Camera Workers, 1858-1950

The British Columbia, Alaska and Yukon Photographic Directory, 1858-1950

1832 - 1907 (74 years)

Name	Maynard, Richard
Birth	22 Feb 1832	Stratton, Cornwall, Eng., UK
Gender	Male
Business Address/Year	1864-1868?	Victoria, BC
	He moved from this Fort St. location to the Occidental Block, Fort St., and worked there as a boot- and shoemaker and a photographer. He relied on the Mrs. R. Maynard studio on Johnson St. for darkroom work.
	Address: Fort St. Victoria, BC Canada
Marriage	24 Mar 1852	Bude, Stratton, Cornwall, Eng., UK [70, 71]
	Bride: Hannah Hatherly
	While sources indicate they were married in Bude Haven, it is the same location as Bude.
Business Address/Year	1863-1864	Victoria, BC
	He worked out of the same location as his wife as a photographer and boot- and shoemaker before establishing his own store on Fort St. ca. 1865.
	Address: Johnson St. Victoria, BC Canada
Business Address/Year	1868?-1874	Victoria, BC
	He was first listed at this location in the Occidental Block in the 1869 business directory. He worked here as a boot- and shoemaker and a photographer, using Mrs. R. Maynard's address on Johnson St. in his imprints, for example, the backs of stereograph cards on which his name with her address appears.
	Address: Fort St. (north side) Occidental Block Victoria, BC Canada
Business Address/Year	1874-1892	Victoria, BC
	He and Mrs. R. Maynard maintained separate businesses in this two-story wooden building.
	Address: Douglas St. corner of Johnson St. Victoria, BC Canada
Business Address/Year	1892-1900	Victoria, BC
	Richard and Mrs. R. Maynard continued to maintain separate business addresses at this brick building which they built.
	Address: 41 Pandora Avenue Maynard Building Victoria, BC Canada
Business Address/Year	1901	Victoria, BC
	Address: 41 1/2 Pandora Avenue Maynard Building Victoria, BC Canada
Business Address/Year	1901-1905	Victoria, BC
	Address: 41 Pandora Avenue Maynard Building Victoria, BC Canada
Home Address/Year	1862-1907	Victoria, BC
	usually same as business address
	Address: Victoria, BC Canada
Death	10 Jan 1907	Victoria, BC [72]
Burial	13 Jan 1907	Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, BC [73]
Association	Maynard, Hannah Hatherly (Relationship: Spouse)
Association	Macdonald, Emma (Relationship: Father)
Association	Maynard, Albert Hatherly (Relationship: Son)
Association	Dally, Frederick (Relationship: Undefined)
Association	Maynard, Lillian Elizabeth (Relationship: Granddaughter; Employee)
Association	Macdonald, Maynard Forbes (Relationship: Grandson)
Person ID	I118	Camera Workers \| M, vol. 1, 1858-1900
Last Modified	9 Sep 2024

