Elrich W. Murphy Photograph Collection (MS415)

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Elrich W. Murphy Photograph Collection (MS415)

MS415

Identifier: MS415

Title: Elrich W. Murphy Photograph Collection (MS415)

Creator: Murphy, Elrich William, 1909-1993

Date created:

Description: This collection documents the professional photography business of Elrich W. Murphy. Over 2,500 professional photographs taken by Murphy capture members of Alexandria’s African American community and local events. Images of Murphy’s family and friends were taken primarily by Murphy, but there are also family photographs taken by other people. Of interest is an oversized, hand-colored photographic print of the Tidal Basin and the Washington Monument. Included formats in this collection are film negatives, photographic prints, ephemera, and digital surrogates of receipt books and an accounting ledger

Type: Collection

Format: Photographs

Format: Documents

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Language: eng

Subject: African Americans -- Virginia -- Alexandria

Subject: African American neighborhoods -- Virginia -- Alexandria

Subject: Alexandria (Va.) -- Genealogy

Place: Alexandria (Va.)

Time period covered:

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Repository: Local History and Special Collections, Alexandria Library