Malcolm’s Blue Album

In 1904 Ellen Sophia Keen Brown (formerly Dodd) (1863 - 1938) gifted this photo album to her 23 year old son Malcolm Horace Brown (1881-1915). It's a blue hard-shell album with a painted floral design. The inside cover reads: To Dear Malcolm from his mother 1904 Four years after receiving the album Malcolm's sister Edith…

Mystery Photo Album

This leather photo album was found in an old wooden cupboard that formerly belonged to Australian soldier Malcolm Horace Brown. Malcolm was killed in action in 1915 during WWI and buried at Lone Pine Cemetery, Gallipoli. After his death Malcolm's mother Ellen Sophia Keen (Dodd) Brown (1863 - 1938) took ownership of his belongings. After Ellen Brown passed…