A. Phillip Randolph cellulose acetate photonegative
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Object Details
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- Photographer
- Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)
- Creator
- Agfa (Firm)
- Names
- National Negro Congress
- Davis, John Preston
- Randolph, A. Philip (Asa Philip), 1889-1979
- 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
- Smoking
- Photographer
- Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)
- Creator
- Agfa (Firm)
- Culture
- African Americans -- Washington (D.C.)
- See more items in
- 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 / Randolph, A. Phillip
- 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; tape.
- Date
- undated
- Archival Repository
- Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Type
- Archival materials
- Cropping
- Portraits
- 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
- Cropping
- Portraits -- African American men
- Photographs -- 1940-1950 -- Black-and-white negatives -- Acetate film
- Scope and Contents
- Portrait cropped with tape from a larger image in which Randolph is holding an unidentified object with another man. Behind the men the room is ornately decorated, including a large "No Smoking" pedestal sign. No ink on negative, no Scurlock number. Ink on envelope: "2 - 8 x 10's of Randolph". "1 AGFA SAFETY FILM" edge imprint. According to Craig Simpson in an e-mail (19 Nov. 2012), "Man to right of Randolph is John Preston Davis, Executive Secretary of the National Negro Congress from 1935 to 1942. This photograph [was]probably taken in the Spring of 1940 before Randolph quit the NNC. Davis is easily identified by other known photographs of him."
- 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.
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- Record ID
- ebl-1564591817151-1564591819025-1