Mrs. Dickenson Logan Playground May Day 1941 cellulose acetate photonegative

Object Details

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep83c708e6b-aa3a-4fc5-9dfb-053c82eba35b

Photographer

Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)

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

Washington (D.C.) -- 1940-1950 -- Photographs

Topic

May Day -- Washington (D.C.)

May Queen

African American children -- 1940-1950

Portraits, Group -- 1940-1950 -- Washington (D.C.).

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 (Silver gelatin on cellulose acetate film sheet., [8" x 10"].)

Condition

Fair; warping, small loses of emulsion layer, discoloration in spotting

Date

1941

Container

Box 99

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 Number: AC0618.004.0001380.tif

Genre/Form

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

Scope and Contents

Posed group of young girls and boys dressed in white seated in a line in a playground. In the center of the line is a women dressed in white, wearing a crown and holding a bouquet, seated on a dais with an American flag above her. Two women sit next to her. There is an unidentified building behind. Spectators stand behind the group and on the sidewalk behind a mesh fence. There are several large trees on the sidewalk. Ink on negative: caption. "DEFENDER SAFETY BASE" edge imprint.

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-1562600449806-1562600450170-3