Photos » Slide Show		"Indian Chief's Grave, Wrangel" Mrs. R. Maynard, Artist, stamp on bottom of mounted photograph taken by Richard Maynard at Wrangel, Alaska, 14 Jun 1879.
		Newton H. Chittenden and Haida guides, Haida Gwaii, 28 Apr 1884. Richard Maynard accompanied on Chittenden on his exploration of the Queen Charlotte Islands (Haida Gwaii) An engraving based on this photograph, with the photographer added, was published in Chittenden's Hyda Land and People (1884). Image courtesy of BC Archives, Visual Records call no. A-02042.
		Photographer Richard Maynard with his field camera. Photographed in his wife's (Hannah Hatherly Maynard) studio. Image courtesy of BC Archives, Visual Records call no. F-06336.
		Hannah and Richard Maynard's adjoining businesses, Douglas and Johnson streets, Victoria. Richard relocated his boot and shoe business from Fort Street to this location around May 1874. Image courtesy of BC Archives, Visual Records call no. A-00853 (HP001820).
		Hannah and Richard Maynard's camera float on Pandora Avenue for a Victoria parade. Image courtesy of BC Archives, Visual Records call no. F-05137.
		Maynard Building, Pandora Avenue, Victoria. A stereo photograph, this building housed Richard's boot and shoe business and Hannah's portrait studio. Image courtesy of BC Archives, Visual Records call no. G-04812.
		Maynard building, Pandora Avenue, Victoria, interior. Richard Maynard on the left. The stereographoscope, used for viewing stereographs and mounted single photographs, seen on the left in BC Archives, Visual Records call no. C-08996, is visible in this photo. Image courtesy of BC Archives, Visual Records call no. C-08870.
		Maynard building, Pandora Avenue, Victoria, interior. The stereographoscope, used for viewing stereographs and mounted single photographs, seen on the left in BC Archives, Visual Records call no. C-08870, is visible in this photo. Image courtesy of BC Archives, Visual Records call no. C-08996.
		Label enlargement from CPR construction photo, ca. 1880-1883. Richard Maynard used this type of label on many of his photos of CPR construction.
		Richard Maynard imprint, verso of boudoir card, between 1886-Mar 1892. The photo on the front of the card depicts an interior house pole and was displayed by Maynard at the Colonial and Indian Exhibition of 1886 in London, Eng. As an exhibitor, he was allowed to use the exhibition medallion faces on his photographs. Courtesy of UBC Museum of Anthropology, Reverend Thomas Crosby fonds.
		Wreck of the Barnard Castle near Rack Rocks, 1886. Photograph credited to Mrs. R. Maynard, but likely taken by Richard Maynard. This was the collier on which the fraudster C.K. Wilson who posed as a photographer made good his escape from Nanaimo in 1882. Courtesy of BC Archives, Item A-00007.
		Indian Reserve Commission camp, Boston Bar, May-June 1878. Photographed by either Richard or Hannah, this mounted version bears the Mrs. R. Maynard imprint on the verso. Richard's version of this same scene is a stereograph. Courtesy of UBC Library, Uno Langmann Family Collection of British Columbia Photographs, UL_2054_0001.
		Indian Reserve Commission camp, Boston Bar, May-June 1878. Photographed by either Richard or Hannah, this stereograph is identified as Richard's work. The single mounted print version bears the Mrs. R. Maynard imprint on the verso.
		Richard Maynard, stereograph, Yale, BC, 1868-1878. The typeset title pasted at the bottom left reads "Fort Yale, the Head of Steamboat Navigation Fraser River, B.C." The verso is blank and yellow.
		Richard Maynard stereograph with an unidentified young photographer, ca. 1880s. This is an enlarged and cropped screen print from the right-hand image. The trio of cyclists, one of whom may be Hannah Maynard, are stopped at a structure known as the mushroom seat next to Beacon Hill Park's Good Acre Lake with the stone bridge crossing it in the background. The young man on the left is carrying a camera -- could it be a Kodak, first introduced in 1888? If that is Hannah, the young man with the camera could be a grandson. Courtesy of UBC Library, Uno Langmann Family Collection of British Columbia Photographs, UL_1084_0016. For a photograph of a similar scene from a different perspective, also credited to Richard Maynard, see the City of Victoria Archives, Victoria E. Lemmax fonds, Item M07222.
		Richard and Hannah Maynard, 1874-1892. This portrait was taken in front of a large sign outside and between their joint businesses in a wood building at the corner of Douglas and Johnson streets. Courtesy of BC Archives Item C-08673 (HP056736).

