Wooden box used by a US soldier assigned to photograph the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 5.750 inches (14.605 cm) | Width: 17.375 inches (44.133 cm) | Depth: 14.500 inches (36.83 cm)
Archival History
The wooden box was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2014 by Colleen Picchi, the daughter of Eddie Mills Murphy.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Colleen Picchi
Scope and Content
Wooden box that belonged to Eddie Mills Murphy and was used to store photographic negatives. 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
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Rectangular wooden box base with a double hinged lid and 3 interior compartments.
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.
- Nuremberg War Crime Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, 1946-1949--Pictorial works.
- War crime trials--Germany--Nuremberg--Pictorial works.
- Soldiers as artists--United States--Biography.
Genre
- Object
- Containers