He worked in the shipyards in the Oakland-San Francisco Bay Area during World War II.
Page received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1949 and spent a year documenting modern urban culture, primarily by photographing people on the streets of New York City.
Some of Page's photographs were included in Edward Steichen's landmark Family of Man exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in 1955.
His photographs appeared in publications including Harper's Magazine, and books such as The Little World of Laos.
After negotiations with the Page estate, Nelson-Atkins purchased about 100 prints for the museum's Hallmark Photographic Collection, including many that were one of a kind.