C. H. Brown, Designer of Brown Steam Engine, with Son and Grandson, 1905

Summary

C.H. Brown and Company, founded in the late 1860s, built steam engines used by mill owners and machine manufacturers throughout America. Thomas Edison even purchased a Brown steam engine to run electric dynamos at Menlo Park. Pictured in this 1905 photograph is founder Charles. H. Brown, Sr., his son Charles, Jr., and his grandson Charles III standing in the center.

C.H. Brown and Company, founded in the late 1860s, built steam engines used by mill owners and machine manufacturers throughout America. Thomas Edison even purchased a Brown steam engine to run electric dynamos at Menlo Park. Pictured in this 1905 photograph is founder Charles. H. Brown, Sr., his son Charles, Jr., and his grandson Charles III standing in the center.

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

1905

 On Exhibit

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

31.287.1

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Sepia (Color)

Dimensions

Height: 8.438 in

Width: 6 in

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