Mark David Miller (August 6, 1891 – May 8, 1970) was an American photographer. 315 Whedbee Fort Collins

Mark was born in

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, the son of Amos B. Miller and Mary Martindale Miller. In 1905 his family moved to the Fort Collins,

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, 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,

, 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

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near Fort Collins.Fleming and McNeill, p. 7. 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

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in Fort Collins. Mark D Miller headstone

The bulk of Mark Miller's photographs were donated after his death to th
Fort Collins Local History Archive
located at the Fort Collins Museum.

Notes

Sources

* Fleming, B. and McNeill, M., ''Fort Collins: The Miller Photographs''. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2009. , .

External links

Fort Collins: The Miller Photographs at Google Books

Fort Collins Local History Archive
{{DEFAULTSORT:Miller, Mark D. 1891 births 1970 deaths 20th-century American photographers People from Osage County, Kansas People from Fort Collins, Colorado