Biography of Dick Smith

Name/Title

Biography of Dick Smith

Entry/Object ID

MWM2011.0003.0187

Scope and Content

Short biography of prominent North Conway photographer, Dick Smith. The biography is two pages, hand typed, and was written by Smith's wife, Barbara Smith. Smith was born in Hyannis, MA on September 18, 1927 and moved around Massachusetts and Maine during his childhood. After serving in WWII, where he made his first photo sales by taking pictures of his navy base in Great Lakes, IL and printing them on postcard paper, Smith moved to North Conway in 1947. He met his wife, Barbara in 1951 and they married one year later. His photographs appeared in calendars, greeting cards, billboards, advertisements, and other printed materials. His collection of photographs became one of the largest in New England and Smith was used as a primary source for publishers using New England photographs.

Collection

Dick Smith Collection

Acquisition

Accession

MWM2011.0003

Source or Donor

Mrs. Barbara Smith

Acquisition Method

Gift

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Biography

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Literary Works

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

1980 - 1995