W G Cooper and Co

Active Dates:

circa 1872 - circa 1909

Active Area:

North and Central America (continent)
Barbados (nation)
Saint Michael (parish (political))
Bridgetown (inhabited place)

Likenesses:

None

Photographs:

See list of photographs

Publications:

Macmillan, Allister (1909), 'The West Indies illustrated: historical and descriptive, commercial and industrial, facts, figures, and resources'. London: W.H. and L. Collingridge. [Includes photographers by W.G. Cooper].

Related Entries:

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W.G. Cooper established a photographic business in Bridgetown, Barbados, in 1872 (Macmillan 1909, p.370). The firm exhibited prints at the Colonial and Indian Exhibition, London, 1886. In 1898 the firm had a studio in Victoria Street, Bridgetown (Fraser 1897, p.173). In 1909 Cooper had a studio at 9 Broad Street Bridgetown (Macmillan 1909, p.370). The firm is not recorded in the 1922 edition of Macmillan's 'The red book of the West Indies'.

Sources:

Fraser, S.J., (1897) 'The Barbados Diamond Jubilee directory and general West Indian advertiser'. Barbados: T.E. King and Co.
Macmillan, Allister (1909), 'The West Indies illustrated: historical and descriptive, commercial and industrial, facts, figures, and resources'. London: W.H. and L. Collingridge.
Macmillan, Allister (1922), 'The red book of the West Indies: historical and descriptive, commercial and industrial, facts, figures and resources'. London: W.H. and L. Collingridge.

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