Brown, George Hay

• Name	Brown, George Hay
  Gender	Male
  Business Address/Year	1864-1865?	Victoria, BC
  	Address: Government St. (west side near View St.) Victoria Theatre Photographic Gallery Victoria, BC Canada
  Where Active (Non-Specific Address)	ca. 1863	New York, NY
  	Address: New York, NY USA
  Where Active (Non-Specific Address)	ca. 1863	Washington, DC
  	Address: Washington, DC USA
  Business Address/Year	1863-1864	New Orleans, LA
  	Address: 93 Camp St. New Orleans, LA USA
  Association	Vaughan, John William (Relationship: Photographer)
  Association	Victoria Theatre Photographic Gallery (Relationship: Photographer)
  Association	Vaughan's Photographic Gallery (Relationship: Photographer)
  Person ID	I467	Camera Workers | B, vol. 1, 1858-1900
  Last Modified	25 Jun 2025

  
  

• Documents		Vaughan's Photographic Gallery ad, Victoria Colonist, 7 Sep 1864, p. 2. This ad notes the hiring of G.H. Brown, an experienced photographer from the U.S.
  		Vaughan's Photographic Gallery news, Victoria Colonist, 7 Sep 1864, p. 3. Without naming him, this news item notes the hiring of G.H. Brown by J.W. Vaughan.

  
  

• Notes

  STATUS: Commercial. BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: While a G.H. Brown worked as a daguerreotypist in 1846 in Fredericton, NB, a newspaper article and ad described him as Formerly connected with Brady's extensive Photographic Galleries of New York and Washington, U.S., and recently from New Orleans, La. Brown's work in New Orleans, according to photo-historian Mike Tucker, was with Edward Jacobs and Walter Ogilvie. Their partnership ran a studio called the National Art Union Photograph Gallery beginning in late Oct 1863 and presumably lasting through the winter at 93 Camp St. Brown most likely arrived in Victoria from San Francisco on 2 Sep 1864 aboard the bark Rival. While Vaughan advertised in Nov 1864 for a youth to learn the trade and help around the studio, Brown would probably have left Victoria when Vaughan advertised the studio lease for sale in Jan 1865. REFERENCES: Colonist, 1864 09 07/2 (ad) and 3 (article); Evening Express, 1864 09 07/2 (ad); Letter, M. Tucker to Mattison, 1981 10 12; Harper (1955); Smith (1982):122; Palmquist & Kailbourn (2000); Palmquist & Kailbourn (2005).