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Summary Information
James Blair Murdoch Photographs
1920-1965
UWM Manuscript Collection 131
- 7.4 cubic ft. (14 boxes)
- 146 nitrate negatives
- 2,709 digital files (137 GB)
UW-Milwaukee Libraries, Archives / Milwaukee Area Research Ctr. (Map)
Collection consists of approximately 2,600 images (both
negatives and prints), most of them taken by Milwaukee, Wisconsin commercial photographer
James Blair Murdoch. Some images, particularly the Standard Oil Company images, were
identified as "their negs" and may not have been taken by Murdoch.
Many of the
images in the collection are related to area businesses, such as advertising and insurance
agencies, department stores, manufacturing industries, and service stations. Particularly
numerous are photographs pertaining to Boston Store, Holland Furnace Company, Standard Oil
Company, Wadhams Oil Company, and the Wisconsin Telephone Company. Images in the collection
document business presentations, offices and employees, building exteriors, store interiors
and sale-day crowds, fashion modeling and style shows, parties, gas stations, manufacturing
and the production process, including many of women at work.
The collection also
contains images relating to Marquette University, Milwaukee-Downer College, Mount Mary
College, and Spencerian Business College, as well as photographs from several local grade
schools. Photographs document school activities, sports, student groups, and
graduation.
Photographs relating to the Milwaukee Athletic Club, Boy Scouts, and
some family-related images, including weddings, residences, and pets, are also found in the
collection.
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