MHS Resources: Manitoba Photographers, 1858 to Present

This is a list of professional photographers operating in Manitoba, between 1858 and the present, who created photographs in a variety of formats including tintypes, carte-de-visite, cabinet cards, stereoviews, and postcards. It includes both studios and individuals. Brief biographical sketches are provided for some photographers.

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Photographer / Studio	Town(s)	Period
John James Abbott (1840-1914)	Emerson	1882-1906
Advance Fotos	Winnipeg (341 Main Street)	circa 1916
Advance Photo Company	Winnipeg	circa 1916
Angelo Accetti (c1888-1956)	Winnipeg (St. Boniface)	1920-1954
H. Gordon Aikman (1914-2002)	Dauphin, Winnipeg	?
Peter John Alekno (?-?)	Winnipeg	1907
Fred Grant Alexander (1881-1907) - See Shaw & Alexander	Carman	c1901
William Alexander	Portage la Prairie	1917-1925
Karl Drago Alkier (1926-2008)	Dauphin	1963-1994
Hugh Allan (1917-2004)	Winnipeg	?
Charles Thomas Allbutt (1857-1921)	Winnipeg	1889-1912
Howard H. Allen	Brandon (906 Rosser Avenue), Dauphin, Gilbert Plains, Grandview, Roblin	1911-1925
J. F. Allen	Winnipeg	1890s-1907
Roy Allen	Millwood	1903-1905
American Art	Winnipeg (207 Logan Avenue)	circa 1917
American Art Gallery	Winnipeg	1885-1899
Joseph Anderson	Winnipeg	1889-1891
Amedee Archambault	Winnipeg	1906-1907
John D. Argo	Binscarth	1890
Charles L. Armstrong	Emerson	1879-1883
Art Craft Studio [see George Francis Penny]	Winnipeg	1917-1923
J. T. Ashley	Cartwright	1892-1894
Ron Ayers	Winnipeg	c1968-1990s
James Aylesworth	Birtle	1890
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Samuel H. Bagshaw	Birtle	1888-1907
Baldwin & Blondal	Winnipeg	1891-1900
W. Cook Baldwin	Pilot Mound, Winnipeg	1888-1890
Ronald Baleja	?	c1989
Harry Barber	Winnipeg	1883
William G. Barclay	Ralphton	1880-1890s
Alonzo Barnard (1817-1905)	Red River Settlement (Winnipeg)	1854-1863
F. Barret	Deloraine	?-1888
W. Barrie	Minnedosa	1884
George Alfred Barrowclough (1870-1950)	Stonewall, Dominion City, Winnipeg	1897-1906
Alexander E. Barton (1863-?)	Winnipeg	1899-1906
William John Bates (1876-1943)	Itinerant	1906-1910
Bauslaugh & Taylor	Winnipeg	1911-1915
Peter Allan Bauslaugh (1856-1934)	Winnipeg	1881-1934
A. G. Baxter	Ste. Elizabeth, St. James	1922-1924
William Sylvester Alpheus “Billy” Beal (1874-1968)	Swan River	?
Thomas Beale	Shoal Lake	1899-1901
G. Spalding Beales	Winnipeg	1870
E. J. Beaucage	Flin Flon	1930s
Bell Photo Studio	Winnipeg	1901-1910
Louis Cecil Bellsmith	Winnipeg	1909-1912
Kathleen M. Bennett (1882-?)	?	?
Bennetto & Company	Portage la Prairie, Winnipeg	1882-1906
Israel Bennetto (1860-1946)	Winnipeg	1880-1906
Israel Bennetto Jr. (1884-1956)	Winnipeg
George Bentley (1869-?)	Winnipeg	?
Wesley D. Bentley (1871-?)	Winnipeg	?
Bentley Portrait Company	Winnipeg	1902-1910
C. C. Bergman	Altona	1919
Berlin Portrait Company	Winnipeg	1895-1912
Bernstein & Walters	Winnipeg (576 Main Street & Corner of King & Dufferin Sts.)	c1910 (1904-1918)
J. C. F. Berst	Winnipeg	1885
Best & Blondal	Winnipeg	1887
Best & Brother	Winnipeg	1882-1883
Best & Company	Winnipeg	1889-1890
Arthur “Art” Best	Morden	c1967-c1977
Harry Best	Winnipeg	?
James Best	Winnipeg	?
John Best (1859-?)	Winnipeg	1888
Robert Best	Winnipeg	?
William Best	Winnipeg	?
William R. Bestard	Carman	1912-1915
Bingham & Thom	Itinerant	?
Frederick V. Bingham (c1855-1929)	Itinerant	1881-1886
Birnie & Company	Holland	1899-1900
George Birnie	Holland	1900
Harry C. Birnie	Manitou	1899-1904
Thomas Carfrae Birnie (1864-1911)	Morden, Manitou	1892-1904
Sigurdur Josua Bjornsson (1862-1938) [1]	Dakota Territory	1885-1888
Cuthbert Blackett	Winnipeg	1887
Edwin Clay Blair (1862-1945)	High Bluff	1908
Frank D. Blakely (1865-1918)	Winnipeg	c1897-1918
Bland & Company	Winnipeg	1889
Fred Johnson Bland	Winnipeg	?
Thomas Harold Bland	Winnipeg	?
Noah Bleavins	Stonewall	1912
Jon A. Blondal (1862-1938) [1]	Winnipeg	1888
John Henry James Blondin	Winnipeg	1889
BonTon Gallery	Winnipeg	1900
Henry J. “Harry” Bowles (1855-1944)	Winnipeg	1879
Boynton & Eaton	Reston	1911-1915
George Boynton	Reston	1911-1915
Klaas W. Brandt (1876-1954)	Steinbach	1899-1900
J. W. Bridgman	Winnipeg	1882-1883
Brigden’s Limited	Winnipeg	?
