way myself as a child, I think near >> the >> old Hudson Bay store. This one indicated on the back taken by Movie >> Snaps, >> 541 Granville St. Sometimes we bought them, and sometimes we didn't, but >> enough people must have bought them to keep the place in business for a >> long time. > > We have 2/3 photos of my Dad, which were taken whilst he was walking along > streets, in the business districts of Vancouver/Victoria. He'd been > drafted > to Pacific Command for 18 months, during (1941/42) WWll, at ages 20/21. I > think this was a common practice in many cities. There is also one of my > Mum taken in Glasgow Scotland c1944, which is nice as it is the only photo > we've seen of her, head to toe, in her WRNS uniform. Plus, we've quite a > few photos of several members of my husband's family which were taken as > they walked along Marine Parade, Brighton/Hove Sussex England. These > latter > photos were taken over a period of 15 or so years, 1930s / late 1940s. > Husband's sister, cousin and himself at various ages show the photos were > taken over several years. > > Will have to dig them out to see if they do mention who the photographer / > studio was. > > Toni ~ Ontario > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message