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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Kweihua Town. Native.

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Name(s): Brown, Harrison, 1893-1977
Description: Photo labelled 11-11 by Harrison Brown

Kweihua Town. Street scene.

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Name(s): Brown, Harrison, 1893-1977
Description: Photo labelled 11-10 by Harrison Brown

Kweihua. Missionary Sunzell.

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Name(s): Brown, Harrison, 1893-1977
Description: Photo labelled 11-17 by Harrison Brown

Kweihua. Old man sitting in street smoking.

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Name(s): Brown, Harrison, 1893-1977
Description: Photo labelled 11-13 by Harrison Brown

Lee Pui Temple

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Name(s): Brown, Harrison, 1893-1977
Description: Photo labelled 15-27 by Harrison Brown

Luntung.

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Name(s): Brown, Harrison, 1893-1977
Description: Photo labelled 13-36 by Harrison Brown

Man and boy on donkey.

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Name(s): Brown, Harrison, 1893-1977
Description: Photo labelled 11-09 by Harrison Brown

Marshal Li Chang-yen.

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Name(s): Brown, Harrison, 1893-1977
Description: Photo labelled 24-38 by Harrison Brown

Marshal Li Chang-yen. Full length.

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Name(s): Brown, Harrison, 1893-1977
Description: Photo labelled 24-39 by Harrison Brown

Mr. Harrison Brown, Lecturer, Writer, London

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Date: 1938
Name(s): [Unknown]
Description: Title page reads "Lecturing under the auspices of the Institute of International Education, 2 West 45th Street, New York City, 1938"

Near-by sampan. Child doing her hair.

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Name(s): Brown, Harrison, 1893-1977
Description: Photo labelled 22-16 by Harrison Brown

No filter. Bridge gateway with beggars.

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Name(s): Brown, Harrison, 1893-1977
Description: Photo labelled 13-23 by Harrison Brown

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Date: 1936-12-18
Name(s): Brown, Harrison, 1893-1977
Description: Yunyang town, Yangtze River

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Date: 1936-12-19
Name(s): Brown, Harrison, 1893-1977
Description: Ichang Gorge, Yangtze River

On the river. Women talking.

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Name(s): Brown, Harrison, 1893-1977
Description: Photo labelled 15-29 by Harrison Brown