Sidney Brightman	Winnipeg	1910
Brindle & Dowling	Souris	1894
Brock & Company	Brandon	1884-1900
John Allan Brock (?-?)	Brandon	1882-1895
Brown’s System of Photographing	Winnipeg	1899-1902
Albert E. “Bert” Brown (?-1916)	Reston	?-1916
H. W. Brown (?-?)	Winnipeg	1870
W. Brown	Melita, Souris	1925
Bryant’s Studio	Brandon, Winnipeg	1905-1910
Harry H. Bryant (1866-1942)	Winnipeg	1911-1912
Margaret Jane “Nellie” Bryant (c1864-1947)	Brandon, Winnipeg	1907-1908
Donald M. Buchanan (1871-?)	Holland	1900-1904
Daniel Budiniski	Winnipeg	1912
Burgess & James	Winnipeg	1907-1909
Andrew Burgess	Virden	1911
Frederick G. Burgess (see J. F. Mitchell)	Hartney, Winnipeg (211 Rupert Avenue)	1901-1906
George Burgess	Virden	1910-1911
Charles E. Burrows	Winnipeg	1910
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C. B. W. Photographers	Winnipeg	1912
Campbell’s Art Gallery	Winnipeg (see W. J. Crooks)	1904-1912
A. M. Campbell	Melita	1887-1892
Edwin J. Campbell	Winnipeg	1899
Hector A. Campbell	Dominion City, Emerson	1908-1919
John Campbell	Winnipeg	1900-1903
John A. “Jack” Campbell (1872-1963)	Northern Manitoba	?
Malcolm L. Campbell	Dauphin, Plumas, Souris	1905-1914
Neil Campbell	?	c1966
Canadian Engraving & Publishing Company	Winnipeg	1906-1908
Carbon Studio	Winnipeg	1904
A. Vance Card	Winnipeg	?
Card & Parsons	Winnipeg	1879
Joseph Carey	Portage la Prairie	1878-1879
Rosetta Ernestine Watson Carr (c1845-1907)	Winnipeg	1883-1899
William Caswell (1838-1910)	Winnipeg	1877-1880
Frank Cave	?	?
Central Photo Studio (see H. B. Mondin)	Winnipeg [598 Main Street]	1925-1942
Charach & Bernstein	Winnipeg [576 Main Street]	1910
Charach Studios [Barney Charach]	Winnipeg [264 Portage Avenue]	c1947-?
Barney Charach (1922-2013)	Winnipeg	1947-2007
David Samuel Charach (1890-1969)	Winnipeg	?-1969
Paul Charach (1925-1992)	Winnipeg	?-1992
Theodore H. J. Charmbury	Portage la Prairie	1905
Edward J. B. Chausse	Virden	1918
William B. Cheshire	Winnipeg	1891-1894
Chic Photo Studio	Winnipeg	1907
John Harry Chic (1918-1990)	Roblin	1948-1990
William H. “Billy” Christian (?-?)	Steinbach	c1910
Fred Clark	Deloraine	1914
John A. Clark	Winnipeg	1889-1897
F. Clarke	Miniota	?
Frederick Arnold “Fred” Clarke (1917-2013)	MacGregor	?-1980s
John Henry Clarke (1860-1923)	Selkirk, Winnipeg	1899-1910
R. K. Clavering	Binscarth	1887
William D. Clement (1864-?)	Brandon	1896-1902
Endre Johanssen Cleven (1874-1916)	Winnipeg	1905-1909
F. W. Clingan	Elkhorn	1900
John Tyrell Coan (1875-1943)	The Pas	1915-1925
Coan & Robertson	The Pas	1921-1922
John B. Cole	Brandon	1912-1915
Cole’s Photographic Studio	Brandon	1913-1914
Reginald Merrick Coleman (1891-1963)	Brandon	c1940s
Alfred Colliard	Notre Dame de Lourdes	1908
William Frederick Colley	Winnipeg	1894-1902
Alfred Collier	Winnipeg	c1890
Color Photo Company	Winnipeg	c1930s
Thomas R. Colpitts	Brandon, Ninette, Winnipeg	1883-1887
Edwin Lincoln Cooke (1883-1957)	Winnipeg (217 Montgomery Block)	c1930
H. W. Cooke	Winnipeg	1911-1912
J. F. Cooke	Winnipeg	1880
A. D. Cooper	Brandon, Virden	1883-1900
E. O. Cooper	Wawanesa	1906-1907
George Stuart Grenfell Ironside Cotter (1915-2011)	Winnipeg	1967-2011
John R. Cotton	Killarney, Morden, Winnipeg	1896-1899
Percy Coultas	Neepawa	1913-1925
William Baxter Cowe (1841-1908)	Manitou, Carman, Roland	1889-1908
Craig & Spriggs	Swan River	1917-1919
William James Crooks (1877-1935)	Winnipeg	1910-1935
Barlow Cumberland	Winnipeg	c1894
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Mattie Dalziel (1880-?)	?	?
George Danellion	Deloraine	1894-1896
Anatole D’Aoust (1883-1972)	Makinak	?
Davey & Grestock	Rapid City	1900
Davidson Brothers	Brandon, Deloraine	1892-1912
Davidson Studio	Winnipeg (106 Osborne Street)	1938-c1972
Davidson’s Studio	Brandon	1915-1923
Davidson & Gowen	Brandon	1912-1914
Alexander Davidson (1865-1928)	Brandon	1896-1923
Alvin Davidson	Deloraine	1905
Frank Davidson	Deloraine, Melita, Souris	1904-1909
George Davidson	Carberry, Deloraine, Melita, Rapid City, Souris	1889-1907
John Davidson (1883-?)	Souris	1904
Mary Davidson	Souris	1906-1908
W. A. Davidson	Melita, Souris	1914-1925
Thorsteinn Davidsson (1871-1953) [1]	Winnipeg	1891-c1893
Fred D. Davies	Queens Valley	?
Hugh Dempster (1840-?)	?	?
