Booker T. Washington black-and-white cellulose acetate photonegative

Object Details

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8da1eeb8d-1036-4659-89b2-f6c1d6c55311

Exhibitions Note

"Corcoran" print exhibited in "The Scurlock Studio and Black Washington: Picturing the Promise," NMAAHC Gallery, NMAH, January 30 - November 15, 2009; image reproduced in exhibit's companion book.

Photographer

Scurlock, Addison N., 1883-1964

Names

Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915

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

Photographer

Scurlock, Addison N., 1883-1964

Culture

African Americans

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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, 8 x 10".)

Condition

Negative is in good condition, but tape around edges is deteriorating and has marked the negative.

Date

[1910.]

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.

Existence and Location of Copies

The collection also contains prints from this negative, one of which is number 115 in the catalog of the 1976 Corcoran Gallery of Art exhibition.

Genre/Form

Photographs -- 1900-1910 -- Black-and-white negatives -- Acetate film

Scope and Contents

Bust portrait, no Scurlock number, no ink on negative. No edge imprint. #112.

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-1564591817151-1564591818302-4