Most of the pictures in this section were taken with various pocket and handheld cameras, and have been kept in the family picture albums. As a result, the quality and composition of the pictures vary widely.

Townsend, Jo and Family:

Townsend Brown's Father - Lewis K. Brown.

Townsend Brown at 4 years of age - Zanesville, Ohio, 1909.

Townsend Brown in his Zanesville, Ohio Laboratory, circa 1921.

Family portrait - Zanesville, Ohio, 1937.

Townsend and Jo Brown the summer before they were married - Hawthorne (family club) Zanesville, Ohio, 1927.

Portrait of Josephine (Jo) - Washington, D.C., 1942-43.

Josephine Brown - Washington, D.C., September, 1942.

Townsend Brown - Washington, D.C., November, 1942.

Townsend Brown with Mother - Laguna Beach, California, 1944-45.

Townsend Brown at the pool - Laguna Beach, California, 1945.

Joseph (14) and Linda (2) on the "Luriline" on route to Hawaii, 1947.

Townsend Brown at 53 years - portait, 1958.

Townsend Brown at 53 years - portait, 1958.

Townsend Brown stepping off the "Dutchess," on the Potomac, Alexandria, 1960.

The Navy Period:

Honor Man of Company Seven, 1930.

The new recruit - Townsend Brown, 1930.

Townsend Brown in Santiago, Cuba after the earthquake of 1932, during the Navy-Princeton Gravity Expedition.

Townsend Brown in Santa Barabara de Samana, Dominican Republic during the Navy-Princeton Gravity Expedition, 1932.

Townsend Brown checking one of his sensors on the Caroline, during the Johnson-Smithsonian Deep Sea Expedition, 1933.

Early Experiments and Models:

One of the early gravitator experiment setups.

A group of the early gravitators including a ship model driven by a gravitator.

Townsend Brown - Petrovoltaic Effect Strip Recorders, Zanesville, Ohio.

Townsend Brown - Underground Monitoring Station, Zanesville, Ohio.

The original Rand Fan. It was always joked that this was named after the well-known strip artist, Sally Rand.

A model of the space vehicle described in the research proposal.

Another view of the model of the space vehicle described in the research proposal.

Another view of the model of the space vehicle described in the research proposal.

The experimental setup for testing a model of the space vehicle described in the research proposal.

A larger view of the experimental setup for testing a model of the space vehicle described in the research proposal.

Townsend Brown with Electric Smoke Precipitator, 1975. Brown designed this with Jo (a smoker) in mind.

Electric Smoke Precipitator, 1975.

The Bahnson Laboratory Period:

Equipment at the Bahnson Lab, 1958.

Electrokinetic Apparatus at the Bahnson Lab, January 3, 1958.

43" foil A
35" stiched B, .5" below
22" saran C, 2" below
D - pin and ground, 5 5/6" below

Dr. Tom Turner, Townsend Brown and unknown man at the Bahnson Lab, April 5, 1958.

Dr. Tom Turner and Townsend Brown observing the Teller and DeWitt experiment at the Bahnson Lab, May 13, 1958.

Two unknown men and Dr. Tom Turner at the Bahnson Lab, June 11, 1958.

Townsend Brown and one of his 3 foot disks at the Bahnson Lab, 1958.

Honolulu, Hawaii Period (1974-82):

Townsend Brown by the ocean, Hawaii.

Another picture of Townsend Brown by the ocean, Hawaii.

Honolulu Laboratory - Equipment, Hawaii.

Honolulu Laboratory - geophysical (petrovoltaic) sensors, Hawaii.

Honolulu Laboratory - strip recorder, Hawaii.

Honolulu Laboratory - geophysical (petrovoltaic) sensors, Hawaii.

Honolulu Laboratory - Townsend Brown checking a geophysical sensor strip recorder, Hawaii.

Honolulu Laboratory - Townsend Brown studying a geophysical sensor, Hawaii.

Geophysical sensors of same make and model.

Catalina Island, California Period (1982-85):

Townsend Brown with granddaughter - Avalon, Catalina Is., California, 1981.

Townsend and Jo Brown - Avalon, Catalina Is., California, 1983.

Townsend and Jo Brown - Florida vacation.