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Richard Maynard (photographer)

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in British Columbia where he apparently had some success mining. In the interim, his wife studied the principles of photography, probably acquiring the knowledge from a local firm of photographers. Maynard returned to Bowmanville, and in 1862 the family with their four children moved permanently west
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In the late 1890s Maynard concluded his career in photography, and then enjoyed several years of retirement and comfortable family life. He died on January 10, 1907, in Victoria. His wife continued working until her retirement in 1912, and she died in 1918. Many of Maynard's prints, along with some
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to Haida Gwaii, photographing a number of localities there as well as on the British Columbia mainland and Vancouver Island. In 1890, Maynard won first prize in the professional category for his local photograph of Victoria Arm, in a contest sponsored by the
136:. As a boy he first went to sea, working the coastal trade between England and Wales. Maynard was also apprenticed early on to learn the shoemaker's trade, and so he made boots in the winter and worked as a sailor in the summer. In 1852 he met and married 31: 331:
on the adjacent mainland. Some engravings based on his photographs were published in Chittenden's report, released in November 1884. On July 4, 1886, he photographed the first passenger train to reach the
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It is likely that Maynard learned the skill of photography from his wife, and his earliest known photograph is an 1864 panorama of Victoria. In 1868, he took his first long distance trip, up the
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in 1880, and Richard subsequently made further trips along the railway route in the next five years. He returned to Alaska in 1882, sailing on the steamer
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On another government commission in 1884, Maynard accompanied the American explorer Captain Newton Chittenden on an expedition to
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In 1875, Richard and Hannah travelled to San Francisco to buy photographic equipment. While Richard was engaged with
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256:, his wife managed a thriving studio business in Victoria. In June 1879, Richard made a brief trip to 1245: 1240: 162: 132:, Cornwall, on February 22, 1832. When he was two years old, his family moved to the nearby town of 403: 1129: 1170: 129: 54: 406:. The negatives, along with those of his wife, were donated or sold by their son Albert to the 1216: 1197: 1178: 1054:
Cleaver, J.D. (1993). "L. Samuel and the West Shore: Images of a Changing Pacific Northwest".
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Camera Workers: The British Columbia, Alaska & Yukon Photographic Directory, 1858–1950
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convened to resolve ownership of the islands. In 1893, he made his last excursion to the
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houses, the earliest such photographs known. In addition, he documented the
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Mattison, David (1985). "Richard Maynard: Photographer of Victoria, B.C.".
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Pioneer Photographers of the Far West: A Biographical Dictionary 1840–1865
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of his personal papers, were collected by the amateur ethnologist
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The Magic Box: The Eccentric Genius of Hannah Maynard
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in British Columbia. Hannah and her husband visited
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Index


Stratton, Cornwall
Victoria, British Columbia
Hannah Maynard
British Columbia
Alaska
Pribiloff Islands
Bering Sea
Stratton
Bude
Hannah Hatherly
Bowmanville
Ontario
Fraser River Gold Rush
Victoria
Colony of Vancouver Island
Stickeen Territories
placer mining
Cariboo Road
Barkerville
New Westminster
Vancouver Island
Bella Coola
Superintendent of Indian Affairs
Israel Wood Powell
Kwakwaka'wakw
Klinaklini River
Takush Harbour
Hudson's Bay Company blanket
Yuquot

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