Leo Derechin (1875-1966)	Winnipeg (405 Selkirk Avenue)	1920s
F. Deschouwer	Cypress River	1900
Claude P. “Dett” Dettloff (1899-1978)	Winnipeg	1925-1936
Harry T. Devine	Brandon	1885-1886
Perry Diamond	?	c1978
Dierlamm & Company	Winnipeg	c1895
Harold Leslie Doherty (1929-2008)	Winnipeg	?
J. H. Doherty (1845-?)	Itinerant, Portage la Prairie, Winnipeg	1876-1882
Victor A. Driver	Nelson/Nelsonville	1882
Mike Dubchak	Winnipeg	1935-1957
Duffin & Caswell	Winnipeg
Duffin & Company	Winnipeg
Duffin’s Photo Studio	Winnipeg
Simon Duffin (1843-1900)	Winnipeg
James Duggan	Winnipeg	1873-1874
Cleophas G. Durocher (1855-?)	Winnipeg	1880-1882
George E. Durrant (?-?)	Elgin, Hartney, Treherne	1908-1915
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William Eakin	Winnipeg	1980s-2010s
Leslie Witmer Eaton (1874-1923)	Reston	1911-1912
T. Eaton Postcard/Photo Studio	Winnipeg	1908-c1968
F. M. Edey	Winnipeg	1880
Dorothy Helen Dagg Edwards (1929-1994)	Killarney	1983-1989
John Boyd Edwards (1923-1983)	Killarney	1952-1983
Percy Charles Edwards (1878-1952)	Killarney, Manitou, Pilot Mound	1904-1952
Elite Galleries	Winnipeg	1883
Elite Photographic Studio	Portage la Prairie	1908
J. H. Elliott	Clearwater	1899
John M. Elliott	Crystal City	1901-1903
Charles Ellis (1844-1921)	Winnipeg	1880-1881
Eureka Photo Post Card Company	Winnipeg	?
European Photographic Studio	Winnipeg	1907-1910
Tim Evans	?	c1986
Excelsior Art Gallery	Winnipeg	1886
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Henry D. Fast (1894-1977)	?	?
Marlene Fast	?	c1988
James H. Fenton	Binscarth, Russell	1907-1911
David Fieldman	?	?
H. N. Finch	Carman	1904-1915
William B. Finley	Swan River, Winnipeg	1914-1915
Bert J. Flynn (Winnipeg Photo Company)	Winnipeg (422½ Portage Avenue)	1911-1913
Henry Flynn (Winnipeg Photo Company)	Winnipeg (422½ Portage Avenue)	1911-1913
Foote and James	Winnipeg	1909-1932
Lewis Benjamin “Lou” Foote (1873-1957)	Winnipeg	1901-1947
Arthur Lionel Forde (1879-1952)	Winnipeg	1910-1916
Forde Photo Studio (see Arthur Lionel Forde)	Winnipeg	1915-1916
Terence Joseph Fowler (1925-2000)	Brandon	1961-1996
William Foxall	Brandon	1900-1901
Johan de Frament	Notre Dame de Lourdes	1900
Carl K. Frey	Winnipeg	1906
Friesen & Dueck	Altona	1910-1912
Charles Fritz (c1854-?)	?	?
H. B. Fryer	MacGregor	1900
E. A. Fulkerson	Roblin	1906
Jean Fulkerson	Roblin	1907
Johann E. Funk (1878-1968)	?	?
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Louis de Galembert	?	?
H. W. Gallichan	Morden	1921-1923
M. Garrett	Winnipeg	1883
W. C. R. Garrick	Westbourne	1900
Garrioch & Freelhard	Dauphin	1897-1899
Harry W. Gauld	Brandon (914 Rosser Avenue)	1912-1914
Gene Gauthier Photo Studio	Winnipeg (133 Marion Street / 489 Giroux Street)	1947-1958
Gauvin, Gentzel & Company	Winnipeg	1905-c1918?
George A. Gauvin (1863-?)	Winnipeg	1905-?
Adolph E. Gentzel (1869-?)	Winnipeg	1905-?
J. A. Gerhart	Grandview	1903-c1916
German Art Studio (see Benzion Shapira)	Winnipeg	1909-1910
Adolph Gescheit	Winnipeg	1907
Gibson & Metcalf Company	Winnipeg	1908
Douglas H. Gibson	Brandon	c1909
John William Gibson (1872-1959)	Winnipeg	1906-c1912
Ginther & Friesen	Steinbach	1894
Goodall & Love	Winnipeg	1906
Goodall Photo Company	Winnipeg	1909-1910
George Wilfred Goodall (1872-1970)	Winnipeg	1901-1912
Gud Goodmanson	Winnipeg	1899
R. Goodwin	Elkhorn	1900
Fred Gorrill	Fairfax	1905
W. J. Gould	Winnipeg
Frank Henry Gowen (1877-1946)	Brandon, Wawanesa	1905-1913
Johnson Graham	Neepawa	1888
Thomas J. Graham	Neepawa	1884-1888
T. L. Graham	Melita	1899
George Grant	Winnipeg	1908-1912
P. W. Gray	Hamiota	1900
Samuel Gray (?-?)	Winnipeg	1895-1899
Gray & Smith	Gladstone, Russell, Winnipeg	1900-1904
Percy H. Greene	Carman	1918-1922
Albert Burton Gresham (1905-1941)	Winnipeg`	?
Howard Grestock (1879-1917)	Rapid City	1899-1900
Alex Griffin (?-?)	Winnipeg	c1923
James Grummett	Morden	1886-1892
Cecil Francis Guest (1874-1945)	Pembina Crossing (1900-1906), Manitou (1906-1908)	1900-1908
Joseph Guilbault	Fannystelle	1904-1905
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Sigfried Hagen	Transcona (Winnipeg)	1914-1915
James Deakin Hall (1854-1936)	Winnipeg	1882-1887
Robert C. Hall	Glenboro	1896-1902
Hall & Lowe	Winnipeg	1882-1887
Hamiota Arts Studio	Hamiota	?
