Brown, Harold M., 1887-1956,

Harold M. Brown was born in Minnewaukan, N.D. on June 2, 1887. During the first half of the twentieth century, he worked as a a commercial photographer, primarily focusing on the lumber and shipping industries in northwestern Oregon and southwestern Washington. During World War II, Brown also served as an army photographer. He died on August 2, 1956, and at the time of his death, his survivors included his wife Hazel; his daughter, Helen Collins; his mother, Kate Brown; two brothers, Phineas Brown of Seaside, Or. and Ralph Brown of Gresham, Or.; and two sisters, Orpha Margaret Brown of Portland, Or. and Kay Brown Johnson of Portland.

From the guide to the Harold M. Brown photographs, circa 1909-1956, (Oregon Historical Society)