E. V. Graham, Jeep Pix, 1947 March

This collection houses 104,308 black and white photographs taken by Herb and Dot McLaughlin. The majority of these images were produced for commercial clients; thus, their content varies widely. Arizona subjects (as formulated by the McLaughlins) include agriculture, irrigation, and floods; cities; city and county government; construction; dams (including Roosevelt Dam and Glen Canyon Dam); governors; homes; hotels, resorts, and bars; Native Americans; the military; mines and mining; national parks and monuments (including the Grand Canyon); ranching, cattle, and livestock; recreation; rodeos; parades; shopping centers; the State capitol; and transportation. Phoenix subjects (also formulated by the McLaughlins) include aerial views; agriculture, irrigation, and floods; airports (including Sky Harbor); the American Graduate School of International Management; banks; churches; construction; hospitals; hotels, resorts, and bars; museums, parks, and monuments; newspaper, television and radio; the Phoenix police and fire departments; softball; recreation; shopping centers; schools and students; transportation (including cars, trains, buses, bicycles, and horse-drawn conveyances); and utilities, power, telephone, and telegraph.

The McLaughlins also copied historical photographs in order to create a collection of historical images. The owners of the original images have been identified when possible. The current location(s) of these images is discussed in the Location of Originals note.