Brown, Richard V.
Richard V. 'Dick' Brown (c.1889 - July 30, 1962) was an American commercial artist. Born in Illinois, Brown arrived in Miami in 1926 from Biloxi, Mississippi. In 1929 he was the director of the Loomis, Bevis, and Hall, Inc., art department where he produced all the interior artwork for the 1929 Miami tourism booklet. He worked with the Parker Art Printing Company as an artist and salesman for 12 years. He served as the co-publisher of the Guest Book and the Miami Visitor-s magazines and as the art director of the Service Engraving Company. He worked as the assistant editorial cartoonist for the Miami Herald during World War II. He was survived by his wife Marian Comber and their son Thomas.
All Miami has to offer.
This is a c. 1931 Miami and Miami Beach tourism brochure/booklet featuring pictorail maps by Richard V. Brown, Anthony J. Ziesler, and the Walton and Spencer Company. (more details)