Mrs. Hawkins birthday party : acetate film photonegative

Object Details

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep816fe2c47-ad44-4827-a0f6-f25e2e53a4bc

Photographer

Scurlock, Addison N., 1883-1964

Creator

Agfa (Firm)

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

Topic

Cake

Birthday parties

Community life -- Washington, D.C. -- 1940-1950

Portraits, Group -- 1940-1950

African American children -- Washington (D.C.).

Photographer

Scurlock, Addison N., 1883-1964

Creator

Agfa (Firm)

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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, 8" x 10".

Condition

Discoloration, acetate odor, and slight warping, but otherwise very good.

Date

[ca. 1945]

Container

Box 33

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.

Genre/Form

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

Scope and Contents

Subject/Sitter: Mrs. Hawking's birthday party

Job Number: 48951

Several adults with about 19 children of various ages and cakes and candelabra on table, Tiffany-style lamp overhead. Ink caption on film edge. Agfa Safety Film 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-1562600449806-1562600449995-0