Mark D. Miller
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Mark D. Miller was an American
photographer.
Mark was born in Scranton, Kansas
, the son of Amos B. Miller and Mary Martindale Miller. In 1905 his family moved to the Fort Collins, Colorado
area, possibly to alleviate his mother’s asthmatic condition.
In 1911 Miller apprenticed himself as a photographer to Claude Patrick. In 1912 he opened his own photographic business in Longmont, Colorado
, 40 miles southwest of Fort Collins. In 1914 Miller bought Patrick’s studio in Fort Collins and subsequently moved there, first living upstairs from the studio and then moving to a nearby house.
Between 1910 and Miller’s death in 1970 it is estimated he took over 70,000 pictures of Fort Collins landmarks, portraits of local citizens, and local scenery such as the Poudre Canyon
near Fort Collins. Miller’s photography is represented in the book Fort Collins: The Miller Photographs by Barbara Fleming and Malcolm McNeill.
Miller died on May 8, 1970 and is buried in Grandview Cemetery, Fort Collins
in Fort Collins.
The bulk of Mark Miller's photographs were donated after his death to the Fort Collins Local History Archive located at the Fort Collins Museum
.
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photographer.
Mark was born in Scranton, Kansas
Scranton, Kansas
Scranton is a city in Osage County, Kansas, United States. The population was 724 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Topeka, Kansas Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Scranton is located at ....
, the son of Amos B. Miller and Mary Martindale Miller. In 1905 his family moved to the Fort Collins, Colorado
Colorado
Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...
area, possibly to alleviate his mother’s asthmatic condition.
In 1911 Miller apprenticed himself as a photographer to Claude Patrick. In 1912 he opened his own photographic business in Longmont, Colorado
Colorado
Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...
, 40 miles southwest of Fort Collins. In 1914 Miller bought Patrick’s studio in Fort Collins and subsequently moved there, first living upstairs from the studio and then moving to a nearby house.
Between 1910 and Miller’s death in 1970 it is estimated he took over 70,000 pictures of Fort Collins landmarks, portraits of local citizens, and local scenery such as the Poudre Canyon
Poudre Canyon
The Poudre Canyon is a narrow verdant canyon, approximately 40 mi long, on the upper Cache la Poudre River in Larimer County, Colorado in the United States...
near Fort Collins. Miller’s photography is represented in the book Fort Collins: The Miller Photographs by Barbara Fleming and Malcolm McNeill.
Miller died on May 8, 1970 and is buried in Grandview Cemetery, Fort Collins
Grandview Cemetery, Fort Collins
Grandview Cemetery is a cemetery in Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado.The land for the cemetery was purchased in 1887; at the time it was west of the city limits of Fort Collins...
in Fort Collins.
The bulk of Mark Miller's photographs were donated after his death to the Fort Collins Local History Archive located at the Fort Collins Museum
Fort Collins Museum and Discovery Science Center
The Fort Collins Museum and Discovery Science Center is a partnership of two educational institutions that merged in 2008 to create a combined science and cultural resource for Fort Collins and northern Colorado.-Fort Collins Museum:...
.
Sources
- Fleming, B. and McNeill, M., Fort Collins: The Miller Photographs. Charleston, SC: Arcadia PublishingArcadia PublishingArcadia Publishing is an American publisher of local history.-History:It was founded in Dover, New Hampshire in 1993 by United Kingdom-based Tempus Publishing, but became independent in 2004....
, 2009. ISBN 978-0-7385-6987-1, ISBN 0-7385-6987-9.