Gladys Reeves was born June 1890 in Somerset, England. The youngest daughter of William Paris and Clara Ellen (Gold) Reeves, the family moved to Edmonton in 1904. Gladys began working for Ernest Brown Limited in 1905. In 1920, she established her own photographic studio, The Art League. The studio (and her apartment) were destroyed by fire in February 1929; also destroyed were many of Ernest Brown's historical negatives that she was storing. Gladys re-established her studio over the Empress Theatre and it remained open until 1950. Gladys was a member of the Edmonton Horticultural Society and was also instrumental in the Edmonton Tree Planting Committee, which was responsible for planting over 5,000 trees in boulevards throughout Edmonton in 1923. Gladys Reeves died April 26, 1974 at the age of 83 and was cremated with her ashes as Westlawn cemetery.