Description
This photograph
collection consists of two photograph albums taken and assembled by amateur photographer
Benjamin Brooks, 1896-1990, of San Francisco and Northern California locations.
Background
Benjamin Brooks was born in San Francisco on November 26th, 1876, to William Brooks and
Alice Foster Moody. He was the nephew of Benjamin H. Brooks, a cable car promoter, and the
grandson of Benjamin S. Brooks, a San Francisco attorney. He married Mabel W. Gould in
Boston on June 30th, 1903, and had at least one daughter, Isabel Brooks Dorn. He served in
the United States Armed Forces during World War I. During his life, he was a draughtsman,
civil engineer, and a yachtsman. Benjamin died in Hayward, California on May 10, 1961, at
the age of 84. His remains were cremated and interred at Cypress Lawn Cemetary.