Miss Childress Portrait unveiling, June 1964 cellulose acetate photonegative

Object Details

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8c6895c07-443f-4cae-9a84-fb55d6a8d805

Photographer

Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)

Creator

Ansco (film manufacturer)

Names

Howard University -- 1960-1970

Childress, Miss

Johnson, Mordecai W. (Mordecai Wyatt), 1890-1976

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.) -- 1960-1970 -- Photographs

Topic

Paintings

Photographer

Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)

Creator

Ansco (film manufacturer)

Culture

African Americans -- Washington (D.C.)

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

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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 (4" x 5")

Medium

Silver gelatin on cellulose acetate film sheet.

Condition

Good; slight discoloration, slight warping, fingerprints

Date

June 1964

Container

Box 111

Archival Repository

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Type

Archival materials

Photographs

New coccine (or crocein scarlet) dye

Retouching

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: AC0618.004.0001783.tif

Genre/Form

Photographs -- 1960-1970 -- Black-and-white negatives -- Acetate film

New Coccine (or Crocein Scarlet) dye

Retouching -- Dye

Scope and Contents

Group of men and women standing either side of a framed portrait of Miss Childress. The man to the right of the painting is former Howard University President, Mordecai Johnson. There are elevator doors, a notice board and a banner on the wall behind them which reads, "...50th 1964". Ink on negative: "3" and two lines. Ink on envelope: caption. "ANSCO SAFETY FILM 10" edge imprint. Retouching on faces with New Coccine.

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-1562600449806-1562600450218-1