BRITISH COLUMBIA ARTISTS  

Paul Page

October 10 1893 - February 17 1950

Canadian Expeditionary Force


Paul Page was born in Mount Pleasant, Utah, USA. He apparently came to Canada with his family c1904. His father was living in Medicine Hat, Alberta, in 1916.

Page entered the Canadian Army in World War One on February 8 1916, his "trade or calling" noted as "student" although he was also noted as a school teacher with 6 months experience. In France he suffered a "gunshot wound to left femur" at Vimy Ridge, and entered hospital on June 1 1918 after lying in a shell hole for four days. He was invalided to Canada on September 20 1918, and discharged from service on December 23 1918. The discharge certificate noted his "character and conduct" as VERY GOOD.

Page provided numerous illustrations and some writing to all three volumes of THE GOLD STRIPE in 1918 and 1919.


Illustration from The Gold Stripe, Vol. 1, December 1918


Illustration from The Gold Stripe, Vol. 2, May 1919

The sketch of La Panne from Page's War Note Book was used as an illustration for an article written by Major J.S. Matthews, who years later became the City of Vancouver's first Archivist.

Information from City Directories:

1917 no listing
1918 h 20 - 843 Cardero
1919 illustrator h 1 - 904 Nicola
1920 designer and illustrator, 316 - 198 Hastings W.
1920 signs 316 - 198 Hastings W. h 904 Nicola
1921 sign painter / commercial artist, 412 - 198 Hastings St.
1921 advertising agent, 412 Carter-Cotton Building
1922 commercial artist, h 8 - 1209 Thurlow St. (Capital Apartments)
1923 h 49 - 777 Burrard St. (Irwinton Apartments)
1924 advertising agent, 606 - 207 West Hastings St. h 21 - 777 Burrard St.
1925 advertising agent, h 21 - 777 Burrard St.
1926 advertising agent, 1407 - 207 West Hastings St. h 21 - 777 Burrard St.
1927 advertising agent, 1407 - 207 West Hastings St. h 21 - 777 Burrard St.
1928 advertising writer, h 17 - 784 Thurlow
1929 no listing

Apparently Page left Vancouver sometime around 1928 or 1929, but returned to the province four years before he died in 1950.


Illustration from The Gold Stripe, Vol. 3, 1919

BC Vital Statistics lists his death in Kamloops from bronchopneumonia in 1950. He is listed as "widowed" although the name of his wife was not provided. The form noted that he had been in Kamloops for 2 weeks, in British Columbia for 4 years, and in Canada for 46 years. His occupation was listed as a "School teacher - Retired" who retired in 1935 after 18 years employment in that profession, i.e. from 1917 to 1935. This seems to conflict with the Directory listings, although his father's name on the certificate matches the name given in his military records.


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References

Canadian Expeditionary Force - enlistment and medical records online

THE GOLD STRIPE - VOLUME ONE
      1918, Christmas. Published by the Amputation Club of B.C., Vancouver
      216 pages (including text, advertisements and photographs)
      Heavily illustrated by many early Vancouver artists.

THE GOLD STRIPE - VOLUME TWO
      1919, May. Published by the Amputation Club of B.C., Vancouver
      220 pages (including text, advertisements and photographs)
      Heavily illustrated by many early Vancouver artists.

THE GOLD STRIPE - VOLUME THREE
      1919. Published by the Amputation Club of B.C., Vancouver
      Heavily illustrated by many early Vancouver artists including Page.

B.C. VITAL STATISTICS ON-LINE death (refer to BCVS)

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