The McGrath Timeline

1981 - at the age of nineteen, Bob McGrath converts his parent's basement into a darkroom and establishes Bob McGrath Photography. Turning a childhood hobby into a successful business is an "Only in America" story.

1984 - McGrath Studio opens as a store front portrait studio in Brockton, MA specializing in high school and college yearbook photography.

1987 - McGrath Studio joins nationally known Yearbook Associates. Bob McGrath is appointed Executive Vice President, directing business development in the New England and New York state regions.

1993 - McGrath Studios becomes an independent studio. Multiple studio locations are opened in Brockton MA, Braintree MA, Marlborough NH and Saratoga Springs NY.

2003 - McGrath Studios joins Hallmark Imaging partnering with their manufacturing and production facility, adding expanded product lines and accomplishing dynamic efficiencies.

2009 - Lifetouch National School Studios Inc. purchases McGrath Studios.

2010 - Bob McGrath Photographer L.L.C. - Bob McGrath takes a sabbatical to work on two photography books "Rye in Focus, One Year, One Town" and "Seacoast, The Seasons of New Hampshire" each book wins regional and national book awards.

2016 - Bob McGrath Photography is re-born as a new vision company. Developed exclusively for school and yearbook clients with a focus on innovation and sustainability. Tim McGrath joins Management, and a second generation family business is born.

2018 - Tim McGrath Photography - Tim McGrath assumes the leading role, Bob McGrath moves to a consulting capacity. Company celebrates success of online line business efficiencies and innovations. Through sustainability principles thousands of new trees planted on behalf of clients.