E. Wheeler & Son
Dates
- Existence: 1864 - 1914
Biography
Edmund Wheeler and his son Edmund Richard Wheeler opened a photographic studio in Colombo Street (between Cashel and Hereford Streets facing the Triangle in High Street) on the 18th January 1864. Soon after opening the building was destroyed by fire. The building was rebuilt on the same location. Edmund Wheeler died in 1877 but Edmund Richard continued on with the business. In early 1880 E Wheeler and Son relocated to the Cathedral Square (in the North-West Quadrant). The firm went bankrupt in 1914 in large part due to the emerging popularity of postcards. Edmund Richard Wheeler died on the 16th of January 1933.
Citation:
(1880, April 12). Business notices. The Star (Christchurch), p1. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/star-christchurch/1880/04/12/1(1933, January 18). Obituary. Mr E. R. Wheeler. The Press, p13. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/press/1933/01/18/13
Wooward, J. (1987). A Canterbury album; collodion photography in Canterbury 1857-1880. Te Waihora Press. https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C15976
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Burton Brothers early Christchurch photographs
Photographs of early Christchurch taken by Burton Bros. Dunedin. Also includes those taken by F. Bradley & Co., E. Wheeler & Son and Standish & Preece.
Christchurch house and gardens photograph
Mounted photograph of a house and outbuildings, with formal garden in foreground, probably Christchurch or nearby, ca. 1880. Caption, E. Wheeler & Son, Cathedral Square, Christchurch.
Holy Trinity Church, Avonside photograph
Mounted photograph of the Holy Trinity Church, Avonside with caption, E. Wheeler & Son, Imperial Studio, Cathedral Square, Christchurch, N.Z.