Brady, Ferdinand

Ferdinand (Ferd) Brady was a Washington photographer who began his career with a studio in Marysville, 1907-1910. He later relocated to Everett and finally Anacortes in the 1920s, where he operated a studio until his retirement in 1952. During the 1910s Brady photographed the Tulalip Indian Reservation near Marysville, Washington, for the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs. He also marketed the images as commercial postcards. Brady died in 1967.

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Ferdinand (Ferd) Brady was born in Benton County, Or., on 27 Mar. 1880. In the early 1900s, Brady moved to Marysville, Wash., where he met Mr. and Mrs. Woods, a couple who ran a local photo studio. Brady learned about photography and the business from the Woods', who sold Brady their Marysville studio upon their retirement. Brady worked as a photographer in Marysville from 1907 until 1911, when he moved his studio to Everett. It was at this time that Brady was contracted by the government to photograph the Tulalip Indian Reservation near Marysville in Snohomish County. In the 1920s, Brady and his wife moved to Anacortes, Wash. Brady worked with the photographer George W. Bower as "Bower and Brady" until 1926, when he purchased the Anacortes Photo Studio from Helen Iverson and Anna Bull. Though he moved shop locally four times, Brady maintained his photography studio in Anacortes until he sold the business upon his retirement in 1952. In the 1960s, Brady moved to the Kings Garden Nursing Home in Seattle, where he died on 20 May 1967.

Ferd Brady was a photographer based in Western Washington who photographed members of the Swinomish and other Native American tribes from the 1920s to the 1940s.

Brady was born in Oregon in 1880, but moved to Marysville, Washington where he learned photography. He then continued his work in Everett and then Anacortes. He owned and operated a studio as well as taking photographs on his own of local events and people. Brady retired in 1952 and sold his collection of images to Wallie Funk. Brady died in 1967. An additional and larger collection of Brady's photographs is housed at the Anacortes History Museum in Anacortes, Washington.

Ferdinand (Ferd) Brady was born in Benton County, Oregon on March 27, 1880. In the early 1900s, Brady moved to Marysville, Washington, where he met Mr. and Mrs. Woods, a couple who ran a local photo studio. Brady learned about photography and the business from the Woods', who sold Brady their Marysville studio upon their retirement. Brady worked as a photographer in Marysville from 1907 until 1911, when he moved his studio to Everett. It was at this time that Brady was contracted by the government to photograph the Tulalip Indian Reservation near Marysville in Snohomish County.

In the 1920s, Brady and his wife moved to Anacortes, Washington. Brady worked with the photographer George W. Bower as "Bower and Brady" till 1926, when he purchased the Anacortes Photo Studio from Helen Iverson and Anna Bull. Though he moved shop locally four times, Brady maintained his photography studio in Anacortes until he sold the business upon his retirement in 1952. In the 1960s, Brady moved to the Kings Garden Nursing Home in Seattle, where he died on May 20, 1967.

Ferdinand Brady was born on March 27, 1880 in Benton County, Oregon and educated in Philomath, approximately five miles west of Corvallis. In 1901, Brady moved to Marysville, Washington, where he worked in a shingle mill for a short time. While in Marysville, he became acquainted with Mr. and Mrs. Woods who operated a local photography studio. The Woods taught Brady the photography business and eventually sold him their studio upon their retirement. Brady worked as a photographer in Marysville from 1907 until 1911 when he relocated his business to Everett, Washington. From 1911 through 1923, Brady, working under contract with the Federal Government, photographed many images of the Tulalip Indians.

Around 1924, Brady moved to Anacortes and began working with photographer George W. Bower. The two collaborated as "Bower and Brady" until March 1926 when Brady purchased the Anacortes Photo Studio from Helen Iverson and Anna Buell. Ferdinand Brady became an active member of the Anacortes Chamber of Commerce and the City Council and his images were used in promotion of the town and local businesses. At the time of Ferd Brady's retirement in 1952, Wallie Funk purchased Brady's collection of prints and negatives. Ferd Brady passed away on May 20, 1967 at Kings Garden Nursing Home in Seattle. Wallie Funk donated Ferd Brady's images to the Center for Pacific Northwest Studies in 2003. *Information within this description taken from a biography by Theresa L. Trebon, Continuum History and Research.*