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John Thomas Pierre: Tailor

black and white professional studio portrait of middle-aged man, seated, dark hair and trimmed dark beard, wearing formal suit

Image M01021 Courtesy of City of Victoria Archives.

John Thomas’ father, Thomas Whiting Pierre, started the tailoring and dyeing business in 1858. A notice about the partnership is published in the British Colonist announcing the partnership as of April 5, 1892.   The business now advertises itself as the “Victoria Tailoring & Dyeing Establishment,   J. & T. Pierre Proprietors.”