Bio of LEE, Thorwald, Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical
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Vol III, pg 772, 773
THORWALD LEE
Thorwald Lee, enjoying a wide reputation as a photographer of superior skill and
artistic merit, is the proprietor of the Lee Brothers Studios. He was born in
Norway and received his educational training in that country. He afterward
devoted six years to sailing along the coast of Norway and passed through many
interesting experiences and ofttimes many hardships in connection with his
seafaring life. The opportunities of the new world led him to come to the United
States when twenty-two years of age and he at once made his way to Minneapolis.
For a year he worked at railroading, being engaged in the construction of a line
from Barnes-ville to Ada, Minnesota, in 1887. The following year he took up
photography and on the 5th of February, 1889, opened a studio of his own at No.
221 Nicollet avenue, under the name of Lee Brothers, he and his brother
composing the partnership. They dissolved their business connection in 1919, the
brother taking the St. Paul studio, while Thorwald Lee remained as owner of the
Minneapolis establishment, which he still conducts, however, under the name of
Lee Brothers. He is widely known as a most skilled photographer and his is the
oldest studio in the city and one of the most noted in the Northwest. He does
all kinds of photographic work but specializes in portrait work, both in his
studio and in homes.
Mr. Lee was married, in 1898, to Miss Martha Bell and they have become parents
of three daughters: Margaret Bell, Orrell Lucile and Ina Katherine. Mr. Lee is a
prominent Mason, belonging to Hennepin Lodge, No. 4, A. F. & A. M., while in
Minneapolis Consistory he has attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish
Rite and is also connected with Zuhrah Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He is a
member of the Elks, belongs to the Kiwanis Club, the Minneapolis Golf Club, the
Odin Club, and is a life member of the Minneapolis Athletic Club. His social
qualities have made him very popular in these different organizations and he
enjoys the warm friend­ship of a great majority of those with whom he has been
brought into contact. He has never had occasion to regret his determination to
come to the new world and try his fortune here, for on this side of the Atlantic
he has found the opportunities which he sought and through his developing powers
in the line-of his chosen profes­sion he has made steady progress until he ranks
as one of the leading photographers of the state and has won substantial success
as the result of his carefully directed efforts.