![[Interior of Brown Bros. & Co. Ltd., florist store, 59 Hastings Street East]](/uploads/r/null/d/6/e/d6e09ccb94f84fa8ec681793fc0cf8f084f011b6f5ffff21d3e39a0ff1d22801/3c65a002-4932-44d7-a0cb-68a8faa72f40-CVA25-02_142.jpg)
![[Brown Bros. Florists' display booth at P.N.E.]](/uploads/r/null/c/5/2/c52ec36844ac03063b467bda6b1ad28ff3464196378d683ee73bec2df5e94297/9ca43354-3cd0-44e7-bc96-be7f8dad6841-CVA25-03_142.jpg)
![[Brown Bros. personnel at first greenhouse location, 21st and Westminster]](/uploads/r/null/c/5/b/c5baa63f4df59da550cac58b57bf0deabbdc8d577856f610c255ac2499b5bae4/a37b5f0f-ba8a-41de-93b5-e837d4613233-CVA25-04_142.jpg)
![[Horse drawn float, Brown Bros. Florists]](/uploads/r/null/a/6/0/a60097f34e7e9305d2a1dbde8353923dcbd48a3db7d8ed5b813dab889d2975a3/7dd00ae8-0f45-4eda-be20-c2f70c290868-CVA25-05_142.jpg)
![[Horse drawn Brown Bros. May Day float at Hastings and Columbia]](/uploads/r/null/9/6/3/96333efa1347b1590dcc9d2a63d36a8d9bce6f731bf143d31084dabe20e5d86a/6537bc18-3220-4c5f-9e8d-16b84449f699-CVA25-06_142.jpg)
![[Brown Bros. display booth at P.N.E.]](/uploads/r/null/b/2/0/b20ee85f23488a6f82d9b4844e1ef68b54b9b559b6290cd3b11262be8e5f7ea9/b139af5e-654c-48df-ae56-1a23b561bedf-CVA25-07_142.jpg)
![[Panorama of Brown Bros. greenhouses, 21st and Westminster Avenue]](/uploads/r/null/c/2/8/c288db3bbdb2f82f41a1f41e9279ce2b2039673ee9e83b19716a9441d054bf83/7d06ce74-d373-4fb4-8d6e-f003499af9be-CVA25-08_142.jpg)
![[Greenhouses expansion of Brown Bros. Florists at Broadway and Rupert Street]](/uploads/r/null/f/e/8/fe85351ff9e73f5d709434e2e57050e353298dfcd2bd18018ead887e6f2af722/c20ca1e1-99dc-47ef-8729-39e2c8111c42-CVA25-09_142.jpg)
![[Further expansion of greenhouses & sheds of Brown Bros. Florists, Broadway & Rupert]](/uploads/r/null/e/e/e/eee7a312174afb4f61dba51134ecb04ec10d6d77bfdfc4ed7b4f36c9a27b31bb/ec554ae3-1cbf-4156-a6b4-4f4744b1444e-CVA25-10_142.jpg)
![[Interior of chrysanthemum greenhouse, Brown Bros. Florists]](/uploads/r/null/9/6/1/96198aca6abd936c263beb82860a83b229d217d831d5614c1a43e40bc15f69e3/793ac080-8caf-437b-b5bc-db2f503f83df-CVA25-11_142.jpg)
![[Greenhouse interior, Brown Bros. Florists]](/uploads/r/null/0/7/c/07cb099ded94d2ce062489eefbca46b2cc4c15d0589bd82e884e5ae251332244/4b29894c-2b5e-4419-aa9a-4bbce238156f-CVA25-12_142.jpg)
![[Interior of geranium greenhouse, Brown Bros. Florists]](/uploads/r/null/8/0/0/80056571349f51d00eaa4d81a65bb7bcb28e2240bcef2a38f06cdcef80fb4091/5113811c-1f9b-4589-ab84-266f272d7fd8-CVA25-13_142.jpg)
![[Seedlings and blooms in chrysanthemum greenhouse, Brown Bros. Florists]](/uploads/r/null/1/0/a/10af73b5edc63f6906be2db7ea75c8bf35325792ab62f76574dbde984063291d/a06865ea-c24d-4fcf-9ecc-83f42445ed34-CVA25-14_142.jpg)
![[Interior of calla lily greenhouse, Brown Bros. Florists]](/uploads/r/null/3/b/5/3b5eb0913e3e32aa186073f25508c093457d511dd7644b596bdf11c2439eebea/e5f6c092-fee1-4197-80da-c76aca4c6a0f-CVA25-15_142.jpg)
![[Interior of greenhouse with chrysanthemums in full bloom; Brown Bros. Florists]](/uploads/r/null/f/4/8/f4847367f54c700b830d00949fca25e658266a34b899c667e9cc0057ed6df90c/0dff9122-f357-4b73-8cbd-13108dc4c308-CVA25-16_142.jpg)
![[Greenhouse interior; Brown Bros. Florists]](/uploads/r/null/d/6/b/d6bc579b5a92700d9f25b0b16b6e85267b30ab9579fe1f56114b365d6cac58c8/867368f4-eca9-48dc-8bce-6e965dff93e9-CVA25-17_142.jpg)
![[Interior of carnation greenhouse with Brown Bros. Florists' staff]](/uploads/r/null/9/9/f/99f203eedecc59318031459f0a7e1814dd9bfc5c18bf318d6d8771187ef6fcb4/9be2a455-eb07-49e0-9b25-416b93093dc3-CVA25-18_142.jpg)
