Rubber date stamp used by a US soldier assigned to photograph the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 2.750 inches (6.985 cm) | Width: 1.125 inches (2.858 cm) | Depth: 0.875 inches (2.223 cm)
Archival History
The date stamp was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Colleen Picchi, the daughter of Eddie Mills Murphy.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Colleen Picchi
Scope and Content
Date stamp that belonged to Eddie Mills Murphy. Murphy served as a Private First Class in the United States Army, 3264th Signal Photo Battalion. He was stationed in Wiesbaden, Germany after the war and was assigned as a photographer at The International Military Tribunal during the Nuremberg trials from 1945-1946.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Rubber date stamp with three sections for day, month and year; wood handle, attached to metal frame that holds the rubber sections.
Corporate Bodies
- United States. Army. Signal Corps
Subjects
- Photographers.
- World War, 1939-1945--Journalism, Military--United States.
- World War, 1939-1945--Photographers--Personal narratives, American.
- War crime trials--Germany--Nuremberg--Pictorial works.
- Soldiers as artists--United States--Biography.
- Nuremberg War Crime Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, 1946-1949--Pictorial works.
Genre
- Object
- Office Equipment and Supplies