Portrait photograph of Mrs. W.E. Annin, C.M.Bell Studio

C. M. Bell Studio of Photographic Portraits arbeitete von 1873 bis 1916 in Washington DC. Charles Milton Bell (1848-1893) war einer der führenden Porträtfotografen Washingtons. Sein Studio wurde bekannt für seine große Sammlung von Porträts berühmter Persönlichkeiten aus Washington, darunter Politiker, führende Geschäftsleute und Lehrer, Botschaftsbeamte und hochrangige Besucher aus anderen Ländern, Kirchenführer, Sportler und Entertainer sowie Mitglieder der schwarzen Mittelschicht Washingtons. Die Sammlung der Library of Congress C. M. Bell Studio umfasst über 25.000 Glasplattennegative.

Charles Milton Bell was an American photographer who was noted for his portraits of Native Americans and other figures of the United States in the late 1800s. He was called "one of Washington's leading portrait photographers during the last quarter of the nineteenth century" by the Library of Congress. Bell enjoyed a congenial business relationship with the Grover Cleveland administration and made many portraits of Cleveland's bride, Frances Folsom Cleveland, after their marriage, as well as portraits at the second Cleveland inauguration.