Home Economics Contest at Howard University, April 1960 cellulose acetate photonegative

Object Details

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8faae1cdd-d553-4e88-9c6f-399cac29caed

General note

Notes: ACO618.004.0001472.tif

Photographer

Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)

Creator

Eastman Kodak Company (film manufacturer)

Names

Howard University -- 1960-1970

Joseph Baker Associates

Subseries Creator

Scurlock, Robert S. (Saunders), 1917-1994

Custom Craft

Scurlock, Addison N., 1883-1964

Scurlock, George H. (Hardison), 1919-2005

Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)

Place

Washington (D.C.) -- African Americans

Washington (D.C.) -- 1960-1970 -- Photographs

Topic

Home economics

Dinners and dining

Table setting and decoration

Tea service

Cookies

African American women -- 1960-1970

Photographer

Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)

Creator

Eastman Kodak Company (film manufacturer)

Culture

African Americans -- Washington (D.C.)

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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 (Silver gelatin on cellulose acetate film sheet., [4" x 5"].)

Condition

Good; slight curling

Date

1960 April

Container

Box 52

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.

Genre/Form

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

Retouching -- Dye

New Coccine (or Crocein Scarlet) dye

Scope and Contents

Subject/Sitter: Home Economics Contest

Group of women standing around a dining table holding cups and saucers. One woman is handing a cup to an older woman seated at the table. The table is laid with a spirit kettle, silver tea service, plates of cookies and a floral centerpiece. Ink on negative: "4". Ink on envelope: caption and "c/o Baker Pub. Relations". "KODAK -- SAFETY -- FILM" 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-1510070437893-1510070439109-3