The Ernest Brown Collection

Ernest Brown was a prominent Edmonton photographer in the early days of Edmonton's history. Many of the photos he took are part of his collection which can be found in the City Archives. Today I thought I would py tribute to this wonderful man by putting together a little collection of my own. The house belonged to Ernest Brown and was built in 1912 in the Highlands neighbourhood. The building located downtown on Jasper Avenue is the Ernest Brown Block which was built in 1913 and housed his studio. I am so glad that we had people who knew the importance of preserving the history of ones city, town or wherever they called home

[Katie]

Neat! Like the scrapbook look too!

[Shirley Chetwynd]

A wonderful tribute to him, beautiful photos .

[Kerri]

Nice tribute

[mittens (Marilyn)]

They are both very lovely looking buildings. Excellent collage.

[Kim]

I agree that we need to preserve these wonderful old buildings - they were built to last. Nice collage and dedication.

[❀ Lynn]

Lovely collage Brian! and it's nice that there are people who share the history of their town/city with obvious care.

[Brian Baptie]

Love how you presented them.

[Lauren]

great find and nicely presented!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Very nice- a fine tribute to him!

[Janet Shaffer]

Beautiful shots.

[Margaret Tryon]

Excellent tribute.

[KAL]

Beautiful collage to remember Ernest Brown! He would like this.

[Lyn]

Lovely tribute!

[John Lynn]

Nice collage.

[KWind]

It could be a postcard... nice collage.

[scooter]

Beautiful collage!!

[Tony]

Beautiful collage Brian your art-work sets off the pictures perfectly.

[ladyjane]

Nice tribute!

[Diane]

Nice tribute. very effective collage.

[Laurie Higgins]

Lovely collage and the history behind your shots is very interesting. I love learning the history of other areas.

[Sheila]

Love the old storefront windows. I miss downtowns with real stores!

[Linda Webb]

Nice tribute! I really love the city block

[Ellen Young]

Awesome Tribute bkb! i love that little old house and you are right thank God for Photography! :)

[John]

Very nice!

[mervyn hobbs]

Absolutely lovely and always interesting as usual.

[David Price]

Great story, great photos.

[🍁April 🍁]

Really nice tribute...I love the historic buildings and homes.

[Carole Imes]

What a lovely presentation. I am happy to see the building and home was preserved. I really cringe when I see historical places torn down. Love that scrapbook type frame, too.

[Cindy Rez]

Very nice collage ..Thanks for the history!!!

[Diana]

Awesome tribute to a fellow Albertan....and I agree too....glad we have people like him and you about to capture and be our saviour to our history!

[Christie Hicks]

What a beautiful tribute collage.

[stephanie dp]

beautiful - pretty as a postcard

[Shirley Banford]

Thanks, it's great to hear about photographers.

[Hubregt Visser]

Nice presentation.

[bkb in the city]

@kwind Thanks Kim

[bkb in the city]

@scooter Thank you

[bkb in the city]

@tonydebont Thanks. I use a program called Smilebox for my collages

[bkb in the city]

@ladyjane Thank you

[bkb in the city]

@eudora Thanks Diane

[bkb in the city]

@lauriehiggins I am glad to share it

[Paula]

Very nice!

[bkb in the city]

@swguevin I know what you mean and that is why I am glad they have preserved some of our buildings here in Edmonton

[bkb in the city]

@ariel817 Thanks Linda. If you want to see a full shot of it head on check out my shot from Feb 8, 2012

[bkb in the city]

@ellimae Thanks Ellen

[bkb in the city]

@congaree Thanks John

[bkb in the city]

@carwyn3 Thanks Merv

[bkb in the city]

@david68 Thanks David

[bkb in the city]

@batavia Thanks April. Glad you enjoyed this one

[bkb in the city]

@cimes1 Thanks Carole. Fortunately the city has now learned the value of old buildings like this after having torn so many down in the 1970's and 80's

[bkb in the city]

@cindyrez You're welcome

[bkb in the city]

@ladydi53 Thanks Diana

[bkb in the city]

@christiehicks Thanks Christie

[bkb in the city]

@stepheesue Thanks Steph

[bkb in the city]

@sabanford Glad to share it with you

[bkb in the city]

@hjv Thank you

[bkb in the city]

@archaeofrog Thanks katie. I use a program called Smilebox for my collages

[bkb in the city]

@http365proj Thanks Shirley

[bkb in the city]

@kerristephens Thanks Kerri

[bkb in the city]

@mittens Thanks Marilyn

[bkb in the city]

@kimshots Thanks Kim

[bkb in the city]

@lynnb Thanks Lynn. I love sharing history with anyone who wants to listen

[bkb in the city]

@bdb3471 Thanks Brian

[bkb in the city]

@laurentye Thanks lauren

[bkb in the city]

@olivetreeann Thanks Ann

[bkb in the city]

@janets Thanks Janet

[bkb in the city]

@maggie2 Thanks Margaret

[bkb in the city]

@kathyladley I would like to think so. Thanks Kathy

[bkb in the city]

@lyno Thanks Lyn

[bkb in the city]

@jwlynn64 Thanks John

[bkb in the city]

@paulavdmerwe Thanks Paula

[Chris Johnson]

Awesome collage and a great tribute to Ernest Brown!

[Claire]

Beautifully done

[bkb in the city]

@cjphoto Thanks Chris

[bkb in the city]

@claireuk Thanks Claire

[Leila]

Nice tribute & collage Brian.

[Denise Breimeir]

Thanks for the great history lesson. I like his childhood home - so pretty!

[bkb in the city]

@leilaboyd Thanks Leila

[bkb in the city]

@deniseinindy I always like to share our history. The home was not his childhood home. He lived here while he worked as a photographer in the city

[summerfield]

that's a beautiful house made more so by the snow. and glad that the building has been preserved. very nice collage, brian.

[Pam Hawkes]

Very nice tribute to Ernest Brown. Well put together!

[bkb in the city]

@summerfield Thanks Vikki. I really do love the house it has that nice cottage look to it

[bkb in the city]

@pamfromcalgary Thanks Pam