His photographs document both everyday life and portraits of newsmakers and celebrities in Boston, Massachusetts.

[2] He was orphaned at an early age and attended the Boston Asylum and Farm School for Indigent Boys on Thompson Island.

[2][3] He worked as a wooden pattern maker at the Sturtevant Aeroplane Company since at least 1917.

[3] After losing two fingers in an industrial accident he joined the Herald-Traveler staff as a full-time photographer by at least 1930.

He spent 39 years at the newspaper both as a freelancer and as a full-time employee.