15.20.5
Print, Photographic
Portrait of Frederick Papke and Emma Turek (Tuerk). Material: paper. Size: 4 1/2" x 6 1/2". Description: cabinet card from Krueger Bros. Star Photography Studio, Waseca; Emma Papke is posed standing and wearing a dark, floor length dress with high puffed sleeves, dark hair pulled back, hand resting on the shoulder of the seated Fred Papke who has a large, dark mustache; he is wearing dark, pin-striped pants and a dark vest and suit coat, white shirt and dark tie; chain watch fob visible at his waist; his arm rests on cloth draped table.
According to a family source, Frederick M. Papke (1866-1904) married Anna Krippner in Steele County, Minnesota in 1892. After the death of Anna, Frederick married Emma Turek or Tuerk on November 7, 1894. Frederick died in 1904 at age 37. Reference: Minnesota Official Marriage System website, https://moms.mn.gov/