Charles A. Fuhs was born in Portsmouth, Ohio, to parents who emigrated from Germany in the mid-1800s. Due to an acute bronchial disorder, Charles was unable to find work in the industrial city of Portsmouth and set out for Texas upon graduation, where he began a career as a traveling photographer. While he traveled widely, the boomtown spirit of Wichita Falls caught his attention most often. Fuhs captured the growth of the city and surrounding communities in time‐lapse sequence, ranging from the forest of oil derricks in Burkburnett to a transforming downtown full of parades. He photographed businesses and baptisms, boarding houses and back alleys. While these events helped document the events of the time, the soul of Fuhs’ photographs were in the faces of so many he captured. The rich and poor were equally treated and respected. In 1922 Charles gave up his photography business at age 45 to work in and later own Polk Street, Huff Street and Sunshine grocery stores, along with owning rental property. Fuhs passed away in 1963 from Alzheimer’s disease. His two children, Charles Jr. and JoAnn, donated 770 glass plate negatives along with prints and camera equipment to the Wichita Falls Museum and Art Center in 1980 and MSU in 2002. The C.A. Fuhs Collection, now reunited, currently resides at the Wichita Falls Museum of Art at MSU Texas as an admired view in to both Wichita Falls and North Texas history.