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A railroad photographer chiefly activer in the 1930's, 1940's and 1950's.

Reese W. Humphreys Sr. was born in Malta, Montana on January 21, 1909, the son of Welsh immigrants, Evan and Margaret (Lloyd) Humphreys. Reese attended elementary school through high school in Malta, graduating in 1927. He attended college at InterMountain Union College (now Rocky Mountain College) and Montana State University in Bozeman, where he graduated with his Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering in 1939. Reese held jobs with the Great Northern Railway, the Montana Highway Department, and the Milwaukee Railway. In 1943, he was hired by Northern Pacific Railway and retired in 1974 as Vice-President of contracts for the Burlington Northern Railway.