Information card displaying the main building of the Thos D. Murphy Co., Red Oak, [about 1940s]

Title: Information card displaying the main building of the Thos D. Murphy Co., Red Oak, [about 1940s]
Photographer: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Date Created: [circa 1940s]
Date: 1940/1950
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: West (H. H.) Collection

Description: Printed advertising card displaying a rendering of the main building for the Thos D. Murphy Company in Red Oak Iowa. The top two-thirds of the card show a colored rendering of the front of the building, viewed at a distance. A few cars drive in front of the building. Beneath the illustration, a caption and description read, respectively, "MAIN BUILDING OF THE THOS. D. MURFPHY CO., RED OAK, IOWA," and "RED OAK, IOWA, is known as 'The Birthplace of Art Calendars' because here a business now international in scope was originated back in "the Eighties." This fine modern plant, a block square, with its power plant and up-to-date equipment, is devoted entirely to serving the needs of the advertiser through a combination of art and utility in a practical way."
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: 2235. Red Oak, Iowa, Nov.22, 1946 1. East Side Square showing the old Rynearson opera house 2. Same, from south side showing Fisher's old grocery store now Spurgeons [sic] 3. Square from corner Coolbaugh st where Hinchman's drug store used to be looking north east 4. Old 2 story building. Left upper room used to be the County Treasurer['s] office when G.M.West was Co.Treas. Lower at that time was wholesale grocery called Morrell's.

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1998_2235_007i
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002j334k
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Rights statement: copyrighted
Funding Note: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.