David Goss: A Christmas photo opportunity in Canada’s Confederation year

David Goss: A Christmas photo opportunity in Canada’s Confederation year

While studio photographers probably do a superior job of taking Christmas photos, most people today snap multiple photos with their cell phones with little thought of how difficult a process it used to be. Surprisingly, it was possible in Saint John as early as 1867, and though no photos D.J Bowron took that Christmas exist, we know he was in business in Saint John on the corner of King and Cross Streets that year from an advertisement that appe…