Frederick Wallace Kent was born in DeWitt, Iowa on February 3, 1894. He began what he described as a “lifelong love affair with photography” when he got his first Kodak Brownie Box Camera at the age of 14.
Kent was best known as a versatile and talented photographer who documented everything from family and community life to landscape and natural vistas in Iowa City. Arriving here as a student in 1911, Fred spent the next 50+ years serving our community through his amazing gift of photography.
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I grew up across the street from him. He was Grandpa Kent to me.
What a treat, Sandra. He sounds like a wonderful man!
Great story with terrific photos.