Paquin Camera Works

Title

Paquin Camera Works
Pacquin Camera Exchange

Type

Company

Coverage

Toronto, ON

Active From

1935-01-01

Active Until

1947-01-01

Location

787 Queen St. W., Toronto, ON (1935, 1947)

Product Areas

Cameras
Electrical

Activities

Repairing
Supplying
Manufacturing

Timeline

- 1935 – Active as Paquin Camera Exchange at 787 Queen St. W., Toronto, ON, and associated with proprietor Joseph M. Paquin. (Might’s Greater Toronto City Directory (1935): 978)

- 1939 – Company active as Paquin Camera Works and selling a condenser to the Department of Applied Physics at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Toronto. (University of Toronto Report of the Board of Governors…1939: 278)

- 1945-46 – Company active in Toronto Paquin Camera Works and conducting repairs for the Department of Health, Government of Ontario. (“Public Accounts of the Department of Health”: E24)

- 1947 – Active as Paquin Camera Works, with proprietor Joseph M. Paquin. Located at 787 Queen St. W., Toronto, ON. (Might’s Greater Toronto City Directory (1947))

Sources

University of Toronto, University of Toronto Report of the Board of Governors for the Year Ending 1939, The Legislative Assembly of Ontario (T.E. Bowman, 1940) (https://ia801309.us.archive.org/29/items/uoftreportgov1939univ/uoftreportgov1939univ.pdf)

“Public Accounts of the Department of Health” Public Accounts of the Province of Ontario for the Year Ended 31st March 1944/ 1945–46, Legislative Assembly of Ontario, Sessional Paper No. 1, 1946 (T.E. Bowman, 1945): E1–E58 (https://archive.org/details/publicaccounts1945onta/page/n5/mode/2up)

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Citation

“Paquin Camera Works,” Precision Instrument Culture in Canada, accessed November 18, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/instrument-precision/items/show/8273.

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