Background
Mcavoy, Thomas Dowell was born on November 6, 1905 in Baltimore. Son of William Francis and Viola (Green) Mcavoy.
Mcavoy, Thomas Dowell was born on November 6, 1905 in Baltimore. Son of William Francis and Viola (Green) Mcavoy.
Graduate Calvert Hall College, 1924.
; 1 son, Thomas Dowell. Married second, Frances Mathews, November 7, 1935. 1 son, Douglas Henry.
News photographer Baltimore News, 1924, Baltimore Sun, 1925-1926, Washington Herald, 1926-1928, Washington Daily News, 1928-1935.
Pioneer photographer to use candid photography for news stories. Free lance photographer Time magazine, 1935-1936.
1st photographer for Life magazine, 1936, now contract photographer. Semi-retired freelance photographer, Dallas.
War correspondent United States Navy, North. and South. Atlantic, Air Transport Command, South American, Africa and India, A.U.S., East.T.O., 1941.
Member American Society Magazine Photographers, White House News Photographers Association, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers in Europe Corresponding Association. Club: Capital Yacht (Washington).
Married Elizabeth Vaughn Parker, October 27, 1924 (divorced 1931). Married second, Frances Mathews, November 7, 1935.