About Elsie Holloway
Lived 1882 – 1971 (aged 88–89). Elsie Holloway was a Canadian photographer.
Elsie Holloway (1882–1971) was a Canadian photographer known for her portraits and historical events in Newfoundland.
Biography Elizabeth-Mary "Elsie" Holloway was born in St. John's in 1882. She was the daughter of Henrietta Palfrey and Robert E. Holloway. Her father was a college professor and amateur landscape photographer who introduced his two children, Bert and Elsie, to photography.
In the early 1900s, after their father's death, Elsie and Bert established the Holloway Studio in St. John's, which was among the first portrait studios in Newfoundland.
In 1946, Holloway retired and sold her studio.
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Who was Elsie Holloway?
Canadian photographer (1882–1971)
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Elsie Holloway was born in 1882 in St. John's.
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Elsie Holloway died in 1971 in Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.
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Elsie Holloway was a photographer.
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Elsie Holloway was Canadian.
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