For your convenience, these are high-resolution historical photos of stores operated by the former G.C. Murphy Co.TM, along with photos of former employees. They are provided here as a service to newspapers and other publications doing stories about the G.C. Murphy Company TM Foundation and its efforts to document the history of the Murphy Company.

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1.) Please do not resell these images; they may only be used as part of news coverage about the activities of the G.C. Murphy Company TM Foundation.

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3.) Please not use these photos to represent any ongoing commercial activity, such as in advertising material or stories about existing retail stores.

Thank You

Thank you for your cooperation! We would very much appreciate if you would credit these images “Courtesy G.C. Murphy Company TM Foundation,” and if possible, please send a tearsheet to: G.C. Murphy Book Project, c/o Jason Togyer, P.O. Box 94, McKeesport, PA 15134.

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		Store No. 25, East Pittsburgh, Pa., was located on Electric Avenue near the Union Railroad viaduct. The appearance of this store is typical of the G.C. Murphy Co. stores during the 1920s. (IMAGE: 1800 x 1971 pixels, 488K.)
		Workers in the restaurant at Store No. 166, located near Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., pause before the breakfast rush to have their picture taken in 1937. (IMAGE: 2219 x 2124 pixels, 816K)
		Workers in the restaurant at Store No. 251, located in the Cermak Plaza shopping center, Berwyn (suburban Chicago), Ill., have their picture taken Dec. 6, 1960. Workers’ names are unknown. (IMAGE: 1800 x 1208 pixels, 420K)
		Store No. 12, located in Downtown Pittsburgh’s Market Square, was considered one of the G.C. Murphy Co.’s flagships, along with the Washington, D.C., Richmond, Va., and Fort Wayne, Ind., stores. At one time, Store 12, which spanned a block between Forbes (Diamond) and Fifth avenues, was among the largest “five-and-dime” stores in the country and featured daily product demonstrations, a meat and produce market, a bakery and several lunch counters. (IMAGE: 1800 x 1078 pixels, 388K)
		This unidentified clerk graced the cover of the 1983 G.C. Murphy Co. annual report. The ”face” of the Murphy Company was that of its dedicated, smiling clerks, many of whom began working for the company in high school and stayed until their retirement. (IMAGE: 1800 x 1917 pixels, 572K)
		Beginning in 1970, the G.C. Murphy Co. capitalized on the trend toward large suburban shopping centers by opening its own discount houses called ”Murphy‘s Marts.” The Murphy’s Marts helped turn the company around in the 1970s, were soon contributing a large share to the company’s sales, and placed it solidly in the black. The location of this store is not labeled, but its appearance is typical of all of the Murphy’s Marts. (IMAGE: 1800 x 1190 pixels, 372K)

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