Archie Palmer (Archibald) Wigle - Artist Info

About Archie Palmer (Archibald) Wigle

  • Biography

    Wigle, Archibald (Archie) Palmer (1885-1963) Born Essex, Canada. Died Detroit, Michigan.

    Parents: Nathan Miller and Anna (Scratch) Wigle

    Arrived in the US in September, 1898.

    Employed by Detroit Museum of Art, from about 1900 - 1905

    Spouse Hazel W. Morrison, October, 1905

    Various jobs, including clerk and chauffer

    1910 Census Indianapolis, Indiana. Married, Salesman, finishing goods

    1913 Exhibited “Early Autumn” with the Hopkin Club at the DIA

    1916 Member of the new Camera Club of Detroit. Article about them: Photo-Era: The American Journal of Photography. “A Live New Camera Club in Detroit” July, 1916. Wigle was an exhibiting member.

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