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A Photographic Memory

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Essays

Commercial Photography

Gallery - Photos for Sale

Early professional photographers generated the bulk of their income from the creation of photographic portraits. Some, however, sought new, untapped markets in which to create a demand for their services; while some created photographic souvenirs of corporate ships and trucks, others opened up shop in unlikely locations, or sold their work to interested government agencies.

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Photograph of ten men, most with cameras, outside the Canadian Motion Picture Bureau building, Ottawa, 1923

Photographers outside the Canadian Motion Picture Bureau
Ottawa, Ontario, 1923
Photographer: Eugene M. Finn
PA-066897
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Photograph, taken in a studio, of two unidentified men, St. Catharines, Ontario, circa 1865-1870

Carte-de-visite portrait of unidentified men
St. Catharines, Ontario, ca. 1865-1870
Photographer: Thomas Charles
C-088065
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Photograph of a group of men assembled on the main street of Barkerville, preparing to leave on gold escort, 1865

"Barnard Express and Stage Office"
Barkerville, British Columbia, 1865
Photographer: Charles Gentile
C-088917
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Photograph of the Notman Studio, Wellington Street, Ottawa, Ontario, unknown date

Notman Studio, Wellington Street
Ottawa, Ontario, unknown date
Photographer: William James Topley
PA-009273
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Photograph of doctors and nurses operating on a patient while a man looks on from a chair, Halifax, Nova Scotia, circa 1898-1907

Operating room
Halifax, Nova Scotia, ca. 1898-1907
Photographer: Notman Studio of Halifax
PA-028421
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Photograph of a ship, the W.H. BECKER, going through a canal, 1930

Ship W.H. Becker
Unknown location, 1930
Photographer: Young's Marine Studio
PA-153513
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Photograph of a snow-covered car used by W.B. Edwards in his commercial photography business, Québec, date unknown

Photographer W.B Edwards' commercial vehicle
Québec, Quebec, unknown date
Photographer: William B. Edwards
PA-098679
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