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Summary:

This collection of the photography of John Rogers and Georgette de Bruchard primarily consists of images of people, architecture (office buildings, interiors, exteriors, houses) and advertising, as well as political events, personalities, businessmen, and family members. The materials date from 1920 to 1992, with the bulk from 1945 to 1991, and focus mainly on the Dallas and Fort Worth region, and include Dallas architecture and development, and work with stores such as Neiman-Marcus. Rogers photographed for or was published in such periodicals as Architectural Digest, Better Homes and Garden and Southern Living. Corporate clients included AT&T, DP&L (Dallas Power and Light), Jarvis-Putty-Jarvis (buildings and architectural models), Southland Life, Southwest Airmotive, Southwestern Bell, and Texas Utilities. The collection includes early work by Rogers, including materials from his time at the Art Center School in Los Angeles and his service in World War II. de Bruchard's work includes images from France, as well as Dallas and Fort Worth subjects, and personalities such as Pat Boone, Maria Callas, Bobby Darin, Alice Faye, John F. Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, Paul Kletzki, Ann-Margret, Jack Nance, Richard Nixon and Charlie Pride. The collection includes black and white and color prints in various sizes, negatives, positives, slides, and film reels. Various artifacts are also part of the collection.

Author/Creator:

Rogers, John (Photographer) , photographer

Contributors:

de Bruchard, Georgette (Photographer) , photographer

Singleton, Kate , donor

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

John Rogers and Georgette de Bruchard Collection [by Rogers, J.]

Subjects:

Rogers, John (Photographer)

de Bruchard, Georgette (Photographer)

Architecture — Texas — Dallas — Photographs

Architecture — Texas — Fort Worth — Photographs

Advertising photography

Commercial photography

Dallas (Tex.) — Photographs

Fort Worth (Tex.) — Photographs

Architecture

Texas — Dallas

Texas — Fort Worth

Genres:

Photographs

General Notes:

Bulk of items date from 1945-1991. Some of the de Bruchard papers are in French.
Gift; Kate Singleton; 2016.
(Finding aid) available on libraries' website; folder level control.
The professional archives and collection of John Rogers and Georgette de Bruchard.

Physical Description:

120 boxes

Organization and Arrangement of Materials:

Organized into 4 series, two with with subseries: I. John Rogers: 1. photographs; 2. negatives; 3. slides; 4. publications; 5. papers and scrapbooks. II. Georgette de Bruchard: 1. photographs; 2. negatives; 3. slides; 4. publications; 5. papers. III. Film reels. IV. Artifacts.

Call Numbers:

AR0870

OCLC Numbers:

1142101218