Born: 1845, 13 or 27 February - Canada, QC, Montreal Died: 1930, 16 November - Canada, BC, Vancouver Gender: Male Active: Canada
Canadian photographer and business man. His extensive archives including some 150,000 mainly glass plates was aquired by the Public Archives of Canada in 1936 for $3,000. This archive along with that of his one-time employer William Notman is one of the great collections of Canadian photographs.
William James Topley
Portraits
If you have a portrait of this photographer or know of the whereabouts of one we would be most grateful.
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Genealogy of William James Topley
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