John Thomas Pierre: Tailor
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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.”