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Photo, Print, Drawing Anne Murphy holds photo of workers and managers at Newberger's Towel Factory, Paterson, c. 1918; she is pointing at a picture of herself.

About this Item

Title

  • Anne Murphy holds photo of workers and managers at Newberger's Towel Factory, Paterson, c. 1918; she is pointing at a picture of herself.

Names

  • Murphy, Anne (Depicted)
  • Taylor, David Alan, 1951- (Collaborator)
  • Cooper, Martha (Photographer)

Created / Published

  • 1994-09-11

Headings

  • -  Retirees
  • -  Irish Americans
  • -  Ethnographic photographs
  • -  Fieldwork interviews
  • -  Group portraits
  • -  Photographs
  • -  Ethnography
  • -  United States -- New Jersey -- Totowa

Genre

  • Photographs
  • Ethnography

Notes

  • -  Forms part of a group of images recorded on September 11, documenting retired towel factory worker Anne Murphy and her daughter Claire at their home in Totowa, New Jersey.

Medium

  • 35 mm color slide

Call Number/Physical Location

  • AFC 1995/028: WIP-MC-C053-09

Source Collection

  • Working in Paterson Project Collection (AFC 1995/028)

Repository

  • American Folklife Center

Digital Id

Online Format

  • image

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Credit line

Working in Paterson Project collection, 1993-2002 (AFC 1995/028), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Cite This Item

Citations are generated automatically from bibliographic data as a convenience, and may not be complete or accurate.

Chicago citation style:

Murphy, Anne, David Alan Taylor, and Martha Cooper. Anne Murphy holds photo of workers and managers at Newberger's Towel Factory, Paterson, ; she is pointing at a picture of herself. New Jersey Totowa United States, 1994. -09-11. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/afcwip002312/.

APA citation style:

Murphy, A., Taylor, D. A. & Cooper, M. (1994) Anne Murphy holds photo of workers and managers at Newberger's Towel Factory, Paterson, ; she is pointing at a picture of herself. New Jersey Totowa United States, 1994. -09-11. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afcwip002312/.

MLA citation style:

Murphy, Anne, David Alan Taylor, and Martha Cooper. Anne Murphy holds photo of workers and managers at Newberger's Towel Factory, Paterson, ; she is pointing at a picture of herself. -09-11. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afcwip002312/>.