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This series contains materials used for advertisement by the Brand Brothers Studio. Below is a list of items included in this series accompanied by the respective dates.

Orson B. Brand photography advertisement/calling card, No Date
O.B. Brand photographer advertising calendar starting with August, 1898
O.B. Brand photographer advertising calendar starting with January, 1910
Advertisement for choosing a frame at the Brand studio, No Date

This series contains images of the Brand family studios. It includes both the art studio and the photography studio. Below is a list of items included in this series accompanied by the respective dates and accession numbers.

Brand Photographer : 69-281
Brand Art Studio in winter, ca. 1900, 69-357-5
Brand Art Studio with 3 teamed wagon filled with 10 women and a driver, No Date
Brand Art Studio with bike out front, 1892
Brand Bros. House and carriage painting on S. 2nd St., with men standing outside, No Date
Copy from above (#6 George Brand, #1 Silas Brand) [the image is torn and slightly damaged], No Date, 67-168-1
Employees of Brand's Paint Store: Ernest Garling, Eli Ott, Otto Lawrentz (will paint the city's first water plant), 1891
Former Brand's Photo Studio on E. Central Ave.; later a real estate office, No Date

This series contains images of the Brand family at various events and gatherings. This series has also been separated into two folders due to the quantity of images. Below is a list of items included in this series accompanied by the respective dates and accession numbers.

Alice Brand Anniversary Party with names of guests on back, No Date
Postcard- outdoor party with everyone seated and eating (copy) (A.L.R.), 1908
Brand family at dinner with names on back, 1925
Out door party with everyone seated and eating at night (party from post card), No Date
Copy from above, No Date
Brand family in a barn, No Date
Mr. and Mrs. A.L.Rannings 20th wedding anniversary with whole family (Postcard), No Date
Copy from above, No Date
3rd copy, No Date
4th copy, No Date
5th copy, No Date
Grandma Brand with sons, daughters and their wives and husbands, No Date
"flash-light" taken at 11:30 pm Dec. 28th, 1896
"flash-light" taken at 11:30 pm Dec. 28th, 1896
"flash-light" taken at 11:30 pm Dec. 28th, 1896
"Yours truly O.B.Brand" Autographed Orson Brand picture, No Date
Orson Brand with mother, No Date
S. Brand, 1874
Miss Charlotte Brand, Music teacher (in home at piano and image of her home), No Date
Grandma Brand with sons and daughters, No Date
Copy from above, No Date
Orson Brand and wife family wedding portrait, No Date
4 generations of Brand family, No Date
Orson Brand in his photo studio, No Date
Leslie and Irving Brand (over exposed), No Date
Great Grandma Brand at 91 years old attached to winter image of her next to her home, 1920
Dug a well and 2 men are pulling water, image taken by Ray Brand, 1913
Dug a well and 3 men are pulling water, image taken by Ray Brand, 1913
Note with above 2 images "Pictures: Early scenes and people of the Philip Brand Family, who came to H.P. from Deerfield in 1883. The Brand Brothers Painting Firm was started in 1874.", No Date
Orson Brand's mother and another women outside his mothers home, No Date
Salome Brand Roeber, No Date
Brand family member inside their home next to their Christmas tree, No Date
Same woman as above image in different seated position, No Date
Salome Brand Roeber and older woman from the Christmas tree image sitting outside, No Date
Salome Brand outside, No Date
Leslie Brand Jr., 1956, 70-595-5
Salome Brand Roeber, No Date
Postcard- Grandma Brand age 91 casting her first ballot Nov. 7th, 1916
Copy from above, 1916
2nd copy from above, larger image, 1916
Postcard- Grandma brand age 91 at the polling place where she cast her first vote Nov. 7th, 1916, 69-338-1

This series contains images of the Brand family at various events and gatherings. This series has also been separated into two folders due to the quantity of images. Below is a list of items included in this series accompanied by the respective dates and accession numbers.

Alice Brand Anniversary Party with names of guests on back, No Date
Postcard- outdoor party with everyone seated and eating (copy) (A.L.R.), 1908
Brand family at dinner with names on back, 1925
Out door party with everyone seated and eating at night (party from post card), No Date
Copy from above, No Date
Brand family in a barn, No Date
Mr. and Mrs. A.L.Rannings 20th wedding anniversary with whole family (Postcard), No Date
Copy from above, No Date
3rd copy, No Date
4th copy, No Date
5th copy, No Date
Grandma Brand with sons, daughters and their wives and husbands, No Date
"flash-light" taken at 11:30 pm Dec. 28th, 1896
"flash-light" taken at 11:30 pm Dec. 28th, 1896
"flash-light" taken at 11:30 pm Dec. 28th, 1896

This series contains images of other known families. Below is a list of items included in this series accompanied by the respective dates.

The Bergstroms: Selina, Jane, Gustafson, No Date
L.B.G.C. Girls going through fence at Naperville, No Date
James Mockler, Florence Mockler, and friend, No Date, 70-830-2
Mrs. Cox, Ben Steffens and children, Mrs. Joe Bahnle, Mrs. Joe Rioux in rocker, Mrs. Louis Berube (daughter of Mrs. Rioux), Little girls: Mary Berube, non a non at St., Mrs. Emma Merich Daughter of Mrs. Rioux, No Date

This series contains various clientele had by the Brand Brothers Studio. Below is a list of items included in this series accompanied by the respective dates and accession numbers.

Man in unitard standing with bike [possibly S.Brand], No Date
Woman in white dress and black shawl, with basket and fish, No Date
Play cast sitting in front of backdrop, No Date
Copy from above, No Date
Very large family picnic with tent in the background, No Date
Very large gathering of women and children, No Date
3 women with parasols and 3 men at a park, No Date
8 young women (possible Salome Brand last on right side), No Date
Woman with 3 little girls and 1 little boy in front of home on S. 1st St., ca. 1905, 72-23-1
John Parice storefront for plumbing, gas fitting, heating, and sewer building (torn in half), No Date
Berta Sthoerh [unsure of last names spelling], No Date
Man in army uniform with his rifle (9 images in all), No Date

Tintypes and ferrotypes that may include stock photography as well as family and theater images. Images of note include a Highland Park firefighter, an African-American, portraits and staged images.

A number of these photographs indicate Orson B Brand as photographer and appear to have been taken chiefly in the same studio with the same props. There are numerous images that appear to be self portraits by Brand.