Harrison Brown Collection

Photographs and writings by Harrison Brown (1893-1977), a freelance journalist, writing for The Evening Standard, The New Chronicle, The New Statesman, and the Fortnightly Review between the World Wars. He also worked as a broadcaster for the BBC. Harrison moved to Hornby Island, British Columbia in 1937.

Harrison's widow, Hilary Brown, has donated over 600 of her husband's photographs, taken during an extensive trip through Scandinavia, the USSR, Japan, Korea, and China made in 1936-37. Also included are three photographic field notebooks, two diaries, an unedited manuscript "Trail of a Freelance", and other materials including biographical notes regarding Harrison Brown.

Contributed by Special Collections and Rare Books, Simon Fraser University Library.

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Another junk.

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Name(s): Brown, Harrison, 1893-1977
Description: Photo labelled 20-26 by Harrison Brown

Another map showing Japanese penetration.

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Name(s): Brown, Harrison, 1893-1977
Description: Photo labelled 24-41 by Harrison Brown

Another sampan. Baby looks suspicious.

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Name(s): Brown, Harrison, 1893-1977
Description: Photo labelled 22-17 by Harrison Brown

Biography

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Name(s): [Unknown]

Boy drawing water from well.

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Name(s): Brown, Harrison, 1893-1977
Description: Photo labelled 10-32 by Harrison Brown

Canton street scene

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Date: 1937-01-16
Name(s): Brown, Harrison, 1893-1977
Description: Canton

Canton. Canal scene.

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Name(s): Brown, Harrison, 1893-1977
Description: Photo labelled 21-29 by Harrison Brown

Canton. Canal scene.

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Name(s): Brown, Harrison, 1893-1977
Description: Photo labelled 21-32 by Harrison Brown

Canton. Canal scene.

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Name(s): Brown, Harrison, 1893-1977
Description: Photo labelled 21-33 by Harrison Brown

Canton. Canal scene.

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Name(s): Brown, Harrison, 1893-1977
Description: Photo labelled 21-36 by Harrison Brown

Chengtu. Small boy embroiderer looking up at camera.

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Name(s): Brown, Harrison, 1893-1977
Description: Photo labelled 16-34 by Harrison Brown

Chengtu. Small panda cub at Cavaliere's.

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Name(s): Brown, Harrison, 1893-1977
Description: Photo labelled 17-05 by Harrison Brown

Chengtu. Street scene.

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Name(s): Brown, Harrison, 1893-1977
Description: Photo labelled 17-03 by Harrison Brown

Chinese gunboat in foreground. City in distance.

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Name(s): Brown, Harrison, 1893-1977
Description: Photo labelled 20-12 by Harrison Brown

Chung-king steps

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Date: 1936-12-14
Name(s): Brown, Harrison, 1893-1977
Description: Yangtze River