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.
