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Parents: Max David and Mary Elizabeth (Wolfe) McCarter
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OriginalNotes: Indiana, U.S., Birth Certificates, 1907-1940
Malcolm David McCarter, born in Rochester, Fulton County, Indiana on August 26, 1923 to Max David McCarter of Rochester, Indiana, laborer, and Mary Elizabeth Wolf a housewife, age 19, b. Logansport

U.S., World War II Draft Cards, 1840-1947 (ancestry.com)
Malcolm David McCarter, 355 E. 6th St., Peru, Miami County, Indiana
age 18, born in Rochester, Indiana on August 26, 1923; employed by Lentz Bros. Studio in Peru, signed June 30, 1942

M.D. McCarter Rail Photography Collection (www.mccarterrailphotos.com/about-the-mccarter-collection/ : accessed December 17, 2020)
"Malcom 'MAC' McCarter, August 26, 1923 - December 12, 2016," Authored by Mac's daughter, Susan
"As a young man, Dad had a newspaper route. One of his customers was a Mrs. Lentz. Dad became friends with her. Mrs. Lentz told her two sons about Dad. Her two sons owned Lentz Bros. Studio in Peru, IN.
     The Lentz brothers were impressed with Dad and he started working for them in 1940, keeping the coal furnace stoked and shoveling the snow off the sidewalk. Dad already had some photographic experience as his mother operated a studio out of their home. Soon Dad was helping the Lentz brothers with portraits and working in the darkroom developing film and prints." He joined the service as a photographers mate and went back to the Lentz Bros. after leaving the Navy in 1946. Shortly after he bought the business. He met his wife there when she came in for a portrait. They married in 1949 and they ran the studio "until January of 1956 when they sold out and moved to Tucson, Arizona." They had photo studio in Tucson until 1960, then moved to Phoenix, AZ where they bought a hobby shop that they operated several years. His business partner Eugene VanDusen later traded his collection of railroad negatives for McCarter's half of the business. [More details about his hobby/craft career.]. His first wife died and he remarried. He had long had an interest in trains and photographed many trains and railroad facilities. "After getting out of the service, Dad started selling prints from his negative collection and kept collecting more and more negatives. By the time he died, he had been in business for over 75 years, had over 53,000 black and white railroad negatives, 2100 color slides and over 46,000 prints. . . He was able to take a hobby and turn it into a profitable business." 
This site sells photos from the collection, copyrighted by Mount Lowe Preservation Society Inc. The photos were donated by the family and consists of at least 65,000 images. (https://www.mccarterrailphotos.com/ 9 : Accessed December 18, 2020)
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OriginalSource: M.D. McCarter Rail Photography Collection (www.mccarterrailphotos.com/about-the-mccarter-collection/ : accessed December 17, 2020)
"Malcom 'MAC' McCarter, August 26, 1923 - December 12, 2016," Authored by Mac's daughter, Susan
"As a young man, Dad had a newspaper route. One of his customers was a Mrs. Lentz. Dad became friends with her. Mrs. Lentz told her two sons about Dad. Her two sons owned Lentz Bros. Studio in Peru, IN. The Lentz brothers were impressed with Dad and he started working for them in 1940, keeping the coal furnace stoked and shoveling the snow off the sidewalk. Dad already had some photographic experience as his mother operated a studio out of their home. Soon Dad was helping the Lentz brothers with portraits and working in the darkroom developing film and prints." He joined the service as a photographers mate and went back to the Lentz Bros. after leaving the Navy in 1946. Shortly after he bought the business. He met his wife there when she came in for a portrait. They married in 1949 and they ran the studio "until January of 1956 when they sold out and moved to Tucson, Arizona." 

U.S., World War II Draft Cards, 1840-1947 (ancestry.com), signed June 30, 1942
Malcolm David McCarter, age 18, born in Rochester, employed by Lentz Bros. Studio in Peru

MIAMI CO. HISTORY BULLETIN (Lentz Bros. sold their studio to Malcolm McCarter for $10,000 on 6 Dec. 1946)
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OriginalSource: M.D. McCarter Rail Photography Collection (www.mccarterrailphotos.com/about-the-mccarter-collection/ : accessed December 17, 2020)
"Malcom 'MAC' McCarter, August 26, 1923 - December 12, 2016," Authored by Mac's daughter, Susan
"As a young man, Dad had a newspaper route. One of his customers was a Mrs. Lentz. Dad became friends with her. Mrs. Lentz told her two sons about Dad. Her two sons owned Lentz Bros. Studio in Peru, IN. The Lentz brothers were impressed with Dad and he started working for them in 1940, keeping the coal furnace stoked and shoveling the snow off the sidewalk. Dad already had some photographic experience as his mother operated a studio out of their home. Soon Dad was helping the Lentz brothers with portraits and working in the darkroom developing film and prints." He joined the service as a photographers mate and went back to the Lentz Bros. after leaving the Navy in 1946. Shortly after he bought the business. He met his wife there when she came in for a portrait. They married in 1949 and they ran the studio "until January of 1956 when they sold out and moved to Tucson, Arizona." 

MIAMI CO. HISTORY BULLETIN (Lentz Bros. sold their studio to Malcolm McCarter for $10,000 on 6 Dec. 1946)

1950 Mullin-Kille and Kiser-Manmiller Peru Indiana City Directory
p. 38 Photographers: Lentz Bros Studio, 13 W Main
p. 294 Malcolm D. McCarter (Wilma E) (Lentz Bros Studio) r 462 W Main
p. 286 Lentz Brothers Studio (M D McCarter) 13 W Main

Kokomo Tribune (Kokomo, Indiana), October 26, 1955, p. 48
Ad: "Quitting Business Sale -- Large stock of cameras of all prices, camera supplies, tripods, exposure meters, photo frames and folders. Priced to sell. Leaving state. Also complete equipment for portrait photography and photo finishing. Lentz Studio & Camera Shop, 13 W. Main, Peru." [Note: Both Lentz brothers were dead by this time and the studio was owned by Malcolm McCarter.]

M.D. McCarter Rail Photography Collection (www.mccarterrailphotos.com/about-the-mccarter-collection/ : accessed December 17, 2020)
"Malcom 'MAC' McCarter, August 26, 1923 - December 12, 2016," Authored by Mac's daughter, Susan
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