Adolf J. Brown Papers
1929-1963 (bulk 1930-1956)
Adolph Jacob Brown was likely born in Czechoslovakia around 1889 and immigrated to the United States to establish an art stencil business in Detroit in the 1920s. Brown later moved to Chicago, possibly for work related to the 1933 Century of Progress Exhibition. This collection consists of art stencils and designs, correspondence, and product samples, dating from the 1920s to the 1960s.
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Correspondence, printed papers, black and white photograph, photocopies and realia