Eleanor Roosevelt addressing NAACP rally in Washington D.C. : acetate film photonegative

Object Details

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8eb82ab26-ba77-4fb3-a3a4-cfce8d428236

Photographer

Scurlock, Addison N., 1883-1964

Names

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Morse, Wayne, Senator

Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962

Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972

White, Walter, 1893-1955 (President, N.A.A.C.P)

Subseries Creator

Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)

Scurlock, Robert S. (Saunders), 1917-1994

Custom Craft

Scurlock, Addison N., 1883-1964

Scurlock, George H. (Hardison), 1919-2005

Place

Lincoln Memorial (Washington, D.C.)

Photographer

Scurlock, Addison N., 1883-1964

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Scurlock Studio Records, Subseries 4.1: Black-and-White Silver Gelatin Negatives

Scurlock Studio Records, Subseries 4.1: Black-and-White Silver Gelatin Negatives / 4.1: Black-and-White Silver Gelatin negatives

Sponsor

The collection was acquired with assistance from the Eugene Meyer Foundation. Elihu and Susan Rose and the Save America's Treasures program, provided funds to stabilize, organize, store, and create digital surrogates of some of the negatives. Processing and encoding funded by a grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources.

Extent

1 Item

Medium

Silver gelatin on cellulose acetate film sheet, 4" x 5".

Condition

Slight warping.

Date

[June 29, 1947.]

Container

Box 54

Archival Repository

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Type

Archival materials

Photographs

Subseries Citation

Scurlock Studio Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History. Smithsonian Institution

Subseries Rights

When the Museum purchased the collection from the Estate of Robert S. Scurlock, it obtained all rights, including copyright. The earliest photographs in the collection are in the public domain because their term of copyright has expired. The Archives Center will control copyright and the use of the collection for reproduction purposes, which will be handled in accordance with its standard reproduction policy guidelines. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Scan

Scan: 618ns0178935jp.tif

Bibliography

Reproduced in Smithsonian 2012 Year-In-A-Box Calendar. Dayton: Ohio: MWV Consumer & Office Products, 2011, November 26 page.

Genre/Form

Photographs -- 1940-1950 -- Black-and-white negatives -- Acetate film

Scope and Contents

Subject is speaking at lectern outside Lincoln Memorial for the closing session of the 38th annual conference of the organization. "Walter White, President of the NAACP, sits in the first row to the right of the rostrum along with President Harry S. Truman, seated to his right, wearing a light colored suit, and Senator Wayne Morse at the end of the row." (Caption with reproduction in Smithsonian calendar--see below.) "Ansco Safety Film" imprint on edge.

Subseries Restrictions

Collection is open for research. Gloves must be worn when handling unprotected photographs and negatives. Special arrangements required to view negatives due to cold storage. Using negatives requires a three hour waiting period. Contact the Archives Center at 202-633-3270.

Record ID

ebl-1562600449806-1562600450055-2