Frank M. Ingalls was born in 1861 in Iowa. He came to Missoula, Montana, in about 1890 and operated a photography studio. He mostly took portraits of Missoulians, in the studio or in other locations. By 1903, this studio was located on the fifth floor of the First National Bank Building in downtown Missoula. He left Missoula in 1912 and went to Butte, Montana, where he operated the Dore Studio, another photographic portrait business, until 1928. He then relocated to Anaconda, Montana, where he operated another portrait studio.
He was married to Annabel Ingalls; they had one daughter. He died on November 7, 1934, in Anaconda, at the age of 73. He is buried in Missoula.
From the guide to the Frank M. Ingalls Photographs, circa 1890-1912, (University of Montana--Missoula Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library Archives and Special Collections)
