Ralph Murphy Slides

I’ve been sharing photos on my blog since 2015 that are part of my husband’s uncle Ralph Murphy’s slide collection. The slides were given to my husband by his Aunt Jean Murphy in 2012 and consists of 21 boxes (thousands of slides) taken by Uncle Ralph spanning the years 1947 to 1984. Many are scenic shots from their travels across the United States—they liked to visit national parks. Some are family members; others are friends and co-workers. Some people are known, and some not. I converted the majority of the slides to digital and have been enjoying them ever since. Because I like to link the photos together, I decided to create this page to host links to any post where I use Uncle Ralph's photos. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do.

Ralph Murphy

The 15 boxes of slides. You can see on the top photo that either Uncle Ralph
or Aunt Jean added some photo details to a sheet that came with each box.

• West Virginia Chapter of the IATSE
• The Gregory Sisters
• Cole Brothers Circus
• Hidden West Virginia racetrack photos
• A boy and his bicycle
• The beauty of nature
• Ruth Miller
• Share your photos and make a difference
• Water sports at Tygart Lake 
• Nutter Fort, West Virginia Soap Box Derby
• Warner’s Skyline Drive-In Theater
• Palace Furniture Company and Pepsi-Cola—a colorful combination
• Vintage Christmas photos
• 52 Ancestors – no. 40: Anna B. Church – (week 24) (Anna Church & Everett Evans photos only)
• One happy young man
• Family gathering in Nutter Fort
• Randall family Christmas dinner
• Augustine A. Mazzei, owner of Augie’s Pure Oil Service Station
• Unraveling the 30-year career of an addressograph machine serviceman
• From the photo archives: the Compton family of Nutter Fort
• Miss America’s visit to Palace Furniture
• Clarksburg, West Virginia floods of 1950
• Gene Tallman, a dirt track legend from Clarksburg
• Harriet Elizabeth Gregory
• Clarksburg flood of January 1957 
• A Glimpse into a Murphy Family Thanksgiving: 1961
• Marching Through History: A Clarksburg Parade on West Pike Street
• Easter in Nutter Fort, West Virginia
• Ralph Murphy’s cameras: A photographic legacy
• Mountain State Forest Festival Parade (May 1963)