- Birthday
- 1904-04-21
- Deathday
- 1954-11-03
- Place of Birth
- Montclair, New Jersey, USA
Charles Belden
WritingBiography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Charles Josiah Belden (November 16, 1887 – 1966) was a photographer and rancher who was famous for his visceral photographs of the area around Meetseetse, Wyoming. Belden was born into a wealthy California family. His grandfather, Josiah Belden, was an early California pioneer who made millions in San Francisco real estate. Charles Belden bought his first camera to record a European tour with his school friend, Eugene Phelps. The highlight of the tour was a journey through Russia in Belden's 1908 Packard, the first automobile to make such a trip in th...