![[Interior of carnation greenhouse Brown Bros. Florists]](/uploads/r/null/8/5/a/85a9f207e10f61c59d20a6a5e3fe01cb78f30ae87c1d84eb8c7ec465450a9f10/869124e2-f441-4ffc-a914-84ae4b8c38d4-CVA25-19_142.jpg)
![[Greenhouse interior with chrysanthemum seedlings, Brown Bros. Florists]](/uploads/r/null/2/b/e/2be2116da1422236c4257390fb9365de2f1a8829c9534f2895eea8b7a7abd585/31fc9e61-2f56-4cfa-9b42-c66ef19ba9b8-CVA25-20_142.jpg)
![[Interior of hothouse with hanging cucumbers]](/uploads/r/null/8/d/b/8db43ab6d75e8e6b112f338c158fff86980bcea0d42a2fed90b59abaab85754c/120172af-29ac-44b6-a3d5-12accaa47cba-CVA25-21_142.jpg)
![[View of Brown Bros. nursery, Grandview Hwy. & Rupert St.]](/uploads/r/null/8/4/f/84f078d07dc1c375fad7ab87e76a3b55bd388d09c2a82b722e8d42521849c68a/552d268a-6424-4222-b4c7-9d6d36e46406-CVA25-22_142.jpg)
![[Brown Bros.' van decorated for a parade]](/uploads/r/null/4/9/d/49df8edb37a128550a8e840bd6e6498919bf8d5c789e6b4cbe6922a0cc278c36/10303aad-98d3-4908-aac3-3dd1fb661a12-CVA25-23_142.jpg)
![[Brown Bros.' open car decorated with crown motif in roses]](/uploads/r/null/b/8/b/b8bd10d40015e50e410ce78c1b64d911a6dcb1dcbfc928263a87a3ca6f686d14/ab0fb79b-5fa3-4025-8b72-d85101d15f28-CVA25-24_142.jpg)
![[Brown Bros.' display of bulbs and plants at P.N.E.]](/uploads/r/null/d/b/e/dbe63ae0f5c6d7f69e7a44f6b89d9e18e02eb1649f188dc9cbdc704b7afac23e/6beab4d5-29a8-41be-9120-4e5652224088-CVA25-25_142.jpg)
![[Brown Bros.' display of prize flowers at P.N.E.]](/uploads/r/null/4/8/c/48c03de7e052ecbbb8e61b630e3b7ab4ba061e6bbbcc91b13d6bf1e89c055537/3a2be3a5-6923-4ba9-a58f-984d36d2c9d3-CVA25-26_142.jpg)
![[Brown Bros.' display of prize blooms at P.N.E.]](/uploads/r/null/1/7/e/17e76ded7394fc3925155387fdaeb7b46cf88b3f8af60e22f592bfc801427e58/ad882a4c-15b8-4b87-89a1-2648701cb430-CVA25-27_142.jpg)
![[Brown Bros.' "florists in Canada" entry at P.N.E.]](/uploads/r/null/8/e/9/8e9ef9bfae5645d2306566dff7da88e93177887eb00ff54bfb2deee94154c33d/ba99851a-8343-4c51-b45e-494b300bab62-CVA25-29_142.jpg)
![[Brown Bros. Florists' 655 Granville Street store front]](/uploads/r/null/a/c/c/acc7cb7c5a7ae46dc7311b0b3c64e6df3f0135ef4bed3336e93218ec76d20aad/f94e969d-f1bb-4591-a234-8cfdf08b4612-CVA25-30_142.jpg)
![[Brown Bros. Florists' store front at 655 Granville at night with neon sign]](/uploads/r/null/d/2/c/d2c0ee49c612093114e29c6ffbb98ac1daffb0cde6a22036f4644163d9c0e3dd/3f40d513-963c-47b6-94b2-8132eeb6fe87-CVA25-31_142.jpg)
Title and statement of responsibility area
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Brown Brothers Company fonds
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AM431
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- < 0.01 m of textual records
- 32 photographs
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Administrative history
Joseph Brown arrived in Vancouver in 1898 and constructed greenhouses. His firm, Brown Brother's Company Limited, was incorporated in 1905, as a florist and nursery business. The firm was sold in 1966 to Planters Holding, Limited.
Custodial history
Scope and content
The fonds consists of undated notes for the care and management of flowers, thank-you letters (1932), and various certificates for floral displays (1928-1936). Fonds also consists of photographs of the florist company depicting greenhouses, floral displays, and storefronts.
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Photographs in this fonds have been assigned catalogue numbers with the prefix CVA 25.