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Burgess, W.W.

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  • 1894-1925

W.W. Burgess operated a photography studio located in Mitchell, Ontario.

Westlake Brothers

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  • 1902-1914

Westlake Brothers operated a photography studio that was located in Chatham, Ontario

David White Company

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  • 1895-present day

The David White Company was founded in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1895 by David White, originally as an instrument maker. Until forming a partnership with Charles Klaweither in 1900, the pair began manufacturing drawing and surveying equipment. In 1943, Seton Rochwite approached the David White Company with the idea to build a new type of stereo camera. Over the next four years, Rochwite would design and develop his revolutionary camera- The Stereo Realist. While the David White Company did not commission the camera, their support and lack of competition would create a surge in popularity amongst stereo photography between the late 1940's and 1950's. Although public interest in stereo photography declined in the 1950's, the David White company did not cease production of the camera until 1972. They currently continue to make surveying and construction instruments.

Accura

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Murray & Murray

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  • 1961-2003

Timothy V. Murray, studied architecture and urban planning at University College, Dublin and Liverpool University, graduating in 1953. His brother Patrick followed a similar path, graduating in 1956.

In 1957, after an early career in Ireland, Tim Murray accepted a year long contract in Iraq, but circumstances changed and he came to Canada instead to work for the Department of Public Works. After leaving the public service, he became a partner in the firm Bemi & Murray (1959-1961).

After working in the West Indies, Pat Murray migrated to Canada and was briefly employed by Hart Massey. In 1961 he became his bothers partner in the firm which, after many changes was utlimately konwn as Murray & Murray Architects & Planning Consultants. At first the firm specialized in Ottawa area churches and educational institutions. It gradually broadened its base, obtaining commissions in the Maritimes, in Ireland and Malawi, for example, opening offices in Toronto and Dublin and venturing into urban planning, transportation facilties, embassies and office or commercial buildings.

The Ottawa practice received numerous large-scale commissions in Ottawa, Eastern Ontario and New Brunswick as well as in the United States and Malawi. In Ottawa, these include Notre Dame Convent and St. Patrick's High School, Algonquin College, buildings for the University of Ottawa and Carleton University, Orléans Shopping Centre, Embassy of Saudi Arabia, Kanata Town Centre, Conference Board of Canada, Courthouse for the County of Ottawa-Carleton and Ottawa International Airport. Various churches, rectories and parish halls as well as schools were designed for clients in Eastern Ontario such as St. Mary's College in Brockville, St. Mark's Church in Prescott and Iona Academy in St. Raphael. In New Brunswick, work included the planning and design of the University of New Brunswick and office buildings for the Department of Fisheries. International work included the Natural Resources College, an educational facility in Malawai.

Timothy and Patrick Murray retired from the partnership in 2003 and the firm was acquired by I.B.I. Group.

Foncier

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Schoeler & Heaton Architects Inc.

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  • 1958-1964

Company founded by Brian Barkham (who died of cancer in 1964) and Paul Schoeler (died in 2013). Paul Schoeler would join with Alex Heaton, changing the name of the company to Schoeler and Heaton Architects Inc. The company is still in practice.

Pearson & Darling

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  • 1897-1923

The firm was organized first as Darling, Curry, Sproatt, & Pearson in 1892, with partners Frank Darling, S. George Curry, Henry Sproatt, and John A. Pearson. From 1893 through 1896 it evolved into Darling, Sproatt & Pearson, then finally Pearson and Darling was founded as such in 1897.
After the deaths of Frank Darling in 1923 and Pearson in 1940, the firm was renamed Darling, Pearson and Cleveland with Darling's nephew as a partner. The firm continued as Clark, Darling and Downey Architects Incorporated in 1977. The firm lives on now as Toronto-based Stanford Downey Architects Incorporated.[2]

Stanley Park Photographers

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  • [1910]

Stanley Park Photographers operated in Vancouver B.C. during the early twentieth century.

Hunter Studio

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  • ca. 1924

The Hunter Studio (also embossed as "Hunter") was a photography and portrait studio that was located in Cornwall, Ontario during the 1920s.

Barnes & Son

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John Thomas Barnes (1809-1901) owned and operated four photography studios in England from 1958 to 1861. The first was at 3 Hope Place, Mile End Road, Stepney, which was in business from 1858 to 1861. The second was at Bedford House, 6 Bedford Place, Commercial Road East, Poplar, which Barnes operated from 1864 to 1866, and was succeeded by Dumain & Orchard. The third was at 52 Crown Row, Mile End Road, Stepney, which operated from 1861-October 1 1863, and the fourth was at 422 Mile End Road, Stepney, which was opened in 1863 and was succeeded by W. Wright in 1887.

Gainsboro Studios

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  • 1924-[19--]

Gainsboro Studios were located in Ontario cities: Toronto, Hamilton & St. Catherine's.

Trull, E. & R.

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  • 1906-1912

A photography studio that was located in New Liskeard, Ontario

Turner, E.R.

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  • [1900-1930]

E.R. Turner operated a photography studio in Charlottetown, P.E.I. during the early twentieth century.

