Howard University football Team, 1895, copy negative cellulose acetate photonegative

Object Details

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep85cb4f276-e4b2-4df9-8053-6c8f8711b8da

Photographer

Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)

Creator

Eastman Kodak Company (film manufacturer)

Names

Howard University -- Football

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.) -- 1890-1900 -- Photographs

Topic

African American universities and colleges

Football -- Howard University

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 (5" x 7".)

Medium

Silver gelatin on cellulose acetate film sheet.

Condition

Good condition.

Date

1895

Archival Repository

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Type

Archival materials

Copy negatives

Photographs

Copy 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

Copy negatives

Photographs -- 1890-1900 -- Black-and-white negatives -- Acetate film

Copy photographs

Scope and Contents

Copy negative: Group of men dressed in H.U. uniforms, posed in front of building. The wooden frame of the original print show. Ink on negative, ink (text) on enclosure. "Kodak Safety Film" edge imprint. No Scurlock number.

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-1564591817151-1564591818238-5