A. G. Hamm	Gretna	1900-1902
Peter G. Hamm (1883-1965)	Neubergthal	1900-1950
George A. Hanes	Brandon	1883
S. Hardy [see Robinson Studio]	?	?
Septimus Hardy	Rivers	1916-1917
George Harding Harris (1900-1976)	various
Thomas Harrison Jr.	Neepawa	1889-1890
Hartney Photo Studio - see John McArter	Hartney	?-1904
A. J. Hayes	?	?
Frank Jay Haynes (1853-1921)	Winnipeg	1881
D. Henderson	Winnipeg	1887-1888
Harry Henfrey (1885-1949)	Virden	1924-1925
Aubrey Randolph Henson (1884-1965)	Newdale, Minnedosa, Wasagaming [Riding Mountain National Park]	1911-?
Cornelius C. Hiebert	Altona	1918-1922
N. W. Higgins	Brandon	1894
Humphrey Lloyd Hime (1833-1903)	Red River Settlement (Winnipeg)	1858
Hollywood Studios	Winnipeg (280 Portage Avenue)	?
Francis J. S. Holmes (1909-1991)	?	?
Albert V. Holtby	?	?
William J. Honey	Portage la Prairie, Virden	1895-1909
Charles Honisback	?	?
William Houston	Cypress River	1907-1908
D. Howarth	Winnipeg	1908
Charles Percival Howden (1878-1951)	Hamiota	1908-1916
Howlett Euclid Studio	Winnipeg	?
Hoy’s Photo Studio	Brandon (7 Tenth Street)	1950s
Ralph Harper Hoy (1910-1986)	Brandon (7 Tenth Street)	1950s
Hudson’s Bay Photo Parlors	Winnipeg	1886
Samuel Hudson	Stonewall	1899-1900
Arthur Henry Hulme	Winnipeg	1899-1901
E. Hunter	Winnipeg	c1885
Paul William Hunter (?-1988)	Winnipeg	1931-c1966
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Imperial Photo Company	Brandon	1914
S. N. Ingo	Winnipeg	1888
William Howard Irwin (1853-1951)	Brandon	1882-1901
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G. J. Jackson	Morden, Nelson	1883-1886
Richard Jackson	Neepawa	1900
W. Jackson	Winnipeg	c1909
William J. Jackson	Killarney, Neepawa	1896-1901
Jacobson Studio	Souris	c1949
George James (1866-1963)	Winnipeg	1907-1932
Peter Jansen	?	c1982
James W. Jarrett	MacGregor, Portage la Prairie	1911-1919
William Jefferson	Stonewall	1881-1887
John Sampson Jenkins (1861-1936)	Deloraine	1909-1930
Caroline “Carrie” Jenkins (1889-?)	Deloraine	1930-1964
Ernest Jerrett (1885-1958)	Brandon, Wasagaming [Riding Mountain National Park]	1931-1958
Cyril Jessop (1881-1967)	Gladstone, Winnipeg	1905-1960
Johnston & Bennetto	Winnipeg	1880
Johnston & Hall	Winnipeg	c1881
J. Johnston	Emerson	1881
William Johnston (?-?)	Selkirk, Winnipeg	1881-1892
Jones Brothers	Winnipeg	1886-1888
Charles S. Jones	Winnipeg	?
John Wallace Jones (1856-1938)	Winnipeg	?
Thomas McNabb Jones (1859-1918)	Birtle, Winnipeg	1883-1887
Edmond George Justement (1872-?)	Winnipeg	1905-1908
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Henry Daniel Kalen (1928-2004)	Winnipeg	?
Frances Jennet Kasper (1933-2023)	Winnipeg	1960s
Karl’s Studio (see Karl Drago Alkier)	Dauphin	1963-1994
Ernest C. Kaye (c1869-1917)	Tyndall	1906-1917
Miss D. Kerfoot	Emerson	1879-1882
M. Kerfoot	Emerson	1878-1922
Bruce Kingsford	Carman	1906
Samuel Klein	Winnipeg (330 Selkirk Avenue)	c1953-c1970
Klein’s Modern Photo Studio	Winnipeg (330 Selkirk Avenue)	c1953-c1970
Peter H. Klippenstein (1878-1960)	Altbergthal	1900-1930
Alfred Knowles	Gretna, Manitou	1893-1894
Knowles Brothers	Gretna	?
Knowling & Sims	Winnipeg	c1907
George Knowling	?	?
Arnold Kohnen (1850-1931)	Winnipeg	1895-1904
S. Kohler	Treesbank	1900
Demitro Kotlarenko	Winnipeg	1912
Mrs. C. F. Kreiger	Souris	1892-1900
Ernie Kroeger	Winnipeg	1980s
? Kyle	Winnipeg	c1916
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Lafayette Studio	Winnipeg (489 Portage Avenue)	?
Charles McKenzie Lambly (1893-1940)	Winnipeg	?
M. Landry	Altamont	1900
Christopher Lane	?	?
