Harold Ross Brown photograph collection

Collection

Identifier: P1153

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Harold Ross Brown photograph collection contains 21 cabinet cards, 69 black-and-white photographs, and 3 color photographs of Harold and Norrine Brown's families and lives in Salt Lake City, Utah, from approximately 1900 to 1930.

Dates

1900-1930

Creator

Brown, Harold Ross, 1886-1976 (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.

Conditions Governing Use

The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library's Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.

Biographical Note

Harold Ross Brown (1886-1976) was born in Rock Springs, Wyoming, on December 27, 1886 to James Henry and Leoline Woodmansee Brown. Soon after, the Browns moved to Salt Lake City, Utah, where James H. Brown joined the firm of Bast, Terry and Woodruff, which ran the Troy Laundry and a haberdashery; the firm was renamed Brown, Terry and Woodruff. Harold Ross Brown went to work for Troy Laundry as a young man. In 1916, he married Norrine Thompson (1891-1980), the daughter of Ezra and Emily Pugsley Thompson. Together, they had four children: Norrine Brown “Brownie” Morris, Harold Ross Brown Jr., Janet Brown Oakford, and James Thompson Brown. Harold Brown died in 1976 and Norrine Brown died in 1980. (Source: Rod Morris, “Basalm Hill Cabin,” 2009).

Extent

93 Items (1 box)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Harold Ross (1886-1976) and Norrine Thompson Brown (1891-1980) were prominent members of Salt Lake City society around the turn of the twentieth century. The Harold Ross Brown photograph collection contains 93 black-and-white photographs and cabinet cards depicting the Browns and their families from about 1900 to 1930.