Phoenix (Ariz.) -- Pictorial works

This collection houses commercial photographs showing city scenes, streets, architectural views and building construction, commercial activities, water development projects (including dams and canals), landscapes, and agriculture in and around Phoenix, Arizona.

This collection houses a variety of color photographs taken by Herb and Dot McLaughlin between 1940 and 1986. The majority of these images are positive transparencies ranging in size from 2" x 2" to 8" x 10"; some color prints are also included. Most of the photographs were taken in Arizona, but Alaska, Montana, Utah, Colorado, and Mexico are also represented prominently.

The Howard Pyle Photograph Collection contains photographs, newspaper clippings and some printed matter with photographs. Although the collection ranges from 1883 to 1987, the bulk of the material is derived from political, professional and personal activities from 1935 to 1987.

The Albert J. Ross Photographs include negatives, copies of original negative envelopes, and, for a very limited number of images, prints depicting scenes of everyday life in Arizona, Texas, Ohio, and Tennessee. A small number of postcards are included as well. These materials date from 1907 to 1966 with the bulk of images falling in the range of 1907 to around 1930.

This collection primarily consists of black and white family snapshots made with a Kodak Hawkeye Model B No. 2A folding cartridge camera. Most of the pictures were taken between 1930 and 1946.