Mahala Murchison

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Collection:
Building the African-American Community
Title:
Mahala Murchison
Date of Original:
1900/2017
Subject:
African Americans--Texas--Austin
African American women--Texas--Austin
Older African American women--Texas--Austin
Persons
People:
Murchison, Mahala
Location:
United States, Texas, Travis County, Austin, 30.26715, -97.74306
Medium:
photographs
Type:
StillImage
Format:
image/png
Description:
Photograph of Mahala Murchison in a dress and apron, posed out-of-doors. A man is standing beside her, but only partially visible. A fence and several trees are in the background. Mahala Murchison, the first African American to live in Austin, TX. Mahala's father was the brother to Alexander Murchison, he died when she was about 10 years old, and on his deathbed Alexander promised to take care of her, she was brought with his family to Travis Co. Austin TX, and became the first black to settle there.
Local Identifier:
local-cont-no: frm-0021
ark: ark:/67531/metapth17359
Metadata URL:
http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth17359/
Language:
eng
Extent:
1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 5 in.
Contributing Institution:
Jacob Fontaine Religious Museum
Rights:
In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted