Davis, Glenn A. (Glenn Augustus), 1894-1980

American photographer Glenn Augustus Davis was born March 22, 1894 in Portland, Oregon. He attended school in Oregon and Washington prior to working in the lumber camps and saw mills of Washington and British Columbia. He served in the US Army from 1915 to 1920. He was a member of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) on the Western Front in France during World War I. In the years following the war, Davis returned to the US and worked as a cook, a cotton grower, and a seaman before following his passion for photography.

Davis studied at Illinois College of Photography and became a professional photographer in 1927. He moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1930 and worked at the Oakes Photographic Studio (later known as the Vegas Studio and Camera Supply). From 1930 to 1941 Davis photographed life in the Las Vegas Valley and the construction of the Hoover Dam (then known as the Boulder Dam). Davis later returned to the State of Washington, where he lived for the remainder of his life. During his lifetime, Davis’ photographs received awards from organizations such as the Royal Photograph Society of London and the Royal Photograph Society of Edinburgh. Davis died March 27, 1980 at the age of 86.

Source:

Garside, Sherwin (Scoop). “Legacy From Glenn Davis’ Camera,” The Nevadan, November 3, 1968.