Barraud Studio

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  • 1888-1893

Barraud Studio evolved from the Barraud Bros. photography studio. Located in the Bothwell Block on Dunlop Street in Barrie. Studio was operated by Barraud and King. It was later bought by photographer John Stephens, who operated the studio until 1897.

Regent Portraits Ltd.

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  • ca. 1940

Regent Portraits Ltd. was a photography studio located at 30/31 Great Sutton St., London, E.C. 1. It was mentioned in an October 1938 issue of Gloucester Citizen.

Willis & Bryant

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  • 1869

A photography studio located in Woodstock, Ontario that was operated by Willis & Bryant in 1869.

George William O Secretan

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G.W. Secretan, from Mora Studio, New York, operated a photography studio at 210a Tufnell Park Road, Islington, from 1887 to 1919.

William Notman & Son

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  • 1882-1993

In 1882 William Notman partnered with his son and the photography studio was re-named "William Notman and Son" (often written Wm Notman and Son), which it remained until the studio closed in 1993.

Universal Copying Company

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  • [1880]

The Universal Copying Company was located at 1436 & 1438 Market Street, San Francisco. It was operated by proprietors William H. Jeffers, Frank F. Wells and Alfred K. Kipps during the late nineteenth century. They were manufacturers of India Ink, Barlin Finish, Crayon, Pastel and Oil Portraits, also Cabinets and Cartes de Visites.

F.H. Denison, Photographer

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F.H. Denison, photographer, dealer in picture frames, chromos, oil paintings, stereoscopic views, albums, wall pockets, brackets, etc. Court Street, Fergus Falls Minnesota.

Royal Studio

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  • 1875-1905

Royal Studio was a photography studio that was founded by Elmer Chickering in Boston, Massachusetts around the 1880s and was located on West Street. In 1905 he renaimed the business as "Elmer Chickering Co."

Kirkland's Studio

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  • 1881-[1901]

Charles Durbin Kirkland founded the Kirkland Photography Studios of Cheyenne, Wyoming in 1881.

Champlain Studio

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  • ca. 1925

Champlain Studios had locations in Boston and New York that operated during the 1920s.

Imperial Oil Limited

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  • 1880-

In 1880 16 southwestern Ontario refiners formed Imperial Oil Company in London, Ontario for the purpose of finding, producing, and distributing petroleum products in Canada. They moved to Petrolia, Ontario in 1883 after a lightening strike. In 1898, a majority share of the company was sold to Standard Oil Group in the U. S. , because Imperial needed expansion capital, and Imperial Oil took over Standard's Canadian assets in 1899, moving the company to Sarnia, Ontario.
In 1907 Imperial opened its first service station in Vancouver, British Columbia. In 1924 Imperial founded the first research department within the Canadian Petroleum industry and in 1930 they developed the phenol-extraction process for manufacturing lubricants.
In 1942 Imperial joined with the Canadian and U. S. governments in the Canol project - providing fuel for U. S. troops in the North Pacific. In 1949
Imperial and others from the Interprovincial Pipe Line Company build a pipeline from Edmonton to Superior, Wisconsin and in 1964 in Cold Lake, Alberta they began an experimental program to extract bitumen from the oil sands.
In 1978 Esso Resources Canada Limited, a Calgary-based wholly owned subsidiary, is formed to manage all of the company’s natural resource activity and in 1981 a new division, Esso Petroleum Canada, is formed to manage all of the company’s petroleum product operations. In 1989 Imperial purchased Texaco Canada Inc.. In 2004 a $10 million grant is given to the University of Alberta for a new research facility mandated to find more efficient, economically viable and environmentally responsible ways to develop Canada's oil sands resources. In 2014 Imperial launched new corporate brand, logo and the name of the company becomes Imperial and in 2016 they announced that they had reached agreements with five fuel distributors in Canada to sell its remaining 497 company-owned Esso retail stores.

Routledge and Keegan Paul plc

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  • 1912-1998

George Routledge began publishing in 1836 and founded his publishing company George Routledge & Co. in 1851. After briefly being known as Routledge, Warne & Routledge, it became George Routledge & Sons in 1865. In 1912 George Routledge & Sons merged with Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co. to form Routledge & Kegan Paul. The Routledge Group was purchased by the Taylor & Francis Group in 1998.

Ihagee

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  • 1912-

Ihagee (Industrie- und Handelsgesellschaft) was a German camera maker, now mostly known for its 35 mm SLR cameras. The company was founded in 1912 by Johan Steenbergen, a Dutch merchant. He had received his training at Ernemann in Dresden.

The company started by producing conventional folding roll film and plate cameras. By 1918, the German economy was in serious trouble and so was Ihagee. It was liquidated and set up again. By 1925, Ihagee produced 1,000 roll film cameras a day.

In 1933 the Exakta A was presented. It was a single lens reflex and was greeted with scepticism. This Exakta took 3×6.5cm pictures on 127 film. The Exakta line was to become Ihagee's major success. In 1936 its most famous camera, the Kine Exakta was presented at the Leipziger Messe. This was the first SLR to take pictures on 35 mm film. From the beginning the 35 mm Exakta was a system camera, offering interchangeable lenses, finders, microscope adaptors and plate film backs.

