Ada Driver

Ada Annie Driver (12 November 1868 – 31 December 1954) was an Australian photographer in Brisbane during the early twentieth century. She ran a photography studio on Queen street in Brisbane between 1906 to 1919.

Ada Annie Driver
Born(1868-11-12)12 November 1868
Queensland, Australia
Died31 December 1954(1954-12-31) (aged 86)
Queensland, Australia
Years active1906–1919
Known forPortrait Photography
Spouse
William Ellis Evans
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(m. 1913)​
Parents
  • Charles Driver
  • Harriet Howe

Early life

One of eight children, Driver was born on 12 November 1868 to Charles Driver and Harriett Howe in Queensland, Australia.[1][2] Driver’s father Charles was first a cane cutter, before opening a shop.[1]

Career

Driver trained with Danish-born photographer Poul C. Poulson who set up a photographic studio at 7 Queen street in Brisbane, in 1882.[1]

In 1906, Driver opened her own photographic studio, Ada Driver’s Studio, at 51 Queen street in Brisbane.[1][2] She specialised in high-class portraiture, children’s portraits, artistic colouring, postcards, and illustrative works.[1] She advertised in The Brisbane Courier that her studio's rooms are the largest in Brisbane, neatly furnished, and use the newest Appliances.[3]

Driver’s business was successful, allowing her to employ studio assistants who were mostly women, including Lucy, her sister who took over the Ada Driver studios in Fortitude Valley,[1] as well as photographer Elsie Lambton.[1][4]

Driver also created magic lantern slides and stereoscopic photographs, some of which have been bequeathed to the State Library of Queensland.[1] The Ada Driver studio shut down in 1919.[1]

Personal life

In 1913, Driver married William Ellis Evans, who managed the Queensland branch of Kodak.[1][2] Driver died on 31 December 1954.[1]

References
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  1. "Driver, Ada Annie". AWR. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
  2. "DRIVER, ADA (G)". Photoria. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
  3. "THE ADA DRIVER STUDIO". Brisbane Courier. 1907-12-11. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
  4. "The Lambton Ladies". Women of the North. 2019-06-05. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
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