Richard B. Collins (Dallas)
Chronology
1884-1891 Dallas
1892 Victoria BC
Directory Listings
1884 POWI pg. 126 Dallas “Collins, Richard B., photographer”
1888 POWI Not listed
1889 POWI pg. 197 Dallas “Collins, R B picture enlarger”
1891 POWI pg. 228 Dallas “Collins, R. B., photographer”
Mautz Oregon “Collins, R. B., 1885, Dalles (sic)”
Photographer’s Imprints
“R. B. Collins, Photographer, Dallas, Oregon” printed front cabinet card tr
News Items and Advertisements
1888: “R. B. Collins, the photographer, is prepared to turn out photographs a Dallas in all its branches as good s in any part of the state” Polk County Observer, (Monmouth) 8 December 1888, pg. 3, col. 6.
Bibliography
Mattison, David, Camera Workers – The British Columbia Photographer’s Directory 1858-1900, author 1985, pg. C-9. Lists R. B. Collins as working in Victoria BC in 1892. His newspaper ad claims he has 20 years experience in the United States and England. Reference to the World 23 January 1892 pg. 4 is given.