Trueman, Richard Henry^{[1, 2, 3]}

1856 - 1911  (55 years)

• Name	Trueman, Richard Henry
  	VARIANT NAME: Trueman, T.H.
  Birth	1856	Brampton, ON
  	Born near Brampton, ON.
  Gender	Male
  Business Address/Year	1890-1893	Vancouver, BC
  	Address: 302 Cordova St. Vancouver, BC Canada
  Home Address/Year	1892-1893	Vancouver, BC
  	Address: 925 Hornby St. Vancouver, BC Canada
  Home Address/Year	1894	Vancouver, BC
  	Address: 302 Cordova St. Vancouver, BC Canada
  Business Address/Year	Apr 1898	Revelstoke, BC
  	Address: tent near Central Hotel Revelstoke, BC Canada
  Business Address/Year	Oct-Nov 1898	Revelstoke, BC
  	Address: near Union Hotel Revelstoke, BC Canada
  Business Address/Year	1898-1899	Vancouver, BC
  	Address: 624 Hastings St. W. Delbruck Block Vancouver, BC Canada
  Business Address/Year	1899	Revelstoke, BC
  	Branch studio
  	Address: Victoria Road East Smith Block Revelstoke, BC Canada
  	Trueman opened a branch studio in Revelstoke in the Smith Block in the first week of Jun, remained through at least mid-Jul, then returned again Nov 1899. A newspaper notice also stated he would be in town from 16 Dec until 29 Dec 1899.
  Business Address/Year	1900-1901	Vancouver, BC
  	Address: 730 Pender St. Vancouver, BC Canada
  Business Address/Year	1901-1902	Vancouver, BC
  	Address: 719 or 705 Georgia St. Johnson-Howe Block Vancouver, BC Canada
  	Located at the corner of George and Granville Streets, opposite the Hotel Vancouver's location at that time. [4]
  Where Active (Non-Specific Address)	1890-1910	Vancouver; Revelstoke; Sandon; Kaslo; Grand Forks
  	In Grand Forks in 1904 and 1905 he operated from the late J.H. Blome's former studio on Bridge St.
  Business Address/Year	1903-1911	Vancouver, BC
  	Address: 709 Georgia St. Vancouver, BC Canada
  Home Address/Year	1903-1911?	Vancouver, BC
  	Address: 439 Homer St. rooms Vancouver, BC Canada
  Death	22 Feb 1911	Vancouver, BC
  Burial	24 Feb 1911	Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, BC   [5, 6, 7, 8]
  Association	Trueman and Caple (Relationship: Partner)
  Association	R.H. Trueman and Company (Relationship: Owner)
  Association	Hill, Henry Fyfe (Relationship: Employee)
  Person ID	I393	Camera Workers | T, vol. 1, 1858-1900
  Last Modified	17 May 2023

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		R.H. Trueman and Company view of the CPR cantilever bridge, Cisco, 1890s. Courtesy of City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 2-16.
  		R.H. Trueman and Company, Cordova St. looking east from Cambie St., 1890s. Courtesy of City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 2-14.
  		R.H. Trueman portrait, likely taken in his studio, 1910. Courtesy of Vancouver Public Library, accession number 59046.

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		R.H. Trueman's signature, 1908 Signature from photocopy of letter, Trueman to N.K. Luxton, Banff, Alta., 10 Feb 1908 (Archives of the Canadian Rockies)
  		"Trueman's Studio" news, British Columbia Review, 1906.
  		"Notice. Richard H. Trueman, Deceased.", British Columbia Gazette, 16 Mar 1911, p. 3555
  		R.H. Trueman news, Grand Forks Evening Sun, 6 May 1904, p. 1. In addition to David Wadds of the Wadds Brothers, Vancouver photographer R.H. Trueman also worked out of J.H. Blome's former studio in Grand Forks.
  		R.H. Trueman news, Grand Forks Evening Sun, 13 May 1904, p. 1. In which, due to the number of portrait sitting appointments, he extends his stay in Grand Forks.
  		R.H. Trueman's ad, Grand Forks Evening Sun, 18 Aug 1905, p. 2.
  		R.H. Trueman's ad, Grand Forks Evening Sun, 17 Oct 1905, p. 2.
  		R.H. Trueman's ad, Grand Forks Evening Sun, 17 Nov 1905, p. 2.
  		R.H. Trueman ad, Grand Forks Evening Sun, 13 Apr 1906, p. 2. About his May 1906 visit, again taking up residence in J.H. Blome's former studio.
  		R.H. Trueman's ad, Grand Forks Evening Sun, 8 May 1906, p. 2.
  		R.H. Trueman's ad, Grand Forks Evening Sun, 10 Aug 1906, p. 3.
  		R.H. Trueman ad, Revelstoke Herald, 7 Dec 1905, p. 5.
  		R.H. Trueman news, Revelstoke Herald, 16 Dec 1899, p. 4.
  		R.H. Trueman news, Revelstoke Herald, 9 Dec 1899, p. 4. This photograph was taken on a visit prior to 16 to 29 Dec 1899.
  		R.H. Trueman news, Revelstoke Herald, 8 Nov 1899, p. 4. This notice indicated he would end his stay on 16 Nov and not return until Jan 1900. A later notice had him in Revelstoke from 16 to 29 Dec 1899.
  		A.N. Smith ad, Revelstoke Herald, 9 Nov 1899, p. 4. R.H. Trueman's Revelstoke branch studio was located in the Smith Block which was owned by the baker A.N. Smith.
  		R.H. Trueman news, Revelstoke Herald, 15 Jul 1899, p. 1. Trueman photographed the Orangemen of Revelstoke following the end of their celebratory day.
  		R.H. Trueman news, Revelstoke Herald, 15 Mar 1899, p. 4. It would take about another three months before Trueman opened his branch studio in Revelstoke in the Smith Block.
  		R.H. Trueman and Company ad, Revelstoke Herald, 27 May 1899, p. 3.
  		R.H. Trueman news, Revelstoke Herald, 29 Oct 1898, p. 4. In at least his second visit to Revelstoke in 1898 he operated near the Union Hotel.
  		R.H. Trueman news, Revelstoke Herald, 26 Oct 1898, p. 4. In at least his second visit to Revelstoke in 1898 he operated near the Union Hotel.
  		R.H. Trueman news, Revelstoke Herald, 27 Apr 1898, p. 4.
  		R.H. Trueman news, Revelstoke Herald, 20 Apr 1898, p. 4.
  		R.H. Trueman news, Revelstoke Herald, 25 Feb 1899, p. 4. The Revelstoke bookseller Charles J. Aman sold photographs by local photographers.
  		F.L. Lemon ad, Revelstoke Herald, 23 Mar 1898, p. 1. While Lemon is not specifically mentioned, these photographs could have been taken in the summer 1897 by him, R.H. Trueman or any other of a number of photographers. In Jul 1897 Lemon was reported to be taking photographs of Revelstoke and neighbouring mines for a souvenir guidebook to be published by the Revelstoke Herald.
  		R.H. Trueman and Company ad, Vancouver Province, 7 May 1902, p. 3.
  		R.H. Trueman and Company ad, Vancouver Province, 6 Oct 1902, p. 2.
  		R.H. Trueman obituary, Vancouver Province, 3 Mar 1911, p. 3.
  		R.H. Trueman Canadian Pacific Railway pass, 18 Nov 1892. The front of a CPR railway pass issued to R.H. Trueman which provided him with a roundtrip between Vancouver and Donald. Trueman never used the pass, apparently because his wife was ill and passed away in Jan 1893. Courtesy of Canadian Pacific Corporate Archives.
  		New Westminster exhibition photography prize list, 1898. Vancouver Province, 11 Oct 1898, p. 3.

