O.B. Allan Ltd. fonds - City of Vancouver Archives

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Title proper

O.B. Allan Ltd. fonds

General material designation

Photograph

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Fonds

Reference code

AM1385

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Date(s)

[18-?] - 1965, 1971 (Creation)

Creator

Allan, Oscar Bruce

Physical description area

Physical description

42 photographs and negatives

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Name of creator

Allan, Oscar Bruce

(1878-1966)

Biographical history

Oscar Bruce Allan was born in 1878 in Guelph, Ontario. He moved to Vancouver in 1897, where he was employed by George E. Trorey, jeweler and watchmaker. O.B. Allan opened his first jewelry store in 1904 at the corner of Granville and Pender Streets. In 1910 or 1911 the store was moved temporarily to 581 Granville (at Dunsmuir); in 1912 it was moved back to Granville and Pender into the newly-built Rogers Building. The business manufactured and sold jewelry, especially diamonds. O.B. Allan died in 1966, leaving the business to his son, also named Oscar Bruce Allan. The latter retired in 1973.

Custodial history

Scope and content

The fonds consists of 42 photographs and negatives, mainly of the O.B. Allan store.

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Physical condition

Immediate source of acquisition

Presented by Janet Allen in 2001.

Arrangement

Photographs in this fonds have been assigned catalogue numbers with in the range CVA 1385-1 to CVA 1385-27.

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General note

Duplicates of contact prints available for CVA 1385-1 to CVA 1385-7. Duplicate also available for 1385-16.

Fonds AM1385 - O.B. Allan Ltd. fonds