Ernest L. Lane	Glenboro	1903-1904
Joseph Langevin (1830s-1882)	Winnipeg	1864-1870s
C. A. Laroie	St. Jean Baptiste	1905-1908
Ryder Larsen (c1850-?)	Red River Settlement (Winnipeg)	1866-1870
Lawrence & Meeres	Binscarth, Birtle, Rossburn, Russell	1911-1920
Arthur John Lawrence (1874-1947)	Birtle, Rossburn, Shoal Lake	1903-1947
F. G. Laws	Russell	1896-1899
William H. Lea	Durban	1906-1910
R. Leckie	Winnipeg	1888
Israel Leclair (1847-1902)	St. Boniface (Winnipeg)	1888-1899
Archibald Louis “Archie” Lee (see Western Art Gallery)	Winnipeg	1906-1932
Lee Photo Studio (see Western Art Gallery)	Winnipeg	1927-1932
William L. Lefroy	Winnipeg	1899-1901
F. E. Lewin	MacGregor	1900
F. G. Lewis	Russell	1897-1899
Robert James Lindsay (1882-1962)	Laurier, McCreary	c1905-1930s
Gilbert H. Llewellin (Llewellin Studio)	Winnipeg (503 Logan)	1907-1910
W. J. Lockwood	?	?
W. S. Loggin	Rapid City	1898-1899
A. E. Long	?	?
Charles Long	Winnipeg	1887-1888
Gaston Lorimy (1880-c1926) [St. Boniface Studio]	St. Boniface (Winnipeg)	1911-1923
George D. Love	Treherne	1900
Herbert S. Love	Winnipeg	1908-1912
Skene Lowe (1856-1920)	Winnipeg
A. H. Luce	Winnipeg	1912
W. H. Lucus (Lucas?)	Winnipeg	c1911
Chisholm Robert Lundy (1850-1925)	Manitou, Morden, Carman, Winnipeg	1885-1909
William C. Lusk	Portage la Prairie	1899-1904
Maurice Lyall (c1887-1966)	Winnipeg	1910
Lyall Commercial Photo Company [see Maurice Lyall]	Winnipeg	1910
Lyceum Photo Studio	Winnipeg (290 Portage Avenue)	?
Minniebelle Thynnea Lynn	Winnipeg	c1912
W. Frank Lynn	Winnipeg	1877
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Peter McAdam (1882-1943)	Winnipeg	1907-1943
John A. McArter (1872-1915)	Hartney	1904-1915
McArthur & Martin	Killarney	1896-1898
J. A. McColl	Winnipeg	1880
A. E. McDairmid	Itinerant, Minnedosa	1887
Alexander M. McDonald	Roland	1900-1907
J. G. McDonald	Winnipeg	1894-1897
Norman McDonald	Hartney	1903-1907
McFadden & Lee (see Western Art Gallery)	Winnipeg	1905-1910
Robert Taylor McFadden (1879-1939) (see Western Art Gallery)	Winnipeg	1906-1918
Charles McGinn	Winnipeg	1885
William McIntyre	Portage la Prairie	1893-1895
William McKellar	?	?
Agnes Ethel Milen MacKenzie	Winnipeg	c1912
Murray McKenzie (1927-2007)	?	?
MacKenzie & Lynn	Winnipeg	c1912
Henry William M’Kenney Jr.	Winnipeg	?
Walter McKern	Winnipeg	1899
Walter James McKim (1877-1954)	Boissevain, Crystal City, Deloraine, Holmfield, Killarney	1899-1904
McLaughlin’s Picture Gallery	Winnipeg	?
David McMillan	Winnipeg	1970s-2010s
McPherson & Parsons	Winnipeg	1876-1877
W. McPherson	Winnipeg	?
William McQueen (Rembrandt Studio)	Winnipeg	1920s
A. McTavish	Napinka, Pipestone	1900
Alan D. McTavish (Point A Studio)	Winnipeg	1974-2009
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Madison	Winnipeg	1885-1888
Magnusson Photography [see Watson Photography]	Selkirk, Steinbach	c1970-1975, 1975-?
Les Magnusson	Selkirk	c1970-1975
Makers	Winnipeg	c1916
Manitoba Hall Studio	Winnipeg	?
Manitoba Photo Studio	?	?
Manitoba Portrait Company	Winnipeg	1906-1909
Manitoba Viewing Company	Winnipeg	c1895
Marks & Buchanan	Winnipeg	1904-1907
Thomas Marshman	Hartney	1891-1893
Martel & Welford [see William Angus Martel Jr and Herbert Welford]	Winnipeg	1898
Martel’s Limited	Winnipeg	1905-1906
Martel’s Photo Studio	Winnipeg	1910
Frank A. Martel (1881-?)	Winnipeg	1902-1903
Isabel Martel (1872-?)	Winnipeg	?
William Angus Martel (1851-1915)	Brandon, Morden, Winnipeg	1898-1912
William Angus Martel (1875-1958)	Winnipeg	1906-1910
George A. Martin (1861-1924)	Killarney	1898-1902
Joseph H. Martinson	?	?
Marvin & Humphreys	Winnipeg	1908
Mrs. M. J. Mason	Neepawa	1907-1910
Charles D. Mathias	Dauphin	1904
Mathias Photo	Dauphin	1904
W. H. B. G. Mathias	Portage la Prairie	1904
Edward Matthews (c1909-1983)	Winnipeg	?
Mattice Brothers	Holland	?
J. F. Meadows	Winnipeg	1886-1887
Rudolph Meckling	Plum Coulee	1904-1908
Frederick Meeres	Hamiota	1917-1918
George Albert Meeres (1878-1972)	Birtle, Binscarth, Rossburn, Russell	1920-1925
James A. Merritt	Brandon (Rosser Avenue & Ninth Street)	1893-1896
Herbert James Metcalfe (1870-1943)	Winnipeg (272 Aubrey Street)	1906-1943
Charles Ignatious Meyers (1892-1984)	Itinerant (Winnipeg)	1919-1920s
Israel Meyers (?-?)	Winnipeg (604 Main Street)	c1910
E. B. Meys	Ste. Agathe	1900
James E. Miers	Boissevain	1894-1900
R. S. Miller	?	?
William J. C. Minns	Carman, Gladstone, Morden	1908-1925
Charles W. Mitchell (1881-?)	?	?
Isabella Mitchell (1875-?)	?	?
John Fletcher Mitchell (1862-1943) (see F. G. Burgess)	Winnipeg (211 Rupert Avenue)	1889-1901
Herbert Bernard “Bertie” Mondin (1889-1942, see Central Photo Studio)	Winnipeg (598 Main Street)	1925-1942
Moore	Emerson	1880
Moore Brothers	Winnipeg	1906-1909
Moore Photo Studio	Winnipeg	1905
Arthur J. Moore	Stonewall	1902-1904
James Moore	?	?
R. C. Moore	Manitou	1896-1899
Thomas V. H. Moore	Winnipeg	1902-1904
Walter W. Moore	?	?