Documents » Slide Show		Engraving of Newton H. Chittenden and Haida guides, Haida Gwaii, 28 Apr 1884. Based on a photograph by Richard Maynard. Created by the Moss Engraving Co., New York, the engraver inserted the photographer into the scene. The engraving was published in Chittenden's Hyda Land and People (1884). The original photograph is BC Archives Visual Records call no. A-02042.
		Richard Maynard's ad, Victoria Colonist, 9 Jun 1874. Richard relocated his boot and shoe business to the same building he and his wife shared for her photography business. This ad began running on 3 May 1874.
		Richard Maynard's ad, Victoria Colonist, 2 May 1874, p. 4. The last appearance of this ad for his boot and shoe store business in the Occidental Block on Fort Street; the next day a new ad appeared announcing the relocation of his business to the corner of Douglas and Johnson streets, a building he shared with his wife's photography business.
		Mrs. R. Maynard news item, Victoria Colonist, 25 Mar 1868, p. 3. She marketed photographs of the 1868 Fanny shipwreck taken on 24 Mar 1868. Although the newspaper claimed they were taken by her, they were likely taken by her husband Richard.
		R.E. Gosnell's biography of Richard Maynard and family, A History [of] British Columbia (1906), p. 399. Page one of three.
		R.E. Gosnell's biography of Richard Maynard and family, A History [of] British Columbia (1906), p. 400. Page two of three.
		R.E. Gosnell's biography of Richard Maynard and family, A History [of] British Columbia (1906), p. 401. Page three of three.
		Richard Maynard and J.A. Craigg news, Victoria Colonist, 3 May 1872, p. 3. About their collaboration in photographing St. Ann's convent.
		Richard Maynard news item, Victoria Colonist, 14 Jul 1872, p. 3. About his photographing the foundered North Pacific and another steamer, likely afloat, the Maude.
		Mrs. R. Maynard news item, Victoria Colonist, 11 Oct 1872, p. 3. An article about the first provincial agricultural exhibition mentioned her stereoscopic views which may in fact have been taken by her husband Richard.
		Richard and Mrs. R. Maynard news item, Victoria Colonist, 19 Jun 1878, p. 3. About their photographic visit to the mainland which took them likely as far as Lytton at the junction of the Fraser and Thompson rivers.
		R. Maynard news item, Victoria Colonist, 5 Apr 1896, p. 8. This item references the photo studio but credits Richard, rather than Hannah, with its ownership.
		Richard Maynard imprint, verso of stereograph, 1884. The photograph depicts the interior of Chief Wiah's "Monster House" taken by Richard Maynard in Masset, Haida Gwaii, in 1884. An annotation on the verso states "June 1885". The front of the card is green. This is the same imprint used on the verso of a stereograph of a scene on the Fraser River, ca. 1878-1887. Image courtesy of the Getty Museum (no. 84.XC.979.6017).
		Richard Maynard imprint, verso of stereograph, ca. 1885. The photograph depicts freight wagons on the Cariboo Road; with no evidence of ice on the ground, it is diffcult to believe that the river in the distance is frozen over. The front of the card is yellow. Image courtesy of the Getty Museum (no. 84.XC.979.9863).
		J.B. Kerr's biography of Richard Maynard, p. 229.
		J.B. Kerr's biography of Richard Maynard, p. 230.
		R. Maynard photo ID, ca. 1880s. This set of photographs are uniform in appearance as mounted prints, and the backs are blank. Yale University Library, WA Photos 62.
		Mrs. R. Maynard entry, The New West (1888), p. 199. Richard Maynard's field photography is mentioned at the end of this entry.
		Mrs. R. Maynard entry, The New West (1888), p. 200. Richard Maynard's field photography is mentioned at the end of this entry.
		Mrs. R. and Richard's ad, Victoria Colonist, 9 Jan 1892, p. 2.
		Maynard Building[?] construction cost[?], Victoria Colonist, 1 Jan 1892, p. 8. The $9,000.00 may be an assessed amount or the construction cost. J. Maynard is likely a typo for R. Maynard.
		Richard Maynard and Mrs. R. removal auction, Victoria Colonist, 23 Mar 1892, p. 1. To save the expense of moving stock one block, the Maynards held an auction.
		Richard Maynard ad, Victoria Colonist, 29 Mar 1892, p. 5. In this ad he lets his customers know of his shoe store's new location on Pandora Avenue.
		Mrs. R. and Richard Maynard's joint ad, Victoria Colonist, 1 Apr 1892, p. 2. This is their first joint ad following their move from their former addresses on Douglas Street.
		Richard Maynard news, Victoria Colonist, 1 Jan 1892, p. 8. In addition to the construction of the Maynard Building, Richard also built some cabins in 1891 for housing on Pandora Avenue.
		Richard Maynard news, Victoria Colonist, 24 Apr 1892, p. 5. He photographed the Speaker and the Members of the Legislative Assembly inside the Chamber following the end of the session on 23 Apr 1892.
		Richard Maynard news, Victoria Colonist, 7 Jul 1892, p. 3. Noting his departure for the seal rookeries in the Bering Sea, this article states he was commissioned by the British government to take photographs there and was the only passenger aboard the Danube.
		Richard Maynard news, Victoria Colonist, 30 Jul 1892, p. 2, part 1.
		Richard Maynard news, Victoria Colonist, 30 Jul 1892, p. 2, part 2.
		Richard Maynard news, Victoria Colonist, 4 Jun 1873, p. 3. A description of some of the photographs he took on his HMS Boxer voyage, noting that the images were "issued in card and stereoscopic shape."
		Richard Maynard news, Victoria Colonist, 21 Jun 1873, p. 3. Describes photographs taken at Knight Inlet and Bella Coola.
		Richard Maynard news, Victoria Standard, 4 Jun 1873, p. 3. Maynard was not touring the province, only visiting points along the northwest coast aboard HMS Boxer, and he did not return to Victoria until 17 Jun.
		Richard Maynard news, Victoria Standard, 21 Jun 1873, p. 3.
