Emma Funk Rieger Photo Album, 1890s
Musdp Collection R1
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Emma Funk, the daughter of John
William & Lydia Sophia (Miller)
Funk, was born in Knox County, MO
September 23, 1877 and was raised at
Edina.
She was married to George L
Rieger of Kirksville in 1902 and
lived there and in Arkansas after
her marriage. She died in
Kirksville, March 20, 1957.
This beautiful 32 page photo album
with a carved ivory cover was
originally owned and filled by Miss
Funk in the late 1890s.
It contains 58 photos, most
of which are unidentified, and was
the donated to the E M Violette
Museum by Emma’s sister-in-law, Mrs
Ebbert A (Emma Selby) Funk after her
death. |
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| There are 15 fully or partially identified photos in the album: |
| ◙ | Wreck of Catholic Church, Kirksville, after the 1899 cyclone |
| ◙ | Ebbert A & Grace Funk [Emma’s sister & brother] as children |
| ◙ | Emma Funk as a young woman |
| ◙ | John W Funk as an infant (2 shots) |
| ◙ | Daisy Funk Eller |
| ◙ | Daisy Funk Eller with an unidentified friend |
| ◙ | Two young ladies & a young man holding diplomas; handwritten on back: “Knox City High School Class of ‘95” |
| ◙ | Sadie Rawlins Taylor (Mrs Walter Taylor) of Hutchinson, KS |
| ◙ | Emma L Funk Rieger |
| ◙ | Brother of Florence Funk |
| ◙ | Emma L Funk, Graduate of Edina High School, ca 1896 |
| ◙ | “A man who was operator of Gem City Business College [Quincy, IL], 1890-1900” |
| ◙ | Two tiny snapshots of a man and a woman taped to a newspaper clipping: “Married in this city Thursday evening Nov. 28th, Mr. Geo. L. Reiger and Miss Emma L. Funk, Rev. E.B. Cater officiating.” |
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