Alexander Moorecraft (1858-1922)	Winnipeg	1896-1900
Delbert W. Morden (1871-?)	Pilot Mound	1895-1898
E. Morris	Winnipeg	1883
Albert E. Morrish (1881-1968)	Brandon, Crystal City, Pilot Mound, Virden	1904-1923
David Morrish	Winnipeg	1970s-1980s
Murdock & Moore	MacGregor	1889-1890
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Carl Nettekoven	Rapid City, Strathclair	1893-1899
	Shoal Lake	1901-1904
Nettekoven & Loggin	Shoal Lake	c1895
Gerhard G. Neufeld	Altona	1921-1923
New York Art Studio (New York Studio)	Winnipeg	1906-1910
Nicholls & Parkin	Winnipeg	1882-1884
J. W. Nicholls	Winnipeg	?
John Nicholson (?-?)	Boissevain	1888-1893
Henry Nikkel	Morden	c1977-1980s
Nixon & Best	Winnipeg	1881
Thomas Nixon (c1858-?)	Winnipeg	1880
Noble’s Photo Studio	Winnipeg (200 Pacific Avenue)	1907-1908
North End Photo Studio	Winnipeg	1908-1909
Sveinn Gudmundsson Northfield (1867-1943) [1]	Winnipeg	1897-1898
Northern Art Company (Northern Art Gallery)	Winnipeg	1903-1907
Novelty Art Gallery	Winnipeg	1887-1888
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O. P. & Company	Winnipeg	circa 1911
J. J. Ohlweiler	?	?
Benedikt “Percy” Olafsson (1878-1947) [1]	Winnipeg	1893-1907
E. E. Ongley	Glenboro	?
A. Osborne	Boissevain	1904-1905
N. J. Osborne	Boissevain	1906-1920
Ottawa Photographic Rooms	Winnipeg	1877
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Charles E. Page	Selkirk	1889-1895
Edward Russell Palmer	Winnipeg	1907
J. Thomas Palmer	Gladstone, MacGregor, Portage la Prairie	1900-1911
Paris Art Photo & Studio Company	Winnipeg (602 Main Street)	1911-1912
A. M. Parker	Shoal Lake	1904-1906
Parkin & Company	Winnipeg	1884-1887
Frederick W. Parkin (1860-1953)	Winnipeg	1890-1908
Frederick R. Parsons	Winnipeg	1878
John Paskievich	Winnipeg	?
Charles Julius Pasmore (1845-1933)	St. Boniface	?
Robert Wilfred Pasmore (1877-?)	St. Boniface	?
Paton & Saunders	Portage la Prairie (?)	?
Pauliuk’s Studio	Winnipeg (202 Pacific Avenue)	?
Joseph Paynter	Carberry	1899-1918
George Francis Penny (1892-?) [see Art Craft Studio]	Winnipeg (489 Portage Avenue)	1917-1923
Penrose & Bowles	Winnipeg	c1879
James Penrose (1845-1918)	Winnipeg	1871-1880
John Percival	Manitou	1897
Lou Perrin	?	c1969
Photo Button Company	Winnipeg	c1908
Photo Jewellery Manufacturing Company	Winnipeg	1903-1905
Ping Pong Gallery	Brandon	1905
Frederick Pollard	Barnardo	1906-1907
Charles Popham	Selkirk, Winnipeg	1904-1906
Clarke Popham	Winnipeg	c1955-c1969
Popular Photo Studio	Winnipeg	1905
David S. G. Portigal (1912-1990)	Winnipeg	1955-?
Sydney Edgar Prest (1873-1925)	Manitou, Morden	1904-1913
Adrian Price	?	c1981
Princess Studio (see Arthur Lionel Forde)	Winnipeg (530 Main Street, 528½ Main Street)	1910-1914
William Pullar (c1868-1894)	Winnipeg	1884-1893
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Edgar John Ransom (1874-1956)	Winnipeg	?
William K. Ranton	Holland, MacGregor, Treherne	1904-1914
Alfred John Rawson (1879-1950) - see Ritz Studio	Dauphin, Portage la Prairie	1907-1913, 1927-1944
Cecil Heppenstall Reeves (1883-1969)	Dauphin	1913-1927
Leo Reidke	Winnipeg	c1976-1990s
Reidy & Edwards	The Pas	1914-1915
Reliance Studios	Winnipeg (616½ Main)	circa 1915
Rembrandt Studio	Winnipeg	1909-1910
R. S. Reynolds	Winnipeg	1903-1904
Reynolds & Stetson	Portage la Prairie	1905
Frederick Rice	Gladstone	1904
Elmer Richardson	MacGregor	1905-1909
Christian Harold Richter (1862-1938) [1]	Winnipeg	c1890-1891
Ritz Studio - see Alfred John Rawson	Dauphin	1927-1944
John Roberts	Brandon	1916-1917
Ben Robinson	Minnedosa	circa 1905
Robinson Studio	Winnipeg	1907-1925
Roblin Photo Studio	Roblin	1948-2006
William Wight Robson (1865-1946)	Winnipeg	1906-c1912
Edwin S. Rogers	Winnipeg	1906-1907
Ross, Best & Company	Winnipeg	1884-1887
Alexander J. Ross	Winnipeg	?
John Ross	Winnipeg	1882-1888
Rossie & Company	Winnipeg	1900-1904
Edgar C. Rossie (1875-?)	Winnipeg	1899
Thomas Rossie (?-?)	Winnipeg	1905
John F. Rowe	Portage la Prairie	1882-1903
Royal Studio	Winnipeg	1909-1910
Walter Royle (c1887-1955)	Pipestone	1920s
Russell Photo Studio	Winnipeg (200 Pacific Avenue)	1910-1918
Fred L. Russell	Brandon	c1885
S. G. Russell	Winnipeg	c1907
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St. Boniface Studio (Gaston Lorimy, Angelo Accetti)	Winnipeg [St. Boniface]	1911-1925
William Brethour St. John (1849-1931)	Minnedosa, Neepawa	1887-1929
F. G. Salt	Brandon	1913-1925
Alfred Sandell	Treherne	1918-1925
Albert Sandford	Holland	1904-1908
Saunders Art Studio	Napinka	1912
Saunders & Eaton	Napinka, Reston, Waskada	1906-1911
Brabazon Joseph Saunders (1870-1954)	Napinka, Reston, Waskada	1905-1913
Schachter Brothers	Winnipeg	1911-1912
Saul Schachter	Winnipeg	?