		Mrs. R. Maynard news, Victoria Colonist, 27 May 1883, p.3. This same issue published two pieces about photos taken by O.C. Hastings of Spencer and Hastings of the same subject matter on Thursday, 24 May. The photographs were almost certainly taken by her husband, Richard Maynard. For a possible match to the baseball game, see https://search-bcarchives.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/baseball-game-in-beacon-hill-park-victoria-2
		Richard Maynard ad, Victoria Colonist, 5 Nov 1886, p. 2. The Island railway refers to the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway which was built between 1884 and 13 Aug 1886 when Prime Minister John A. MacDonald drove the last spike.
		Richard and Mrs. R. Maynard's ad, Chittenden, Settlers, Miners and Tourists Guide from Ocean to Ocean by the CPR (1885), p. 112.
		Mrs. R. and Richard Maynard ad, Victoria Province, 2 Feb 1895, p. 82. A dual ad for their businesses at 41 Pandora Ave. which they had opened in March 1892 in their own building. Mrs. R. Maynard's studio was upstairs and it was entered through a separate outside entrance whose address was 41 1/2 Pandora Ave.
		Mrs. R. Maynard ad, Victoria Standard, 8 Dec 1885, p. 3. These CPR views were more than likely chiefly taken by Richard Maynard since he had spent several years in the early 1880s documenting construction of the railway.
		Richard and Mrs. R. Maynard ads, Victoria Colonist, 31 Jan 1871, p. 3. At this time they operated in two separate locations, Richard in the Occidental Building or Block on Fort Street, and Hannah on Johnson St. near Douglas St.
		Richard and Mrs. R. Maynard news, Victoria Colonist, 30 Mar 1892, p. 8. Their former location at Douglas and Johnson streets was taken over by George Vienna as a fish and fruit store.
		R. Maynard imprint, verso of stereograph, ca. 1871-1874 The photograph is of the east side of Government St. looking south from Fort St. Richard used Mrs. R. Maynard's address on Johnson St. on his own imprints prior to their moving to a shared building on Douglas St. in 1874. The front of the stereograph is pink.
		Gentile and Company news, Victoria Colonist, 18 Feb 1864, p. 3. About the sale of the lease for Robertson's Block, also known as Robinson's Block and the Occidental Block, which included the Occidental Saloon and Gentile and Company's store. A month after the sale, Frederick Dally took out a lease for a year on Gentile's old space. Richard Maynard's boot and shoe store later occupied the ground floor of the Occidental Block. This building stood where the ground-floor entrance to the Bay in the Bay Centre is in the 2000s.
		Chicago World's Fair news, Victoria Colonist, 17 Mar 1893, p. 5, part 1 . This article mentions three photographers whose works would be sent to the Chicago World's Fair: the Fleming Brothers (Victoria), A.D. Worgan (Vernon) and Richard Maynard (Victoria).
		Chicago World's Fair news, Victoria Colonist, 17 Mar 1893, p. 5, part 2. This article mentions three photographers whose works would be sent to the Chicago World's Fair: the Fleming Brothers (Victoria), A.D. Worgan (Vernon) and Richard Maynard (Victoria).
		Richard Maynard news, Victoria Colonist, 15 Jun 1872, p. 3.
		William Notman and Son news, Victoria Times, 18 Jan 1886, p. 1. This article describes giant paintings created from photographs by the Notman studio artist James Weston for display at the Colonial and Indian Exhibition in London, Eng., in 1886. The Victoria painting was likely based on a photograph by Richard Maynard. For details about these paintings and the source photographs see Mattison (2022).
		O.C. Hastings and Richard Maynard news, Victoria Colonist, 14 Mar 1886, p. 3. Among the items being shipped from Victoria to the Colonial and Indian Exhibition in London, Eng., were photographs by O.C. Hastings produced from his home-made dry-plate negatives, and photographs by Richard Maynard. They were the only two professional BC photographers whose work was presented at the exhibition.
		Richard Maynard imprint, verso of mounted photograph, Mar 1892-ca. 1900. The photograph on the recto depicts the fourth Gorge Bridge with a man and a woman rowing a boat and a child seated in the bow. Courtesy of BC Archives, Item A-02759 (HP008074).
		Richard Maynard imprint, verso of mounted photograph, between 1890-1892. The photograph on the recto is HMS Warspite, which served as the flagship on the Pacific Station between 1890 and 1893, and again between 1896 and 1902. The address implies a pre-Mar 1892 date. Courtesy of BC Archives, Item F-06727 (HP000491).
		Richard Maynard imprint, verso of carte-de-visite, ca. 1866-1870. The photograph depicts HMS Plumper and HMS Satellite at anchor, possibly in Esquimalt Harbour. The front is the same colour as a the verso. Courtesy of UBC Library, Uno Langmann Family Collection of British Columbia Photographs, UL_2019_0001.
		Richard Maynard imprint, verso of a stereograph, ca. 1878. The photograph is of an ox team at Mount Pleasant on the Cariboo Road. The front of the card is pink. The verso is a design variation, one of several used between 1874 and 1892.
		Richard Maynard imprint, verso of a stereograph, ca. 1878-1887. The photograph is a scene along the Fraser River. The front of the card is green. This same imprint is identical to that on the verso of a stereograph dated ca. 1895 at the BC Archives of Victoria's Outer Docks with the steamship Pak Shan (BC Archives, Item F-07277 [HP000412]). This vessel was among those used to transport miners and officials to Alaska during the Klondike Gold Rush in the Yukon Territory. In Mar 1892 the Maynards moved to a new address on Pandora Avenue, so either the BC Archives photo is misdated or Richard continued to use old card stock.
		Richard Maynard imprint, verso of stereograph, ca. 1878-1887. The photograph is a scene on the Fraser River. The front of the card is green. This is the same imprint which appears on the verso of the interior of Chief Wiah's "Monster House" which was photographed by Richard at Masset, Haida Gwaii, in 1884.
