Martha and Emma Murphy

Photograph

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Waseca County History Center

Name/Title

Martha and Emma Murphy

Entry/Object ID

1.96.421

Description

Martha Inez Murphy and Mother, Emma Murphy. Material: metal. Size: 4 7/8" x 3 1/8". Description: light colored cardboard mount with red trim and a tintype framed in the center rectangle with an arched top; a girl standing wearing a dark dress with a wide white collar and a woman seated wearing a dark dress, identified as Martha Inez Murphy and her mother Emma Jane Hiller Murphy; handwritten under picture: "M.I.M. and mother 1879".

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Tintype

Context

From the Martha Inez Murphy's scrapbook. Martha was born on Tuesday morning, 7 Nov. 1872 (Election Day) at 4th Ave. & 6th St. NE in Waseca.

Cataloged By

Legacy Photo Import

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Photograph, Tintype

Class

Documentary Artifact

Category

Communication Artifacts

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Create Date

October 23, 1996

Update Date

September 25, 2026