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Owen Brown and Brother Original Photo Pair [178933]
Owen Brown and Brother Original Photo Pair [178933]
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Original about 4.5x7.5" photos of Owen Brown and his brother Frederick?, both with thick beards. "Owen Brown (November 4, 1824 [x=#8211/] January 8, 1889) was the third son of abolitionist John Brown. He participated more in his father's anti-slavery activities than did any of his siblings. He was the only son to participate both in the Bleeding Kansas activities [x=#8212/] specifically the Pottawatomie massacre, during which he killed a man [x=#8212/] and his father's raid on Harpers Ferry. He was the only son of Brown present in Tabor, Iowa, when Brown's recruits were trained and drilled. He was also the son who joined his father in Chatham, Ontario, Canada, when the raid was planned; he was chosen as treasurer of the organization of which his father was made president. Another reporter said that Owen, of John Brown's sons, "is perhaps the greatest character of them all. Noticeably eccentric, with a strange mingling of gentleness and roughness, sentiment and course practicability [sic], which even his intimate friends cannot understand, with one of the warmest of hearts and the readiest hand, he leads a wandering kind of life, seeming to cut himself off from old friends and associations, and yet after a while returning to them, or letting them know by some kind message that they are not forgotten. He seems literally a man without a home, for realizing his restless disposition he has never married or formed any ties that could not easily be shaken off. He resembles his father in form and feature, and also[x=#8212/]though in an exaggerated degree[x=#8212/]his independence of the world's opinion." from wikipedia. Owen is buried in Pasadena. Cabin and mule photo has lower left corner chip which is included and thin paper likely from removal of a backing. Las Casitas Cabin has upper left and lower right chips, 1" top tear with tape repair which has split. Please inspect. Pasadena California
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Owen Brown and Brother Original Photo Pair [178933]

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