		Richard Maynard imprint, verso of stereograph, ca. 1878. The photograph is of Hells Gate on the Fraser River. The front of the card is green. Another stereograph with the same imprint in the same private collection is of the George E. Starr sidewheeler at dock in Victoria harbour and is dated 5 Jun 1882; this date may represent a date of presentation to a Mrs. Prescott whose name is also on the verso. This same design, also ca. 1878, appears on a card with a yellow back and a yellow front.
		Richard Maynard imprint, verso of stereograph, 1892-ca. 1899. The photograph depicts a group of people in Beacon Hill Park. The front of the card is the same colour as the verso.
		Richard Maynard imprint, verso of stereograph, 1874-1892. The photograph is of Esquimalt Harbour or the entrance to it. The front of the card is yellow.
		Richard Maynard imprint, verso of stereograph, ca. 1878. The photograph is of the "Lunatic Asylum" and the federal penitentiary at New Westminster. The latter opened in 1878. The front of the card is yellow. Variations of this design appear on other backs and, unusually, the address given is Douglas Street, rather than corner of Douglas and Johnson streets.
		Richard Maynard imprint, verso of stereograph, ca. 1878. The photograph is of a group of horses resting, likely at Boston Bar and part of the Indian Reserve Commission camp. The front of the card is yellow. This same design, also ca. 1878, appears on a card with a green back and a green front.
		Richard Maynard imprint, verso of stereograph, 1870s-1880s? This design is similar to one used on the verso of a carte-de-viste photograph of HMS Plumper and HMS Satellite, ca. 1866-1870. The photograph depicts an unidentified house. The front of the card is the same colour as the verso.
		Richard Maynard imprint, verso of stereograph, ca. 1878. The photograph bears a typescript title on the front of "Bird's-Eye View of Victoria from Christ Church Looking East." The front of the card is yellow. The same verso design appears on a stereograph dated 20 Mar 1878 of the wedding party of Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Harris, nee Martha Douglas (BC Archives, Item F-07259 (HP002719). This design was also used on a ca. 1868-1878 stereograph where the address appears as "Cor. of Douglas and Johnston Sts."
		Richard Maynard imprint, verso of stereograph, ca. 1868-1878. A typeset title pasted at the bottom of the left image reads "Indian Church, Yale." The front of the card is the same colour as the verso. This design was also used on an 1878 stereograph where the address appears as "Douglas Street". Courtesy of UBC Library, Uno Langmann Family Collection of British Columbia Photographs, UL_1084_0040.
		Richard and Hannah Maynard and Spencer and Hastings news, Victoria Colonist, 27 Sep 1884, p. 3. Mrs. R. Maynard exhibited portraits, Richard displayed his stereographs, while the Spencer and Hastings firm showed off their portrait skills at the annual provincial exhibition in Victoria in the new two-story Agricultural Hall in Beacon Hill Park bordering on Heywood Avenue.
		Mrs. R. Maynard news, Victoria Colonist, 29 Sep 1912, p. 10, part 1. On the occasion of her retirement, Mrs. R. Maynard describes her experiences as a photographer, some of them mis-remembered, over about 50 years in Victoria.
		Mrs. R. Maynard news, Victoria Colonist, 29 Sep 1912, p. 10, part 2. On the occasion of her retirement, Mrs. R. Maynard describes her experiences as a photographer, some of them mis-remembered, over about 50 years in Victoria.
	Mrs. R. Maynard news, Victoria Colonist, 29 Sep 1912, p. 10, part 3. On the occasion of her retirement, Mrs. R. Maynard describes her experiences as a photographer, some of them mis-remembered, over about 50 years in Victoria.
	Mrs. R. Maynard news, Victoria Colonist, 29 Sep 1912, p. 10, part 4. On the occasion of her retirement, Mrs. R. Maynard describes her experiences as a photographer, some of them mis-remembered, over about 50 years in Victoria.
	R. Maynard news, Victoria Colonist, 30 Aug 1888, p. 4. Standing atop the veranda of the Colonist building on Government Street, he photographed the funeral procession on 27 Aug 1888 of a man identified as "Lee Yau Kan" whose body was returned to China for burial. Maynard's camera is pointed in a northeasterly direction. For the photographs see BC Archives Item A-09585 and D-05665.
	Mrs. R. and R. Maynard ads, Victoria Colonist, 2 Apr 1898, p. 2.
	Mrs. R. Maynard and O.C. Hastings news, Victoria Times, 17 Jul 1886, p. 4. The individual described in this news item has not been identified.
	R. Maynard ad, Victoria Times, 9 Dec 1890, p. 3. While late in his career as a photographer, this ad placed that role first, followed by his boot and shoe business.
	Detail from the Goad fire insurance plan showing the Maynard Building, 41 and 41 1/2 Pandora Avenue, Victoria, 1891, revised to Jul 1895. The "cabins" shown behind the Maynard Block were built for Richard as rentals and were referred to as the Maynard cabins. Note the existence of two other photo studios on the east side of Douglas St. at 99 and 103 1/2 Douglas. 99 Douglas was the former address of the Maynard photo studio before it was moved in 1892 into the Maynard Block. 97 Douglas St. at the corner of Johnson was the former location of Richard's boot and shoe store.
	Mrs. R. Maynard imprint, 1873-1885? This imprint appears on the back of a carte-de-visite version of a photograph taken by Richard Maynard on 9 June 1873 at Takush Harbour. The photograph depicts a group of unidentified Gwa'sala adults and children sitting on the ground. Richard also marketed this photograph as a stereograph for which the BC Archives preserves the original negative. The image itself was publicized as late as 1885.

