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- [ca. 1915]-1992, predominant ca. 1920 (Creation)
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4 photographs. -- 0.1m of textual records.
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Name of creator
Biographical history
Herbert P.R. Brown was a native of Victoria born to Mary and Tom Brown on May 5, 1919. He had one sister; Charmaine and a brother; Bill. He married Sylvia Conyers in June of 1944 and after returning from the war, he became the third generation to join the family firm of P.R. Brown & Sons Ltd. in real estate and insurance. The firm later became Brown Bros.
The house at 1182 Old Esquimalt Road (now 706 Warder Place) was built in 1913 for the Herbert's grandfather, Percival R. Brown.
Repository
Archival history
Gift of Herbert P.R. Brown; 1 accession donated in 1992.
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Scope and content
The fonds consists of photographs of the Brown family house in Esquimalt and financial papers relating to Brown family ownership.
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No further accruals are expected.
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There are no restrictions on access to these records.
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Researchers are responsible for observing Canadian copyright regulations.
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English
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Note
Accession Number 993-004.
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Dates of creation revision deletion
Created - 2022-04-13
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Archivist's note
On MemoryBC: https://www.memorybc.ca/brown-family-fonds.