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Born in Ontario in February 1878, he was working as a photographer at Crystal City when, in 1908, his studio was taken over by Albert E. Morrish. In 1909, he inspected a photographic gallery at Boissevain but it is unclear if he operated it. At the time of the 1911 census, he was working as a photographer at Vancouver, British Columbia. He later returned to Manitoba and, between 1917 and 1919, operated the Davidson’s Studio at Brandon.
He was listed in a Brandon city directory as President of the Brandon Fire Engine Company (1919) and an employee of the Currie Manufacturing Company (1921). He was not listed in a 1923 directory.
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Address
?-1908
1901 and 1911 Canada censuses, Automated Genealogy.
“Your attention please,” Pilot Mound Sentinel, 27 February 1908, page 4.
“Mr. Stanlake ...,” Boissevain Times, 7 January 1909.
Henderson’s Winnipeg and Brandon Directories, Henderson Directories Limited, Peel’s Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta Libraries.
William J. Stanlake, Camera Workers, 1858-1950 by David Mattison.
We thank Butch Pearson for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 13 August 2022
Manitoba Photographers: 1858 to Present
A list of professional photographers who have worked in Manitoba, from 1858 to the present, compiled by the Manitoba Historical Society.
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