H R Brown

Photographer: H. R. Brown
Mo. Valley, Iowa

Reverse of the Cabinet Card on the left

Photographer:Brown
No. 19 West Main Street
Marshalltown, Iowa

Six Sioux City, IA, city directory listings were found for Henry R. Brown between 1884 and 1894. Beyond that the popularity of the name clouds any other connection. Many H. R. Brown entries were found with a wide variety of occupations but no positive connection could be made. Also there was an R. H Brown in Iowa about the same time.

As indicated on the reverse of this card he traveled to Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska.

No biographical information has been found.

Timeline
1884
Sioux City, IA, city directory, as photographer at J H Hamilton, bds St Elmo Hotel
1889
Sioux City, IA, city directory, as photographer at 413th, res 1623 Pierce
1890
Sioux City, IA, city directory, as photographer (Brown and Wait) res 1512 Ingleside Ave
1892
Sioux City, IA, city directory, as Collector res Hedges Sta. MS

1893
Sioux City, IA, city directory, res N of Hedges Sta. MS
1894
Sioux City, IA, city directory, entry says “Moved back to Rock Valley, IA”
February 03, 1910, through July 07, 1911
A small one line ad for “Brown, Photographer, 19 West Main” runs in the Marshalltown, IA, Evening Times Republican
1911 Feb 25
Marshalltown evening Times-Republican, “Brown the photographer will move March 1, 1911 to corner over Abbot’s hardware store”

1911 Jun 12 - July 21
Evening Times Republican, Marshalltown, IA as says “Brown ‘the man behind the camera’ now located over Abbott’s hardware store” (Corner Main and Center Streets)
1912
No mention found in Iowa newspapers

The cabinet card above right was probably finished between February 1910 and July 1911.

No guess on when the cabinet card above left was made.

photographer: H R Brown
No 19 West Main, Marshalltown, IA
example from auction site

photographer: H R Brown
No 19 West Main, Marshalltown, IA
example from auction site

photographer: H R Brown
No 19 West Main, Marshalltown, IA
example from pin

photographer: H R Brown
No 19 West Main, Marshalltown, IA
example from pin

photographer: Brown
Gothenberg, NE

Could this be the same Brown?

Probably not. Gothenberg, NE, is over 400 miles from Marshalltown, IA.

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