Mr. Albert Brooks October 29, 1958 : cellulose acetate photonegative

Object Details

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep88bb31c92-ebd2-42f0-ba39-2035ceabd383

Photographer

Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)

Creator

Eastman Kodak Company (film manufacturer)

Names

Association for the Study of African-American Life and History

Association for the Study of Negro Life and History.

Brooks, Albert

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

Portraits -- African American men -- 1950-1960

Photographer

Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)

Creator

Eastman Kodak Company (film manufacturer)

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.

Biographical / Historical

Mr. Albert Brooks was a member of the Executive Council of the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, now called the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH).

Extent

1 Item (Silver gelatin on cellulose acetate film sheet., [7" x 5"].)

Condition

Fair; discoloration, fingerprints

Date

October 29, 1958

Container

Box 96

Archival Repository

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Type

Archival materials

Photographs

Retouching

New coccine (or crocein scarlet) dye

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: AC0618.004.0001237.tif

Genre/Form

Photographs -- 1950-1960 -- Black-and-white negatives -- Acetate film

Retouching -- Dye

Retouching -- Pencil

New Coccine (or Crocein Scarlet) dye

Scope and Contents

Job Number: 60380

Posed studio portrait. Further ink on negative: "6 5x7 Connm.". Ink on envelope: "Mr. Brooks pr. Association of Negro History". "KODAK -- SAFETY -- FILM" edge imprint. Pencil and New Coccine retouching.

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-1562600449806-1562600450155-3