Bradley and Rulofson^[1]

• Name	Bradley and Rulofson
  Gender	Unknown
  Business Address/Year	1863-1878	San Francisco, CA
  	Various addresses
  Association	Muybridge, Eadweard James (Relationship: Photographer)
  Person ID	I2337	Camera Workers | B, vol. 1, 1858-1900
  Last Modified	9 Nov 2023

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		"511--Steamers Zealous and Scout in Esquimault Harbor." Part of the Vancouver Island stereograph series photographed by E.J. Muybridge and published by Bradley and Rulofson, San Francisco, ca. 1868. HMS Zealous was the ship on which the private photographer and sketch artist C.H. Bodurtha was working in 1868. HMS Scout was the vessel on which Frederick Dally circumnavigated Vancouver Island in 1866.
  		E.J. Muybridge imprint, ca. 1868 The front of this stereograph card depicts Nanaimo.
  		E.J. Muybridge imprint, ca. 1868 The front of this stereograph card depicts HMS Zealous and Scout anchored in Esquimalt Harbour. The Zealous was the ship on which the private photographer and sketch artist C.H. Bodurtha was working in 1868. The Scout was the vessel on which Frederick Dally circumnavigated Vancouver Island in 1866.
  		E. Muybridge stereo, 1868. This photograph depicts Nanaimo and was published by Bradley and Rulofson.

  
  

• Notes

  STATUS: Commercial; stereo publisher. BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: This was the partnership between Henry William Bradley (1813-1891) and William Herman Rulofson (d. Nov 1878). They operated a successful portrait gallery and also published stereographs, including ones by Eadweard "Helios" Muybridge. Stereographs by this firm are found in a number of academic, archival and library collections around the world. FORMATS: Stereographs. IDENTIFYING MARKS: name on verso of print mount. The photographer's name may also appear on either the obverse or the verso of the print mount.

  
  

• Sources

  [S385] Peter E. Palmquist and Thomas R. Kailbourn, Palmquist and Kailbourn (2000), (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2000), 115-118.