Notes

STATUS: Commercial.
BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: Married in 1852 to Hannah Hatherly, he gave up bootmaking in Bowmanville to mine gold in the Fraser River in 1859. Returning to Canada (Ontario) for his family, they sailed via San Francisco on the Sierra Nevada, the same boat which brought F.G. Claudet back to Victoria in Mar 1862. Richard left his family again that Jun for the Stikine Territory and the gold fields there. He is reputed to have made a fortune and came back to Victoria, possibly in the fall 1862, where he settled down as a boot and shoe maker and a photographer.

The earliest known reference to his photography is a panorama he made of Victoria harbour in May 1864. His first trip outside Victoria occurred in 1868 when he took his son Albert to Barkerville. He accompanied Indian Affairs commissioner Dr. I.W. Powell on the gunship HMS Boxer in 1873 on an inspection tour along the east coast of Vancouver Island and the northwest coast of the mainland. The next year found Maynard on another trip aboard HMS Boxer with Powell, this time around Vancouver Island. Fog and rain prevented Richard from taking many photographs.

Another important trip was made with Captain Newton H. Chittenden to Haida Gwaii (Queen Charlotte Islands) in 1884 on behalf of the provincial government. Hannah made a solo excursion to Haida Gwaii in 1884 following Richard's trip and Richard and Hannah returned to Haida Gwaii together in 1888. Maynard sailed to the Pribilof Islands in the Bering Sea to photograph the seal rookeries in 1892. Richard also made trips to Alaska for photographic purposes in 1879, 1882, and 1887. While she later claimed she had, Hannah did not accompany him on any of his Alaska trips.

Whether accidentally or on purpose Mrs. R. Maynard was also credited with many photographs known from textual evidence to have been taken by Richard.

Many of Richard Maynard's photographs (prints) were collected by the amateur ethnologist Dr. C.F. Newcombe, along with some of his personal papers (diaries, notebooks, and the letters to Hannah written during his trip to the Pribilof Islands in 1892). The negatives, along with those of his wife, were donated or sold to the BC Archives by his son Albert. Albert also donated the silver medal awarded to Richard in 1890 for a photographic display by the British Columbia Agricultural Association.
FORMATS: Stereographs.
IDENTIFYING MARKS: "Photographed by R. Maynard, Victoria, B.C." on verso of print mount. "R. Maynard, Photographic Artist, and Dealer in All Kinds of Photographic Materials, Douglas Street, Victoria, B.C." on verso of print mount. "R. Maynard, Photographic Artist, and Dealer in All Kinds of Photographic Materials, Cor. Douglas and Johnson Sts., Victoria, B.C." on verso of print mount. "R. Maynard, Photographic Artist and Dealer in All Kinds of Photographic Materials, 41 Pandora Street [sic], Victoria, B.C." on verso of print mount. Negatives may be captioned and marked "Photographed by R. Maynard." Bottom front of print mount may be marked "R. Maynard Artist" or "Photo by R. Maynard" or "R. Maynard Photographer." Not all stereograph mounts contain his imprint or any other identifying marks on the verso. Because the same image was issued on stereograph cards with different front and back colours, using the card colours as a dating method is unreliable.
REFERENCES: Newspapers; provincial Voters Lists; government (federal and provincial) records; photographs; all at BVIPA.