  
  

• Notes

  STATUS: Commercial. BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: He began as a tinsmith in Brampton, but had purchased a photo studio by 1886 and called it the Popular Photograph Parlor. He sold the studio in 1888 and moved to Brandon, Manitoba, to homestead with his wife Minnie (d. 1893). Trueman returned to Ontario and there met and formed a partnership with young Norman Caple from England. The two are supposed to have met in Toronto. Trueman & Caple travelled the Canadian Pacific Railway line for about a year and then set up headquarters in Vancouver. After the partnership had dissolved, Trueman remained in Vancouver but is not listed in the directories of 1895-1897. He was, however, travelling through the Prairies and appears to have spent most of the time in Medicine Hat between 1894-1899. The newspaper references stated he was from Vancouver. He continued to travel extensively and up until two months before his death was managing his Revelstoke branch studio. The Province newspaper reported on 1 Jun 1899 (p. 8) that he would be leaving Vancouver on 4 Jun to open his Revelstoke branch studio. He was widowed on 9 Jan 1893 when his wife died of heart disease at age 31. Trueman was a superb landscape photographer and was one of a few West Coast photographers to print his negatives on platinum paper. The first modern public exhibit of his work was produced by the Peter and Catharine Whyte Foundation, Banff, in 1981. Trueman and his wife are buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver. IDENTIFYING MARKS: negatives usually numbered, captioned and marked "R. H. Trueman & Co., Photo., Vancouver, B.C." or "Trueman, Photo, Vancouver, B.C." or "R. H. Trueman & Co., Vancouver, Kaslo, Sandon & Revelstoke." REFERENCES: BVIPA Death registration no. 1893-09-112393, Minnie Trueman (reel B13092); BVIPA Death registration no. 1911-09-132508, Richard H. Trueman (reel B13099); BVIPA GR-1415, file 1915 (probate); WIL92; WIL93; WIL94; HEN98; HEN99 (Trueman, T.[sic] H.); WIL99; HEN00 (Trueman, T.[sic] H.); HEN01 (Trueman, T.[sic] H.); HEN02 (Trueman, T.[sic] H.); HEN03; HEN04; HEV05; HEV07; HEV08; HEV09; HEV10 (not listed); HEN11 (not listed); (Vancouver) Daily News-Advertiser, 1893 01 10/8 and 1893 01 11 1/8 (wife's obit.); various Vancouver and BC newspaper references; Letter, Hugh A. Dempsey to Mattison, 1980 04 09; McDougall (1981); McDougall (1981-82); Hadley (1984).

  
  

• Sources

  [S46] COLLECTION: BVIPA (Reliability: 3). Prints. [S45] COLLECTION: BVAA (Reliability: 3). Prints. [S134] COLLECTION: BVA (Reliability: 3). Glass negatives. [S650] (Vancouver) Province, 6 Jul 1901, 1. "New Photograph Studio" [S832] Find a Grave (Web site). URL (accessed 30 Dec 2016): http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=77082923 [S626] (Vancouver) News-Advertiser, (Vancouver: News-Advertiser), 23 Feb 1911, 17. Obituary...Richard H. Trueman. [S626] (Vancouver) News-Advertiser, (Vancouver: News-Advertiser), 25 Feb 1911, 7. Funerals...Richard H. Trueman. [S650] (Vancouver) Province, 3 Mar 1911, 3. "Passing of a Pioneer" His obituary stated he was buried on Friday, meaning the week before Friday, 3 Mar 1911.