Camera Workers, 1858-1950

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

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Brightman, Harold Edward

Brightman, Harold Edward[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13]

Male 1872? - 1935

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  • Name Brightman, Harold Edward 
    Birth 1872?  Bristol, Eng., UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [14] 
    Gender Male 
    Marriage 12 Sep 1901  Bristol, Gloucestershire, Eng., UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [15] 
    Bride: Edith Williams 
    Business Address/Year 1896-1911  Bristol, Gloucestershire, Eng., UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [16] 
    Business Address/Year 1913  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    329 Seymour St., no. 305
    Dominion Engraving Company
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Business Address/Year 1914  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address undetermined 
    Business Address/Year 1915  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    501 Georgia St.
    Stuart Thomson
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Death 1935  Bristol, Eng., UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Association Thomson, Stuart (Relationship: Photographer) 
    Person ID I1962  Camera Workers | B, vol. 2, 1901-1950
    Last Modified 9 Jun 2024 

  • Photos
    H.E. Brightman self-portrait, ca. 1913-1920.    		H.E. Brightman self-portrait, ca. 1913-1920.
    A photo postcard, this self-portrait uses mirrors. Courtesy of UBC Library, Uno Langmann Family Collection of B.C. Photographs, UL_1624_03_0170.
    Vancouver Chinatown, 1912.    		Vancouver Chinatown, 1912.
    A photo postcard, the arch and banner are to welcome the Duke of Connaught. A handwritten annotation on the back makes a height comparison of "The World" building in the background (now known as Sun Tower) with the Avon River and the bottom of the Clifton Suspension Bridge.
    Vancouver, B.C., skyscrapers, ca. 1912.    		Vancouver, B.C., skyscrapers, ca. 1912.
    According to the City of Vancouver Archives description "Margaret Waddington, a member of the Friends of the Archives, showed Archives staff a copy of this postcard that was a part of Brightman's personal collection. An annotation on the postcard's verso indicated that Brightman was responsible for the photography and design of the image printed on this postcard." Courtesy of City of Vancouver Archives, AM1052 P-192.

  • Notes 
    • STATUS: Commercial.
    • BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: Brightman exhibited and won awards at the 4th International Photographic Exhibition in Bristol, Eng., in Dec 1896. A view in Shirehampton Park (Bristol) was praised as "charming". Other members of his family were also photographers and mentioned in an article about an 1897 photographic exhibition in Bristol. While working as a photographer in Brisol he received shares in May 1904 and Oct 1905 the Great Western Railway from probated estates. Having been in partnership with his father from ca. 1899-1902 when his father passed away, Brightman was bankrupt by May 1906. He blamed his situation on "bad trade".
      In 1912, he immigrated to Canada shortly thereafter and worked in Vancouver as a photographer for the Dominion Engraving Company and Stuart Thomson.
      By 1921 he had returned to living in Bristol and was working as a "commercial traveler".
    • FORMATS: Postcards.

  • Sources 
    1. [S45] COLLECTION: BVAA.
      Postcards

    2. [S947] Open Collections (UBC Library and Archives) (Web site).
      Postcards (Uno Langmann Family Collection of B.C. Photographs)

    3. [S920] Findmypast.com (Web site).
      Bristol Western Daily Press, 12 Dec 1896, p. 3, "International Photographic Exhibition in Bristol: The Awards". The exhibition was managed by the Bristol and West of England Amateur Photographic Association.

    4. [S920] Findmypast.com (Web site).
      Bristol Western Daily Press, 6 Jan 1897, p. 3, "Bristol Photographic Exhibition: Bristol Exhibits".

    5. [S920] Findmypast.com (Web site).
      Bristol Times and Mirror, 24 May 1906, p. 3, "Meetings of Creditors in Bristol: ...Bristol Photographer".

    6. [S339] Voters List, (Victoria, B.C.: Province of British Columbia, 1874-), 1916, Ref. NW 324.1 B862.
      Vancouver

    7. [S797] HENVAN12, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1912).
      Vancouver: not listed

    8. [S746] HENVAN13, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1913), 637.
      Vancouver: Brightman Harold E photogr Dom Engraving Co r 1156 Pender W

    9. [S747] HENVAN14, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1914), 670.
      Vancouver: Brightman Harold photogrs r 823 Dunsmuir

    10. [S748] HENVAN15, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1915), 513.
      Vancouver: Brightman Harold E photogr S Thomson r --- Hornby

    11. [S749] HENVAN16, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1916).
      Vancouver: not listed

    12. [S920] Findmypast.com (Web site).
      Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890-1960. He left England for Quebec City, PQ, via Liverpool on the Teutonic. His occupation was listed as photographer.

    13. [S920] Findmypast.com (Web site).
      Great Western Railway Shareholders 1835-1932. He again received shares in 1921 from a probated estate, possibly a female relative named Emily Brightman.

    14. [S1096] England and Wales Census, 1911.
      Viewed on Find My Past. His occupation was "commercial photographer" and he was married with two sons.

    15. [S920] Findmypast.com (Web site).

    16. [S920] Findmypast.com (Web site).
      Great Western Railway Shareholders 1835-1932. As part of the 1904 and 1905 ledger entries for shares he received as a probated will beneficiary, he was described as a photographer.