Title: Six Decades of News Collection
Inclusive Dates: 1976

Creators:

• Milwaukee Journal
• Milwaukee Sentinel

Call Number: Milwaukee Historic Photo Collection 43

Quantity: 0.6 cubic ft. (3 boxes)

Repository:

Milwaukee Public Library, Frank P. Zeidler Room

Archival Location:

Milwaukee Public Library (Map)

Abstract:

This collection contains copies of 192 of the 250 photos that appeared in the exhibit Six Decades: The News in Pictures. They were exhibited at the Milwaukee Art Center from February 6th through March 21st, 1976. The photos were taken by Milwaukee Journal and Milwaukee Sentinel staff photographers between 1912 and 1975.

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Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.mwpl-mhpc0043

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The exhibit Six Decades: the News in Pictures was put on in 1976 to highlight the best photos taken by the Milwaukee Journal and Milwaukee Sentinel photographers. The newspapers were responsible for many innovations in photojournalism and received many awards since the start of photojournalism at the Milwaukee Journal by Robert Taylor in 1909. Many photojournalists are included in the collection, with only a selection mentioned below.

These individuals include Frank Scherschel, who helped to modernize the paper’s photo department. He added more photographers, obtained modern equipment, and shepherded in the first color photographs in the Milwaukee Journal. These photos appeared in the Sunday Rotogravure section and were taken by Jules Rogas. Robert Dumke and Edward Farber were pioneers of photography in the 1930s and 1940s. Dumke developed run of paper (ROP) color photography, while Farber invented the use of portable strobe lighting for photography. These innovations helped make the Milwaukee Journal internationally famous.

The 192 black and white photos in this collection are reproduced on 8” x 10” photo paper. The original photos may or may not have been this size. Many of the photographs are of people and places in Milwaukee and the surrounding areas. There are also photos from around the nation, and international photos as well, though those number in the minority. Not every photo that appeared in the exhibit is in this collection. The information for the photos that do not appear can be found in the exhibit catalog Six Decades: The News in Pictures.

The collection was received with individual photos contained in plastic sleeves in binders. Photos were removed from the binders and sleeves and placed in acid-free folders in archival boxes. The photos were in no particular order in the binders, so the decision was made to arrange the photographs alphabetically by photographer. Some folders contain more than one photo.

Six Decades of News Collection, 1976, Collection 43. Milwaukee Historic Photo Archives, Milwaukee Public Library, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Historic Photo Collection. Milwaukee Historic Photo Collection 6.

Six Decades: The News in Pictures.

Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions on the materials. The collection is open to all in accordance with state law. The public may view collections from the Milwaukee Historic Photo Archives by appointment at the Central Library. To request an in-person appointment, create/login to your Special Collections Account. If you have any questions, please contact the Archives and Special Collections Department at mplarchives@milwaukee.gov.

Use Restrictions

The researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming with the laws of libel, privacy, and copyright which may be involved in the use of this collection (Wisconsin Statutes 19.21-19.39).

Acquisition Information

Donated by the Milwaukee Journal in 1976 after the exhibit closed.

Processing Information

Processed by Rose Fortier, Historic Photo Librarian, and Krissy Rogahn, volunteer, September 2009.

Box   1 Folder   1-3	unknown
Box   1 Folder   4-6	Ahlhauser, John W.
Box   1 Folder   7-11	Anheuser, Ernest W.
Box   1 Folder   12-24	Bauer, Richard F.
Box   1 Folder   25-26	Bauer, Richard F. and John Murray
Box   1 Folder   27-28	Biever, John
Box   1 Folder   29-38	Boyd, Robert J.
Box   1 Folder   39	Brodzeller, Richard
Box   1 Folder   40-42	Cassidy, George R.
Box   1 Folder   43	Cavan, Burr
Box   1 Folder   44	Conklin, James
Box   1 Folder   45-48	Dumke, Robert
Box   1 Folder   49-53	Emmerich, Donald
Box   1 Folder   54-61	Farber, Edward R.
Box   1 Folder   62	Futterlieb, Kenneth
Box   2 Folder   1-14	Gebhard, Erwin
Box   2 Folder   15-22	Gessert, Sherman
Box   2 Folder   23-24	Gorski, Hugo
Box   2 Folder   25-26	Greenawalt, Richard C., Jr.
Box   2 Folder   27-30	Howell, Lynn D.
Box   2 Folder   31-32	Kluetmeier, Heinz
Box   2 Folder   33-37	Koshollek, George P.
Box   2 Folder   38-39	Lauritzen, Niels
Box   2 Folder   40-41	Liljegren, Stephen C.
Box   2 Folder   42	McDougall, Angus
Box   2 Folder   43-45	Meyer, James N.
Box   2 Folder   46-51	Meyer, M. William
Box   2 Folder   52-63	Miller, Robert L.
Box   3 Folder   1-2	Nandell, Robert
Box   3 Folder   3	Nowicki, Carol
Box   3 Folder   4-11	Nusbaum, Donald W.
Box   3 Folder   12-18	Overdahl, Ronald
Box   3 Folder   19-21	Rozumalski, Theodore A.
Box   3 Folder   22-26	Scherschel, Frank
Box   3 Folder   27	Scherschel, Frank and Robert Taylor
Box   3 Folder   28-30	Schmidt, Clarence
Box   3 Folder   31-34	Scott, Allan Y.
Box   3 Folder   35	Sochurek, Howard
Box   3 Folder   36	Sossong, Eleanor
Box   3 Folder   37-38	Staab, Elmer
Box   3 Folder   39-42	Stanfield, Foster
Box   3 Folder   43-49	Stanfield, James L.
Box   3 Folder   50-54	Taylor, Robert
Box   3 Folder   55-56	Tonne, Fred L.
Box   3 Folder   57	Uhlman, Arthur M.
Box   3 Folder   58-59	Vespa, Ned