Sources

[S46] COLLECTION: BVIPA (Reliability: 3).
Glass negatives and prints
[S1159] COLLECTION: OTAGO.
Prints
[S45] COLLECTION: BVAA.
Prints
[S139] COLLECTION: BVICA.
Prints and stereograph
[S1154] COLLECTION: GEHM.
Stereograph
[S48] COLLECTION: ACG.
Prints
[S933] COLLECTION: GETTY.
Stereographs
[S152] COLLECTION: OOA.
Prints
[S1152] COLLECTION: QMMCM.
Prints
[S1153] COLLECTION: NYPL .
Prints and photogravures
[S156] COLLECTION: ORHSOC.
Album
[S163] COLLECTION: SI.
Stereographs
[S138] COLLECTION: BVAUS (Reliability: 3).
Prints
[S169] COLLECTION: UWL.
Early photographers collection, 1860-1943 (PH0334): prints.
[S134] COLLECTION: BVA.
Prints
[S173] COLLECTION: YUL.
Prints (mounted)
[S12] MAL68, (Victoria, V.I.: E. Mallandine, 1868), 38.
Victoria: "Maynard Rich., bootmaker and dealer, Fort street"
First listing in a business directory.
[S13] MAL69, (Victoria, V.I.: E. Mallandine, 1869), 37.
Victoria: "Maynard, Rich., boot & shoe dealer & maker, Occidental building" [Fort St.]
[S14] MAL71, (Victoria, V.I.: E. Mallandine, 1871), 25.
Victoria: "Maynard Rich., bootmaker, Fort street"
First year George H. Maynard is listed as bootmaker on Fort St.
[S15] MAL74, (Victoria, B.C.: E. Mallandine, 1874), 24.
Victoria: "Maynard R., boot maker, Fort St."
[S16] HIB77, (Victoria, B.C.: T.N. Hibben and Co., 1877), 310.
Victoria: "Maynard Richard, boot and shoe maker, cor. Johnson and Douglas streets"
First listing for Richard's brother Joseph as an "express driver", Chatham St.
[S1155] PACC80, (San Francisco, Cal.: L.M. McKenney & Co., 1880), 429 and 442.
p. 429: "Maynard R, photographer, boots and shoes"
p. 442: Classified: Photographs: Maynard R, Victoria
[S17] WIL82, (Victoria, B.C.: R.T. Williams, 1882), 56.
Victoria: "Maynard R, leather & shoe findings, N E cor Douglas and Johnson sts"
[S1156] DIST82, (San Francisco, Cal.: W.C. Disturnell, 1882), 596.
Victoria: "Maynard R, boots and shoes, cor Douglas and Johnson"
[S1157] PACC83, (San Francisco, Cal.: L.M. McKenney & Co., 1882), 1198.
Victoria: "Maynard R, boots and shoes, leather and shoe findings"
[S19] Woltz, William, comp., WIL85, (Victoria, B.C.: R.T. Williams, 1885), 55.
Victoria: "Maynard R., leather and shoe findings, N. E. cor. Douglas and Johnson"
[S20] Mallandine, Edward, MAL87, (Victoria, B.C.: E. Mallandine, R.T. Williams, 1887), 60.
Victoria: "Maynard R., leather and shoe finds, cor. Douglas st. & Johnson st."
[S21] Henderson, James, comp., HEN89, (Victoria, B.C.: Leonard George Henderson, 1889), 487.
Victoria: "Maynard Richard, dealer in boots and shoes, leather and findings, and boot and shoe maker, 97 Douglas, res 99 Douglas"
[S22] Draper, Thomas, comp., WIL89, (Victoria, B.C.: R.T. Williams, 1889), 128.
Victoria: "Maynard, Richard, leather and shoe findings, 97 Douglas"
[S23] Henderson, L.G., comp., HENVIC90, (Victoria, B.C.: Henderson Directory Co., 1890), 205.
Victoria: "Maynard Richard, dealer in boots and shoes, leather and findings, and boot and shoemaker, 97 Douglas, res 99 Douglas"
[S26] Draper, Thomas, comp., WILVICNAN90, (Victoria, B.C.: R.T. Williams, 1890), 194.
Victoria: "Maynard, R, leather and shoe findings, 97 Douglas, res 99 Douglas
[S24] HEN90, (Victoria, B.C.: Henderson Directory Co., 1890), 551.
Victoria: "Maynard Richard, dealer in boots and shoes, leather and findings, and boot and shoe maker, 97 Douglas, res 99 Douglas"
[S28] HEN91, (Vancouver, B.C.: Henderson Directory Co., 1891), 674.
Victoria: "Maynard Richard, Dealer in Boots and Shoes, Leather and Findings, 97 Douglas, res 99 Douglas
[S29] Halliday, W.M., comp., WIL91, (Victoria, B.C.: R.T. Willilams, 1890), 246.
Victoria: "Maynard, R, boot and shoe dealer, 97 Douglas"
