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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Rest of family at the stern.

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Name(s): Brown, Harrison, 1893-1977
Description: Photo labelled 24-17 by Harrison Brown

River scene near C. Park. Cheng Tsu.

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Name(s): Brown, Harrison, 1893-1977
Description: Photo labelled 14-33 by Harrison Brown

Road scene. Crowded village gate.

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Name(s): Brown, Harrison, 1893-1977
Description: Photo labelled 15-17 by Harrison Brown

Rwei scene on Pearl River. Canton. Sampan scene

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Name(s): Brown, Harrison, 1893-1977
Description: Photo labelled 22-21 by Harrison Brown

Rwei scene on Pearl River. Canton. Sampan scene

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

Scene at the Old gateway

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Date: 1936-07-12
Name(s): Brown, Harrison, 1893-1977
Description: outside of Sian

Scene in Kung Ming Temple outside Cheng Tsu.

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Name(s): Brown, Harrison, 1893-1977
Description: Photo labelled 14-36 by Harrison Brown

Scene in Kung Ming Temple outside Cheng Tsu.

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Name(s): Brown, Harrison, 1893-1977
Description: Photo labelled 14-37 by Harrison Brown

Scene of the market outside the South gate

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Date: 1936-11-28
Name(s): Brown, Harrison, 1893-1977
Description: Taiyuan

Self (Harrison Brown)

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Name(s): Brown, Harrison, 1893-1977
Description: Photo labelled extra negs: 18-35 by Harrison Brown

Shop in Chengtu. Salesman looking around corner. Hat shop.

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Name(s): Brown, Harrison, 1893-1977
Description: Photo labelled 16-31 by Harrison Brown

Shumeen Canton canal scene

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Date: 1937-01-13
Name(s): Brown, Harrison, 1893-1977
Description: Canton

Six girls and wall posters, (1). Girls of a middle school military training corps

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Date: 1937-01-17
Name(s): Brown, Harrison, 1893-1977
Description: Nanning

Six girls and wall posters, (2). Girls of a middle school military training corps

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Date: 1937-01-17
Name(s): Brown, Harrison, 1893-1977
Description: Nanning

Steamer in gorge.

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Name(s): Brown, Harrison, 1893-1977
Description: Photo labelled 19-09 by Harrison Brown