Anders Beer Wilse, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Norwegian photographer
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Place of Birth: Flekkefjord, Southern Norway, Norway
About Anders Beer Wilse
- Anders Beer Wilse (12 June 1865 – 21 February 1949) was a Norwegian photographer who documented Norway in the early to mid-20th century and also worked in the United States. Wilse was born in Flekkefjord, but grew up in Kragerø and decided early to become a sailor.
- After having graduated with a technical degree from the technical school in Horten in 1882. Wilse emigrated to the United States in 1884.
- He did not find work in the beginning, but eventually settled in Seattle working for the United States Geological Survey.
- He is reported to have acquired his first camera in 1886.
- He opened a photography store in Seattle in 1897, after having visited Norway, and married Helen Marie Hutchinson. In 1900, his wife and children moved to Norway, and Wilse himself joined them, opening a photography store in Christiania in 1901, after 17 years in the United States.
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License: PD Norway
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"Portrett av fotograf Anders Beer Wilse, ca. 1892"
National Library of Norway
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| Native name | Nasjonalbiblioteket | ||
| Location | Mo i Rana, Norway | ||
| Coordinates | 59° 54' 50.56? N, 10° 43' 03.21? E   | ||
| Established | 1811/1989 | ||
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License: PD Norway
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