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Goodship, Frank
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Goodship, Frank
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Dates of existence
1926-1990
History
Frank Goodship was born in Revelstoke, British Columbia Saturday October 23, 1926. His early education was in Port Moody and then the Chilliwack area where his family is assumed to have lived. At age 18 he joined the Royal Canadian Navy where he served from 1944 until 1945. After his military service he went to the University of British Columbia from 1946 until 1947. From 1948 until 1950 he worked as a photographer for the Chilliwack Progress newspaper before moving to the British Columbian newspaper in New Westminster from 1949 until 1954. He was known to use a Graflex Speed Graphic camera, a favourite of press photographers.
During his time at the Columbian he was the first salaried staff photographer and was responsible for building their darkroom facilities. Previously local photographers developed at their own facilities. In an undated newspaper article it is noted that he has been taking “a special course in TV production at UBC” and lists him as an ardent motor race participant. It goes on to mention that he has left the British Columbian to become a co-coordinating producer at the CBC affiliate CBUT in Vancouver, which first broadcast in December of 1953. He would work for the CBC from 1954 until 1961.
In 1961 Mr. Goodship left the CBC for a position with the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation as part of a Canadian aid programme to set up local broadcasting for the African continent. He would work to those ends until 1965. From 1965 until 1987 he worked for UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. He died December 14, 1990 in Geneva Switzerland shortly after his 64th birthday.
During his time at the Columbian he was the first salaried staff photographer and was responsible for building their darkroom facilities. Previously local photographers developed at their own facilities. In an undated newspaper article it is noted that he has been taking “a special course in TV production at UBC” and lists him as an ardent motor race participant. It goes on to mention that he has left the British Columbian to become a co-coordinating producer at the CBC affiliate CBUT in Vancouver, which first broadcast in December of 1953. He would work for the CBC from 1954 until 1961.
In 1961 Mr. Goodship left the CBC for a position with the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation as part of a Canadian aid programme to set up local broadcasting for the African continent. He would work to those ends until 1965. From 1965 until 1987 he worked for UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. He died December 14, 1990 in Geneva Switzerland shortly after his 64th birthday.
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Photographer
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New Westminster Museum and Archives
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Partial
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
December 16, 2011
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- English
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Mrs. Jean Goodship
