Who is Ralph Taylor?

  • Ralph Taylor was born in Brook, Indiana. He was a member of the class of 1934 at DePauw University where he was a Rector Scholar. He married Ellen Pictor July 21, 1940 in Greencastle, Indiana.
  • Taylor's interest in photography began at the Seymour Daily Tribune newspaper, where he worked for six years. He went on to work at the Bloomington Herald and then to the Shelbyville News as their photographer. In 1944 he began doing photography work for DePauw University and in 1956 was officially hired to be the on-call photographer. He held this position until his retirement in 1978. During the same time, he ran a studio in downtown Greencastle for portraits and photographed weddings and other events. Ralph Taylor died in 2002.

Ralph Taylor Photographs Index

  • Contains primarily photographic negatives of studio portraits, weddings, businesses, organizations, school groups, sports teams and events in Putnam County and at DePauw University
  • The collection was organized by customer name, followed by a photo shoot number assigned by Archives
  • Citations include the name, year and subject
  • View the Ralph Taylor Collection inventory
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