An early photographer and a moving picture theater proprietor from New York who promised his theater would be as clean physically as it would be morally. Frank L. Weller - Found and Returned!

Frank Lake Weller was born on 22 Nov 1852 in Holley, New York and it seems he raised his family and spent his entire life in the area. He was an early photographer with a studio on Albion Street in Holley, NY.

From my research, he was in a trolley accident in October of 1908. During heavy fog, a work train collided with the trolley he was on. Although it was a serious accident, out of the five men injured, he walked away with a sprained ankle. He's identified as the official photograher of the road.

In 1907, Mr. Weller partnered with Charles Frisbie to begin showing moving pictures in the Frisbie & Sawyer Opera house in downtown Holley, NY. Mr. Weller opened his own moving picture theater 1911 named the Orpheum Theatre and promised the venue would be as clean physically as it would be morally. Soon after, He sold the theater in 1912.

Frank passed in 1920 but he left a portfolio of beautiful portrait photography. Although unidentified, I'd like to return some of his photography to a descendant as a legacy of his art.

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