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Olan Mills Sr. (May 9, 1904 – April 15, 1978) was an American photographer and entrepreneur known for co-founding the company
Olan Mills Olan Mills, Inc. was a privately owned American company founded in 1932 by Olan Mills Sr. and Mary Mills which was headquartered in Chattanooga, Tennessee. It provided portrait photography and church directories through its two main corporate d ...
with his wife, Mary Mills.


Life and career

In 1932, Mills and his wife launched their business in
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. They used an old shed which they converted into a darkroom. To improve business they started going door-to-door. In 1938, the couple opened its first permanent studio, located in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. The first Olan Mills plant opened in 1940 in
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. Mills died at his home in
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on April 15, 1978, from
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sustained in a fall.United Press International (April 18, 1978)
Olan Mills, Founder of Photo Studio Chain, Dies at 73.
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mills, Olan Sr. 1904 births 1978 deaths 20th-century American businesspeople