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Victoria and Grey Trust Company
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[197-] (Creation)
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- Berry, Wallace R.
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1 photograph : b&w ; 25.5 x 20.7 cm.
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Wallace R. Berry (1917-1999) was born and raised in Brantford Ontario. In 1937 he entered Queen's University graduating in 1942. While at Queen's he was coach and instructor for swimming and water polo and it was also during these years that he developed an interest in photography. After his graduation from Queen's, in 1942, Wally Berry entered the Royal Canadian Navy. Following the war Wally worked with a motion picture company in Montreal, Associated Screen News. Later he returned to Kingston and established Cinema Television Productions as an outlet for his ideas, as well as opening a photographic studio. Around 1971, he opened The Village Studio in Photography located in Portsmouth Village at 670 King St West. In addition to portraiture he did some freelance news and aerial photography. In 1951 he was appointed official photographer to the Queen's yearbook. In 1954, in addition to still photography, he began filming and latterly video taping Queen's football games. In fact he pioneered this work and it brought him membership in Queen's Football Hall of Fame, builder category. he was also awarded what is now known as the Padre Laverty Award from the Kingston Branch of the Queen's Alumni Association. He closed up his studios in 1996.
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Item is a photograph of a view of the Victoria & Grey Trust building at the corner of Wellington and Brock Streets.
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Margaret Angus, 5 May 2003.
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Located on the corner of Wellington and Brock Streets, this corner building was built in 1842 by architect George Browne for William Henry Wilson. The first storey consists of a series of segmental arches supporting the upper floors of the building. During the 1950's alterations were made by filling in the lower portion of the arches with stone and glazing the upper portions. However, in the 1970's the directors of Vicrotia & Grey Trust decided to restore the building to it's original classic appearance by reinstating the arches. Entranceways are recessed and a curved window entirely without glaze now emphasises the rounded corner of the structure. (Information taken from pg.83 of 'Kingston Splendid Heritage' by Mikos)
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Conservation code: 1
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Description created 02/08/2005. Last updated 15/10/2015. Archivist: Stewart Renfrew.