The Barbour Family Album is merchandising tie-in related to the popular radio serial and television program One Man's Family. It's authorship is attributed to two of the show's fictional characters, Margaret Herbert Murray and Henry Barbour. The book features photographs of the show's cast enacting moments from the program.
The brainchild of writer Carlton E. Morse, the radio soap opera One Man's Family debuted on the west coast on, April 29, 1932 expanding to national audiences the following year. The show followed the evolving lives of California stockbroker, Henry Barbour, and his family.
A version of the show aired on primetime television from 1949 to 1952, and during the day from 1954 to 1955.
One Man's Family aired its final radio episode on April 24, 1959. Amassing a total of 3,256 episodes, the show was the longest running serial in radio history
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