Dewey Studio Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: Photo 453
Scope and Content
The Dewey Studio Photograph Collection contains seventeen photographic prints. None are identified other than the studio name stamp on the back stating "Dewey Studio, Edwards Block, Fargo, N.Dak." The photographs were likely all taken around Fargo or in the Red River Valley. Topically they are of farm houses, farmsteads, fields with wheat shocks, potato fields, sheep in a corral, horses in a corral, corn fields, and a group of men in an apple orchard.
Dates
- Circa 1915
Access
The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the NDSU Archives.
Copyrights
Copyrights to this collection are in public domain.
Biography
Arthur William Dewey, (b.1860-d.1925) moved to Jamestown, North Dakota in April 1879. He initially worked as part of a freight hauling team, which brought goods and parcels to Fort Totten Indian Reservation. Later, in 1883 Arthur changed his vocation, and set up his own photography studio in Jamestown. Soon after opening his photo studio, this newly made business owner married Mary A. McGregor in 1885. Arthur then went on to grow his business, by moving himself and his new family to Fargo in 1908. Arthur and his son, Archie in the same year started Dewey Studio, located in Edwards Block, Fargo. Arthur’s life ended in 1925 after succumbing to tuberculosis.
Archie L. Dewey, (b.1887-d.1967) started his life in Fargo, North Dakota, becoming employed directly out of high school at Northwestern Bell Telephone Company. While working at Bell, Archie learned the art of photography from his father Arthur, and purchased a studio form James Drysdale, with his father joining him as partner soon after in 1908. Archie later married Irene Schroeder in Sabin, Minnesota in 1913, and they conceived four children, Elizabeth, Dorothy, Ronald, and Marian. Dewey was a prominent photographer in Fargo, and served as President of the Photographers’ Association of America. This garnered Dewey several awards, including an award in 1962 from the P.A.A. Dewey also did work with other local photography studios, such as Scherling, and Voss photography. Archie died in August of 1967.
Archie L. Dewey, (b.1887-d.1967) started his life in Fargo, North Dakota, becoming employed directly out of high school at Northwestern Bell Telephone Company. While working at Bell, Archie learned the art of photography from his father Arthur, and purchased a studio form James Drysdale, with his father joining him as partner soon after in 1908. Archie later married Irene Schroeder in Sabin, Minnesota in 1913, and they conceived four children, Elizabeth, Dorothy, Ronald, and Marian. Dewey was a prominent photographer in Fargo, and served as President of the Photographers’ Association of America. This garnered Dewey several awards, including an award in 1962 from the P.A.A. Dewey also did work with other local photography studios, such as Scherling, and Voss photography. Archie died in August of 1967.
Extent
17 Photographic Prints
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
A series of photographic prints of unidentified farms, farmsteads, houses, horses, sheep, potato, corn, and wheat fields,
Provenance
Donated by Ronald Olin, 1993 (Acc. 2331)
Property rights
The NDSU Archives owns the property rights to this collection.
- Title
- Finding Aid to the Dewey Studio Photograph Collection
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Institute for Regional Studies Repository
Contact:
West Building N
3551 7th Avenue North
Fargo North Dakota 58102 United States
ndsu.archives@ndsu.edu
West Building N
3551 7th Avenue North
Fargo North Dakota 58102 United States
ndsu.archives@ndsu.edu