Sheldon Brown's Photo Album

These images are from a photo album kept by my grandfather (and namesake) Sheldon Brown. He was born August 10, 1873 in Brush Prairie (Hockinson) Washington Territory, and died October 15, 1958 in Yakima, Washington.
His parents were Andrew Brown (Anders Junilla) and Olive Harris

He was a graduate of the University of Oregon. He served in the U.S. Army in the Phillipines.

He married Ida Mattson and they lived together in Zillah, Washington. They had two children, a son, George Matson Brown (my father) and Olivida "Betty" Brown (Brunelle). They raised apricots and other crops on their small ranch.

These photos were scanned from a fairly delapidated postcard-size photo album, and I have done considerable restoration work to most of them. Not all of the subjects are clearly identified, and for some of those who are, it is not clear what their relationship is.

On this page, the thumbnail images are arranged in the order they were found in the album.

Zillah New/Old Houses	Ida Brown and baby George Zillah old house	Ivan Brown in the San Juan Islands 1906
Erik and Maria Mattson	Sheldon & Ida Brown, Axel Lundberg	Browns, Morgans, Edyth Mattson
Browns, Morgans, Edyth Mattson	Edyth Mattson and Ivan Brown	Andrew & Olive Brown
Sheldon, George and Ida Brown	Erik Mattson's house, Hockinson, Washington	Mattsons
Sheldon tending the fire	Seaside Oregon	Sheldon and Ida
Zillah: Newer house	Battleground Washington, Looking South	A half-day's sport
George, Ida & Axel	Picnic, August 11, 1912, Yakima River Ida, Sheldon, Axel, Andrew, Olive, George	Ida and Sheldon Brown, with Ann Springer. Zillah, about 1943
Harvest time	Harvest time (detail)	Sunflowers--Axel and George, 1912
Ida Brown packing apples	Outlook, Washington 1908	Mr. & Mrs Harve Hill Marie & George Brown January 19, 1913
George, January 19, 1913 Detail from image above	Is this Sheldon?	Axel Fording the Yakima River
Franklin Lewis Mattson, 5 yrs 10 mos. John Eric Mattson 10 mos	Battleground, looking East 1907