By 1940 camera production ceased because of the war and Steenbergen, a Dutch national, transferred ownership rights in the company to trusted partners and employees because of xenophobia in Germany.

Source: http://camera-wiki.org/wiki/Ihagee

Asahi Optical Co., Ltd.

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  • 1919-

The company was founded as Asahi Kogaku Goshi Kaisha in November 1919 by Kumao Kajiwara, at a shop in the Toshima suburb of Tokyo, and began producing spectacle lenses (which it still manufactures). In 1938 it changed its name to Asahi Optical Co., Ltd. (Asahi Kōgaku Kōgyō Kabushiki-gaisha), and by this time it was also manufacturing camera/cine lenses.

In the lead-up to World War II, Asahi Optical devoted much of its time to fulfilling military contracts for optical instruments. At the end of the war, Asahi Optical was disbanded by the occupying powers, being allowed to re-form in 1948. The company resumed its pre-war activities, manufacturing binoculars and consumer camera lenses for Konishiroku and Chiyoda Kōgaku Seikō (later Konica and Minolta respectively).

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentax

Pathescope

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  • 1912-1964

"Manufacturer and distributer of mainly 9.5mm cine equipment and films, off-shoot of French Pathe; based North Circular Road, Cricklewood, London; Pathescope struggled after second world war until eventual buy-out in 1958-1959 and name change to Pathecsope (Great Britain) Ltd and Pathescope (London) Ltd; manufacturing done by Smiths Industries; eventual bankrupcy in 1960 with stock going to UIniversal Stores who continued to use until 1964."

Source: https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/people/cp102202/pathescope-limited

ACCIS

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ACCIS was a national non-profit association dedicated to helping graduates get jobs. It provided advice and services in the areas of student recruitment and career development. Their national office was located in Toronto.

Apple Inc.

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  • 1976-

"Apple Inc., formerly Apple Computer, Inc., American manufacturer of personal computers, smartphones, tablet computers, computer peripherals, and computer software. It was the first successful personal computer company and the popularizer of the graphical user interface. Headquarters are located in Cupertino, California."

Source: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Apple-Inc

The Saint Andrew Press

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  • 1954-

The Saint Andrew Press was established in 1954 and is the publishing house of the Church of Scotland. It merged with Scottish Christian Press in 2005. In January 2011, Saint Andrew Press's sales, production, marketing and distribution operations were outsourced by the Church of Scotland to Hymns Ancient and Modern.

Anishinabek Nation

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The Anishinabek Nation established the Union of Ontario Indians (UOI) as its secretariat in 1949. The UOI was established because the Anishinabek Nation did not legally exist and a legal entity was required to enter into legally-binding agreements. The Anishinabek Nation is a political advocate for 40 member First Nations across Ontario. The Anishinabek Nation is the oldest political organization in Ontario and can trace its roots back to the Confederacy of Three Fires, which existed long before European contact.

The Anishinabek Nation represents 40 First Nations throughout the province of Ontario from Golden Lake in the east, Sarnia in the south, Thunder Bay and Lake Nipigon in the north. The 40 First Nations have an approximate combined population of 65,000 citizens, one third of the province of Ontario’s First Nation population. The Anishinabek Nation has four strategic regional areas: Southwest, Southeast, Lake Huron and Northern Superior. Each region is represented by a Regional Deputy Grand Council Chief.

Coalition of First Nations

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The Coalition of First Nations was comprised of Treaty 6 Chiefs Alliance of Alberta, Lil'Wat Nation British Columbia, Mohawk Council of Kahnawake Quebec, Indian Nations of the Maritimes, and the Brotherhood of Indian Nations Manitoba.

Lutterworth Press

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The Lutterworth Press was founded as the Religious Tract Society in Georgian London, with its headquarters just off Fleet Street, in order to provide improving literature for young people and adults. Since then it has published many tens of thousands of titles, ranging from children's books to erudite academic works. It was the first British publishing house to have branches in Africa and Asia, and part of the publishing program in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was the publication of language dictionaries and other works in many indigenous languages. The Lutterworth Press became well known to generations of British children because of its publication of the Boy's Own Paper and the Girl's Own Paper. James Clarke and Co Ltd is a sister company to Lutterworth, which publishes academic and theological titles.

Defender Photo Supply Co.

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An early manufacturer of black & white photographic film, plates, printing paper, and instructional books. The company was incorporated in 1899 in Rochester, New York. Defender became part of E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPont), a chemical company, in 1945.

Kodak Heritage Museum

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The official opening of the museum occurred on June 10, 1999 and in the years that followed, the Kodak Heritage Museum became the home for such groups as the Toronto Camera Club and the Photographic Historical Society.

Ashley and Crippen Photographers

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  • 1915-

Founded in 1915, the firm is still active today. Presently located in Yorkville under the leadership of Michael Shaw.

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