Seph Schachter	Winnipeg	?
Schiff & Garratt	Winnipeg	?
A. Schmidt	Winnipeg	c1909
Scott & Anderson	Killarney	1905
Scott & Edwards	Killarney, Pilot Mound	1905-1910
Scott & Pillsworth	Winnipeg	1906-1907
Don W. Scott	?	?
Ashel Herbert “Ace” Scouten (1850-1937)	Shoal Lake	1886-1901
Searl & Company	Winnipeg	1884-1886
Searl & Jones	Winnipeg	c1884
George William Searl (c1846-?)	Winnipeg	1883-1899
J. F. Searle	Winnipeg	1887-1889
Carman Seifert	?	c1990
Benzion Shapira (1894-1967)	Winnipeg	1912-1967
Shapira’s Photo (See Benzion Shapira)	Winnipeg	c1916
Joseph B. Shaw	Winnipeg	c1916
Shaw & Alexander - See Fred Grant Alexander	Carman	?
Sheffield	Russell	c1932
Sibbald & Son	Winnipeg	1907-1908
John Sibbald	?	?
Ron Siemens	Winnipeg	c1985-1999
T. C. Sims	?	?
Johan Alfred Sjogren (1865-1951)	Hilltop, Erickson, Wasagaming	1910s-1930s
Percy S. Skuse (1882-1957)	Pope	c1905
Albert Smith	Shoal Lake, Strathclair, Winnipeg	1906-1925
A. R. F. Smith	Russell	1900
Clark Jacques Smith (1879-1968)	Brandon	1911-1961
E. Barton Smith	Winnipeg	c1911
Edgar Smith (1874-1955)	Glenboro	1905-1925
Edward John Crozier Smith (1856-1934)	Winnipeg	1892-1907
Ernest R. T. Smith	Carberry, Chortitz, Gladstone, Glenboro, Winnipeg	1891-1901
J. C. R. T. Smith	Glenboro	1894
Keith Smith	?	c1985
Jack M. Smordin	Dauphin	1918-1925
A. J. Smythe	Minnedosa	1883-1884
I. B. Smythe	Winnipeg	c1910
Sydney A. Smythe	Minnedosa	1883-1884
Smiths Photo Studio	Winnipeg (405 Selkirk Avenue)	1920s
Smythe Brothers	Minnedosa	1883-1884
William Sones	Carberry	1918-1925
Alexander Addison Blake Sovereen (1863-1942)	Minitonas Tent Town	1899
	Swan River	1900-1916
G. W. Sparling	Portage la Prairie	1903-1915
Mary Barrett Speechly (1873-1968)	?	?
Hollis D. Speers	Brandon	1906-1915
A. B. Spence	?	?
Sheila Spence	Winnipeg	1990s-2010s
Henry W. Sproule (1867-?)	?	?
R. A. Stafford	Portage la Prairie	1902-1904
R. S. Stafford	Winnipeg	c1910
William J. Stanlake (1878-?)	Brandon, Crystal City (?-1908), Pilot Mound (1907-1908)	1907-1919
Star Photo Studio	Winnipeg (200 Pacific Avenue)	1919-c1932
Steele & Company	Winnipeg	1894-c1912
Steele & Wing	Winnipeg	1887-1892
Steele, Mitchell Limited	Winnipeg	1910-1912
Frederick W. Steele (1860-?)	Winnipeg	1887-1897
William Butler Steele	?	?
Charles B. Stephens (1866-?)	Deloraine, Hamiota	1889-1907
Eva Stevens	Winnipeg	1902
Frederick “Fred” Stevens (1856-1939)	Baldur	c1890-?
D. R. Stiles	Winnipeg	1860
Lisa Stinner-Kun	Winnipeg	2010s
Thomas Storey	Winnipeg	1906
Robert Strain & Company	Winnipeg	c1912
Strong & Company	Winnipeg	1906-1907
Harvey James Strong (1870-?)	Winnipeg	1908-1912
Ida W. Strong	Winnipeg	c1911
Lawrence Adne Stuckey (1921-2001)	Brandon	?
Sunbeam Gallery	Winnipeg	1876-1877
Sutherland & Company	Winnipeg	1894
Bill Synychych	?	c1983
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Yosh Tashiro (1920-1989)	Portage la Prairie	1952-1985
George W. Taylor (1872-?)	?	?
Robert Ross “Bob” Taylor (1940-2013)	Winnipeg	?-2013
William Aiken Taylor (1884-1952)	Winnipeg	1911-?
Peter S. Tenycke	Oak Lake	1901-1908
Charles J. Thacker (1874-?)	Winnipeg	c1899
Alexander Barton Thom [A. B. Thom] (1849-1926)	Itinerant, Brandon, Stonewall, Wawanesa	1880s-1904
W. A. Thomson	Douglas	1896-1899
E. Thorbergson	Baldur	c1916
Bjornulfur Thorlacius (1880-1962) [1]	Winnipeg	1904-1922
Diana Thorneycroft	Winnipeg	1980s-present
Bjarni Thorsteinsson (1868-1943) [1]	Gimli, Selkirk	1910-1925
Tilley & Ramsdale	Minnedosa	1907
Harold Herbert Tilley (1876-1959)	Minnedosa	1904-1926
Auguste Joseph Tissot (1878-1940)	St. Vital	c1922
Walter Toews	?	c1971
A. E. Topley	Morden	1905
W. T. Towns	Dauphin	1901
Herbert Israel Townsend (1855-1942)	Carman	1896-1899
E. G. Treilhard	Dauphin	1900
Ernest S. Treilhard	Portage la Prairie	1890-1892
Trojan’s Studio	Winnipeg [877 Selkirk Avenue]	?
