Author:

Unknown  Search this

Subject:

Brown, Solomon Galleon c. 1829-1906  Search this

Physical description:

Color: Black and White; Size: 8w x 10h; Type of Image: Person, candid; Medium: Photographic print

Type:

Photographic print

Person, candid

Date:

1891

Category:

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes:

This photo of Brown as most likely taken at the same time as the staff photo of the International Exchange Service. See Negative #77-15013 (SIA, RU95, B28, F33). See biography of Brown by Louise D. Hutchinson, 'With Kindest Regards': Solomon G. Brown.

Summary:

Solomon G. Brown (1852-1906), clerk of Secretary Spencer F. Baird (1878-1887) and poet, seen here standing outside, probably on the Mall. Brown worked at the Smithsonian for over fifty years and was possibly the first African American Smithsonian employee.

Contained within:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 4, Folder: 41

Contact information:

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Topic:

African Americans  Search this

Smithsonian Institution--Employees  Search this

Standard number:

SA-754 and SIA2007-0039

Restrictions & Rights:

No restrictions

Data Source:

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sic_5597