Elsie Holloway Explained

Elsie Holloway
Birth Place:St. John's, Colony of Newfoundland
Death Place:St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
Nationality:Canadian
Field:Photographer

Elsie Holloway (1882–1971) was a Canadian photographer known for her portraits and historical events in Newfoundland.[1]

Biography

Elizabeth-Mary “Elsie” Holloway was born in St. John's in 1882.[2] She was the daughter of Henrietta Palfrey and Robert E. Holloway.[3] Her father was a college professor and amateur landscape photographer who introduced his two children, Bert and Elsie, to photography.[4]

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.[4] [2] Bert specialized in landscapes and Elsie specialized in portraits.[4]

In 1915 Bert enlisted for service in World War I and died at the battle of Monchy-le-Preux in 1917.[4] Elsie, meanwhile made portraits of many of the Newfoundland Regiment enlistees in St. John's.[4]

After the war, Holloway kept the studio open, and continued to create portraits and landscape photographs.[1] Notably, she photographed Alcock and Brown in 1919 before their successful Trans-Atlantic crossing, and Amelia Earhart's 1932 flight from Harbour Grace, where Earhart began her solo transatlantic flight.[2] [5]

In 1946 Holloway retired and sold her studio.[4] She died in 1971 in St. John's.[1] Regrettably, many of Holloway's glass negatives were stripped of their emulsion and used to build a greenhouse.[6]

Further information

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Holloway, Elsie. Canadian Women Artists History Initiative. 9 November 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171108034158/http://cwahi.concordia.ca/sources/artists/displayArtist.php?ID_artist=5631. 8 November 2017. live.
  2. Web site: Elsie Holloway (1882–1971). Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage. 9 November 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171110114351/http://www.heritage.nf.ca/articles/arts/elsie-holloway.php. 10 November 2017. live.
  3. Web site: Holloway, Robert E, 1850–1904, photographer. RCS Photographers Index. Cambridge University Library. 9 November 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20140828164034/http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/rcs_photographers/entry.php?id=242. 28 August 2014. dead.
  4. Web site: War Portraits: Elsie Holloway and the Newfoundland Regiment. Canadian Centre for the Great War. 9 November 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171110114620/https://greatwarcentre.com/2016/09/09/war-portraits-elsie-holloway-and-the-newfoundland-regiment/. 10 November 2017. live.
  5. Web site: Amelia Earhart's Life and Her Connection to Harbour Grace. Owlcation. 9 November 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171110114429/https://owlcation.com/humanities/Amelia-Earhart-The-Harbour-Grace-Connection. 10 November 2017. live.
  6. Web site: McGrath. Antonia. Early Photography in Newfoundland. The Rooms: Archives, Art Gallery, Museum. 9 November 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171110114915/https://www.therooms.ca/early-photography-in-newfoundland. 10 November 2017. live.