Del Brook Binns

An interview with Del Brook Binns (1928-), a photographer who captured the people, places, and lives of Lower Roxbury. In Interview 1, Binns talks about his early childhood memories of the neighborhood: helping his father, Hurrban H. Binns, in his grocery store; delivering "The Afro-American" newspaper and "Liberty" magazines as a newsboy; and attending the informal meetings of the Professional Businessmen's Club in Shag Taylor's drugstore. In Interview 2, Binns talks about his education and working as a photographer. He also spends some time identifying the people and places in photographs supplied by Lolita Parker, Jr. This interview was collected as part of Northeastern University's Lower Roxbury Black History Project (2007-2009). Finding aid: http://www.library.neu.edu/archives/collect/findaids/m165find.htm

Media

Video

Video recording of interview with Del Brook Binns, April 3, 2009
Video recording of interview with Del Brook Binns, April 3, 2009

Transcript

Transcript of interview with Del Brook Binns, December 5, 2008
Transcript of interview with Del Brook Binns, April 3, 2009

 

Audio

Sound recording of interview with Del Brook Binns, December 5, 2008
Sound recording of interview with Del Brook Binns, April 3, 2009

Images

Headshot of Del Brook Binns
Portrait of Del Brook Binns
Del Brook Binns as a child
Del Brook Binns as a soldier
Del Brook Binns as a young boy
Del Brook Binns' first car
Hilda and Hurran Binns
Hurran Binns and Del Brook Binns
Hurran Binns under the elevated train tracks