Now that I’ve introduced John Bowerman Ferguson, Thomas Robson Pearson, and David Robson, three of the founding partners in the British Columbia Stationery and Printing Company (J.A. Hart was the fourth), let’s continue the story about this firm. A Promising Start… Beginning in May 1886 with Pearson’s and Ferguson’s existing book and stationery stores in New… Continue reading British Columbia Stationery and Printing Company
Before I continue the story of the British Columbia Stationery and Printing Company and John Bowerman Ferguson, let’s meet the other bookselling partner in the venture: Thomas Robson Pearson. Establishing T.R. Pearson & Co., New Westminster Born in 1858 in Oshawa, Ontario, Pearson came to Victoria in 1877, and then to New Westminster in 1879… Continue reading Thomas Robson Pearson: New Westminster and Vancouver Bookselling Pioneer
I was in Winnipeg (my hometown) for a few weeks this summer, and that got me thinking about a BC bookseller with a Winnipeg connection: John Bowerman Ferguson. Part of the BC bookselling scene from 1885 to 1889 in Victoria and Vancouver, Ferguson was originally from Ontario. But before establishing himself in BC, he spent… Continue reading John Bowerman Ferguson: BC Bookseller with a Winnipeg Connection
