Ebony Magazine Gold Star Wives cellulose acetate strip of two photonegatives

Object Details

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep83a5ab9c2-7e84-4e0e-9742-59877d6f0a02

Exhibitions Note

Digital print from one negative 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 Studio (Washington, D.C.)

Creator

Eastman Kodak Company (film manufacturer)

Names

Ebony Magazine

Gold Star Wives of America, Inc.

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

Topic

African American families

African American military personnel

Family

Photographer

Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)

Creator

Eastman Kodak Company (film manufacturer)

Culture

African Americans -- Washington (D.C.)

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Scurlock Studio Records, Subseries 4.6: Black and white negatives in cold storage arranged by client

Scurlock Studio Records, Subseries 4.6: Black and white negatives in cold storage arranged by client / 4.6.1: Black and White Negatives Part 1 / Ebony Magazine Series

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.

Biographical / Historical

Gold Star Wives of American was founded in 1945 and serves widows and widowers of those who died in active military service or from service related disabilities.

Extent

1 Item (Silver gelatin on cellulose acetate film sheet, 5" X 2.5" (negatives each 2-1/4" x 2-1/4").)

Condition

Good.

Date

1945-1950

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

Arrangement

Box 618.04.91.

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 -- Black-and-white negatives -- Acetate film

Scope and Contents

#120 Negative strip containing two images. "KODAK SAFETY FILM" edge imprint.

AC0618.004.0000886.tif: Woman, two young boys and a girl sitting looking at a framed photograph of a man in service uniform.

AC0618.004.0002453.tif: Young woman with three children in living room; piano on left, family photographs on piano and console; girl sitting on round footstool; another boy on the rug with an open book.

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-1564591817151-1564591818412-0