J. Howard Chapman arrived in Victoria from England in 1890. Initially, he worked as a travelling salesman, but between 1895 and 1912, he travelled and took photographs throughout B.C. From 1912 to 1936, he concentrated his photographic work on the people, places and events of Vancouver and Victoria.
The fonds consists of lantern slides and negatives documenting the construction of the Johnson Street Bridge and the Gorge Bridge in Victoria.
Copies of images are found in the photographic access system under the subject heading "Bridges".