Macmunn, Charles^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14]}

1839 - 1903  (63 years)

• Name	Macmunn, Charles
  	VARIANT NAMES: McMunn, Charles; MacMunn, Charles; McMann, Charles.
  Birth	2 Jun 1839	Manchester, Eng., UK   [15]
  Gender	Male
  Business Address/Year	1887	Victoria, BC
  	Address: Fort St. above Blanshard St. Victoria, BC Canada
  Home Address/Year	1889	Victoria, BC
  	Address: 110 John St. Victoria, BC Canada
  Business Address/Year	1890	Victoria, BC
  	Address: 107 John St.? Victoria, BC Canada
  Home Address/Year	1890	Victoria, BC
  	Address: 107 John St. Victoria, BC Canada
  Home Address/Year	1891	Victoria, BC
  	Address: 106 Oswego St. Victoria, BC Canada
  Home Address/Year	1892-1903	Victoria, BC
  	Address: 94 Oswego St. Victoria, BC Canada
  Where Active (Non-Specific Address)	1883-1903	Victoria, BC
  Death	8 May 1903	Victoria, BC
  Burial	Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, BC
  	Age: 63
  Association	Maguffin, John (Relationship: Employee?)
  Association	Reford, Robert Wilson (Relationship: Undetermined)
  Person ID	I380	Camera Workers | M, vol. 1, 1858-1900
  Last Modified	1 Feb 2024

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Charles Macmunn imprint, 1890s. Courtesy of BC Archives, accession 198604-014 (album). The album consists of mounted prints inserted into paper sleeves.
  		T.N. Hibben and Company ad referencing Macmunn's photographs, 1883. This ad was published in Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon (Victoria: T.N. Hibben & Co., 1883, inside back cover). Courtesy of BC Archives Library, call number NW 970.8 D554 1883 (or copy 2).
  		Charles Macmunn, Masset, 1890. He was photographed with his camera equipment by Robert W. Reford. Both men were on an excursion to Haida Gwaii (Queen Charlotte Islands) on the Islander out of Victoria. Courtesy of Library and Archives Canada, C-060823.
  		Charles Macmunn advertising card, ca. 1891. Prepared by his agent T.N. Hibben and Company. There are 22 photos, nearly all of which were identified by Roger Boulet and David Mattison. Courtesy of BC Archives, Item I-78613 (HP020321).

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Charles Macmunn ad, Vancouver World, 15 Jul 1903, p. 6. Following his death, his widow advertised his photo stock and negatives for sale. The address was their home.
  		Charles Macmunn ad, Victoria Colonist, 31 Aug 1886, p. 3.
  		Charles Macmunn CPR engravings, (London, Eng.) The Graphic, 17 Sep 1887, p. 308. Based on photographs supplied by the Rev. H. Edwardes, these six engravings were also published in the Scientific American Supplement (no. 618, November 5, 1887, p. 9876-9877).
  		T.N. Hibben and Company ad referencing Macmunn's photographs, 1891-1892. This ad was published in British Columbia: a Description of its Natural Resources, Commercial Advantages, Leading Mercantile and Business Houses (Victoria: Phil R. Smith, 1891-92).
  		Charles Macmunn ad, Victoria Colonist, 9 Apr 1892, p. 8.
  		Charles Macmunn ad, Victoria Colonist, 15 Oct 1890, p. 3. His agent T.N. Hibben and Company, advertised his views for sale from Macmunn's trip on the Islander. The amateur photographer R.W. Reford was also on his excursion.
  		Charles Macmunn news, Victoria Colonist, 18 Mar 1888, p. 4.

  
  

  Headstones		Charles and Margaret Macmunn's grave, Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, BC. Closeup of their grave with their last name.
  		Charles and Margaret Macmunn's grave, Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, BC.

  
  

• Notes

  STATUS: Commercial. BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: Listed as "photographer (C.P.R.)" in the 1887 directory, Macmunn's work was among the best produced by several commercial photographers who travelled along the line. The T. N. Hibben & Co. bookstore sold his work as early as 1883 which it described as "Macmunn's Views of Canadian Pacific Railway, Victoria and Surroundings." His name has been variously spelled as "McMunn," "MacMunn," and "McMann." The BVIPA album is an exquisite but incomplete example of his work. Another example of his work in album form is held by ABA. Cambridge University Library, Eng. holds two albums of his work and an uncredited album is also preserved by the Getty Museum in Los Angeles, CA. For other albums and print collections see the list of Sources and Boulet and Mattison (2015). Charles was survived by his wife Margaret (d. 4 Jun 1912, Victoria, BC, age 77), a dressmaker, when he died at the age of 63. On 15 Jul 1903 (p. 6) she advertised his photographic stock and negatives for sale in the Vancouver Daily World. IDENTIFYING MARKS: "Charles Macmunn's Views of the Canadian Pacific Railway..." on verso of print. Some prints bear a white, handwritten number in the lower left or lower right corner. The numbered prints range between 3 and 421. REFERENCES: MAL87; WIL89; HEN90; HEN91; WIL92; WIL93; WIL94; WIL95; HEN97; HEN98; HEN99; WIL99; HEN00; HEN01; HEN02; HEN03; HENVIC08; Colonist, 1886 08 31/3, 1903 05 09/5 (obit.); Scientific American Supplement, 1887 11 05:9876-9877; (6 photos of "Views on the Canadian Pacific Railway").

  
  

• Sources

  [S46] COLLECTION: BVIPA. Onderdonk family albums (accessions 198401-006 and 1995-45), miscellaneous albums and loose prints [S932] COLLECTION: CAMUL. Royal Commonwealth Society Collection albums GBR/0115/Y3069A and GBR/0115/Y3069B [S933] COLLECTION: GETTY. Canadian Pacific Railway Views. Brit. Columbia. (cover title) Object no. 84.XA.1398 [S160] COLLECTION: QMMMCMN. [S138] COLLECTION: BVAUS (Reliability: 3). [S9] COLLECTION: ABA. [S152] COLLECTION: OOA. Prints [S45] COLLECTION: BVAA. Prints [S134] COLLECTION: BVA. Prints [S169] COLLECTION: UWL. Title: Charles Macmunn Photographs 17 prints (PH1496); item-level descriptions and all images have been digitized [S419] Hibben (1883), (Victoria: T.N. Hibben & Co., 1883). Contains an ad by T.H. Hibben and Company referencing Macmunn's photographs. [S458] Phil R. Smith, Smith (1891-2), (Victoria: Phil R. Smith, 1891-92). [S598] David Mattison, Mattison (1997b), (Kamloops: Kamloops Art Gallery Virtual Exhibition, 1997). [S931] Roger Boulet and David Mattison, Boulet and Mattison (2015), (Photographic Canadiana). [S647] Census of Canada 1901.