Mr. Raymond T. Beacham 1854 -2nd St. N.W. 9/22/64 cellulose acetate photonegative

Object Details

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8c7d25c3b-180b-42af-9754-da1cd62e6057

Photographer

Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)

Names

Freemasons

Beacham, Raymond T.

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

Washington (D.C.) -- African Americans

Topic

top hats

Evening dress

Costume

Photographer

Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)

Culture

African Americans -- Washington (D.C.)

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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, 7" x 5".

Condition

Good.

Date

1964

Container

Box 72

Archival Repository

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Type

Archival materials

Portraits

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: AC0618.004.0000591.tif

Genre/Form

Portraits -- African American men

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

Scope and Contents

Job Number: 105

Half-length portrait of subject wearing top hat, tuxedo, Masonic apron and collar, holding gavel. Ink on negative: "105". Portrait: "Mr. Raymond T. Beacham extra negatives Reserve" on original envelope. No edge imprint. No Scurlock number.

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-1562600449806-1562600450103-0