[S30] WIL92, (Victoria, B.C.: R.T. Williams, 1892), 436.
Victoria: "Maynard, Richd, shoe merchant, Douglas and Johnson, 128 Cook"
p. 220: street directory: 130 [Cook St. between Meares and Fort streets] Maynard, R [,] Vertue, J. 128 Cook St. is occupied by Thomas Preece.
[S32] Williams' B.C. Directory Co., comp., WIL93, (Victoria, B.C.: Printed by the Victoria Printing Company, 1893), 559.
Victoria: "Maynard, Richard, photographer, 41 1-2 Pandora ave"
[S1158] Marks, A., comp., MERC94, (San Francisco, Cal.: Mercantile Guide Co., 1894), 612.
Victoria: "Maynard R, boots and shoes 43 Pandora"
[S33] Williams' B.C. Directory Co., comp., WIL94, (Victoria, B.C.: Williams' B.C. Directory Co., 1894), 328.
Victoria: "Maynard, Richard, boot and shoe findings and photographic supplies 41 Pandora"
[S34] WIL95, (Victoria, B.C.: Williams' B.C. Directory Co., 1895), 423.
Victoria: "Maynard, Richard, boot and shoe findings and photographic supplies 41 Pandora"
[S31] MER96, (Victoria, B.C.: T.R. Cusack, printer, 1896), unpaged.
Victoria: "Maynard, Richard 41 Pandora boots, shoes & photo stock"
[S36] HEN97, (Victoria, B.C.: Henderson Publishing Co., 1897), 791.
Victoria: "Maynard, Richard, boots, shoes and findings, 41 Pandora"
[S37] WIL97, (Victoria, B.C.: Williams' B.C. Directory Co., 1897), 462.
Victoria: "Maynard R, boot and shoe findings and photographer, 41 Pandora St"
[S38] HEN98, (Victoria, B.C.: Henderson Publishing Co., 1898), 781.
Victoria: "Maynard, Richard, boots, shoes and findings, 41 Pandora"
[S40] Williams, R.T., comp., WIL99, (Victoria, B.C.: Province Publishing Co., 1899), 422.
Victoria: "Maynard, R., second-hand store, 43 Pandora ave."
Victoria: "Maynard, R., Boots, Shoes and Findings, Photographer, 41 Pandora ave."
[S39] HEN99, (Victoria, B.C.: Henderson Publishing Co., 1899), 931.
Victoria: "Maynard, Richard, boots, shoes and findings, 41 Pandora"
[S41] HEN00, (Victoria, B.C.: Henderson Publishing Co., 1900), 1117.
Victoria: "Maynard, Richard, boots, shoes and findings, 41 Pandora"
[S1028] ORMVIC01, (Victoria, B.C.: Ormond and MacGregor, 1901), 118.
Victoria: Maynard, R., Photographic Stock House. 41 1/2 Pandora
[S42] HEN01, (Victoria, B.C.: Henderson Publishing Co., 1901), 964.
Victoria: Maynard, Richard, boots, shoes and findings, 41 Pandora
[S781] HEN02, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1902), 62.
Victoria: Maynard, Richard, boots, shoes and findings, 41 Pandora
[S782] HEN03, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1903), 1031.
Victoria: Maynard, Richard, leather and shoe findings, 41 Pandora
[S783] HEN04, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1904), 1098.
Victoria: Maynard, Richard, photo supplies, 41 Pandora
[S784] HENVIC05, (Victoria: Henderson Publishing, 1905), 212.
Victoria: Maynard, Richard, photo supplies, 41 Pandora. Phone B360
[S785] HEN05, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1905), 598.
Victoria: Maynard, Richard, photo supplies, 41 Pandora. Phone B360
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[S598] David Mattison, Mattison (1997b), (Kamloops: Kamloops Art Gallery Virtual Exhibition, 1997).
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[S1161] Colleen Skidmore, Skidmore (2022), (Vancouver, B.C.: UBC Press, 2022).
Chapter 4, "The Maynard Studio, 1862-1912"
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Exeter and Plymouth Gazette
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[S628] (Victoria) Colonist, (Victoria: Colonist), 12 Jan 1907, 5.
"Died ... Maynard"
Obit.

Maynard, Richard[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69]

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