Tune & Company	Winnipeg	c1885
Twentieth Century Photo Company	Brandon	1906
John Tyler	?	c1979
Joseph Burr Tyrrell (1858-1957)	Northern Manitoba	1887-1891
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Andrew Ulicki	Winnipeg (910 Main Street)	1964-2013
Cheryl Ulicki	Winnipeg (910 Main Street)	1964-2013
Arthur Ullyet	Carman	1889-1890
Unique Novelty Company	Winnipeg	1907
Universal Studios	Winnipeg	circa 1955
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F. E. Vaillancourt	Ste. Rose du Lac	1916-1923
Veasey & Bland	Winnipeg	1887-1888
H. Veasey	Winnipeg	?
Victory Photo Studio [David Samuel Charach]	Winnipeg	?
George Oswald Viertel (1875-1949) [see John C. Voigt]	Gretna	1896-1900
Violet Ray Art Studio	Winnipeg (555 Main Street)	circa 1920
Virden Photo Studio	Virden	?
John Christian Voigt (1866-1896)	Gretna	1892-1896
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Frederick Walford	Rapid City	1901-1904
Edward Walker (1836-1924)	Millwood	1905-1907
Wallis & Hayes	Winnipeg	c1908
H. B. Wallis	Winnipeg	?
Walters Studio	?	?
D. H. Ward	?	?
Ted Wardle	Winnipeg	1946-?
A. J. Watkinson	Winnipeg	1880
Watson Photographers [see Pauline Watson and Robert Watson]	Winnipeg, Selkirk	1975-1995
J. A. Watson	Melita	1896-1899
Pauline Watson	Winnipeg, Selkirk	1976-1995
Robert Watson	Winnipeg, Selkirk	1975-1995
W. J. Watson	Souris	1892-1894
F. E. Watts	Melita	1905-1908
Weaver & Company	Dauphin	1914-1915
James Weaver	Dauphin	1913-1914
Godfrey M. Weberg	Stonewall	1883-1886
Weekes Studio	Brandon	c1923-1929
Frank Whiteford Weekes (1886-1949)	Brandon, Virden	1908-1928
James Weidman	Manitou	1885
Godfrey M. Welberg	Stonewall	1884-1887
Herbert Welford (1865-?)	Winnipeg (Main & Pacific Avenue)	1895-1908
Eva Wells	Winnipeg	?
Western Art Gallery	Virden, Winnipeg	1906-c1912
Western Photograph Company	Napinka	1914-1915
Marie A. White	Morris	1914-1915
Whitehorse	Riding Mountain	1908
H. H. Wiebe	Gretna	1904-1905
Willson’s Studio	Winnipeg	1909
Fred S. Willson	Hamiota, Shoal Lake, Winnipeg	1906-c1910
J. W. Wilson & Company	Winnipeg	c1910
Wilson & Palmer	Winnipeg	c1909
James D. Wilson	Dugald	1900
W. J. Wilson	Dugald	1904-1906
William Edward Wing	Winnipeg	1887-1892
Winnipeg Amateur Photo Supply Company	Winnipeg	1909-1910
Winnipeg Art Gallery	Winnipeg	c1880
Winnipeg Electric Studio	Winnipeg (Main Street)	c1908-1912
Winnipeg Photo Company	Napinka, Reston, Waskada	1904-1913
Winnipeg Photo Company (Bert J. Flynn, Henry Flynn)	Winnipeg (422½ Portage Avenue)	1911-1913
Winnipeg Portrait Company	Winnipeg	1894
Winnipeg Portrait Studio	Winnipeg	1895-1896
Winnipeg Sales Company	Winnipeg	circa 1910
Henry Crawley Wood (1866-1951)	Winnipeg (593 Main Street)	1901-1902
Justus K. Wright	?	?
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Sheldon Zettler	?	1973

Sources:

Catching the Sunbeams: An Inventory of Canadian Prairie Photographers to 1900 by Hugh A. Dempsey, 1993. [unpublished manuscript, used with permission of Hugh A. Dempsey]

Catching the Sun: A Catalogue of Photography Studio & Photographica Advertisements & Notices Published in Prairie Canada Between 1850 and 1900 by Philippe Maurice, Philmsearch Inc., Calgary, Alberta, 1998.

The Western Canada Photographers List (1860-1925) by Glen C. Phillips, Milton (Ontario): Global Heritage Press, 2002.

1. Biographies developed by Nelson Gerrard at Saga Publications, Arborg.

Obituary [Frederick Arnold Clarke], Daily Graphic / Central Plains Herald-Leader, 7 March 2013, page 38.

City of Winnipeg Tax Rolls, City of Winnipeg Archives.

Development of this index was supported, in part, by a Manitoba Heritage Grant.

We thank Rob McInnes, Andrew Cunningham, Christy Henry, Eileen Trott, Frances Kasper, Butch Pearson, Nonni Jonsson, Al Thorleifson, Robert Dufresne, Rilla Race, Marcel Prefontaine, Wendy Olsson, James Frank, Jake Davidson, Marie Maitland, Sandra Rempel, Christian Cassidy, Kelly Torrington, Meg Antoine, Robert Huck, James Kostuchuk, Paula Lietz, Alf Redekopp, Kerry Guenter, Dan Dyck, Gord MacKay, Salli Rice, Carol Hooper, Mike Smith, Harvey Zimberg, Nathen Gabriel, Graham Schellenberg, Steven Kohm, Janice McClelland, Bruce Wiebe, Wilmarie Knudson, Michael Boss, Brian Fardoe, Dale Dutton, Pauline & Robert Watson, Alan McTavish, and Cheryl Ulicki for providing additional information used here.

This index was researched and compiled by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 9 April 2023

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. © 2006-2023 Gordon Goldsborough & Manitoba Historical Society. All rights reserved.