Photograph of a Meet the Candidates program sponsored by the San Francisco NCNW
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Object Details
- Date
- October 28, 1956
- Photograph by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Frances M. Albrier, American, 1898 - 1987
- Ruth N. March, American, 1912 - 1998
- Floyd Green Allen, American, 1906 - 1967
- San Francisco Chapter of the National Council of Negro Women, founded 1945
- National Council of Negro Women, founded 1935
- Caption
- This photograph is part of a scrapbook that was compiled in 1956 and 1957 by Frances Albrier during her term as president of the San Francisco Chapter of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW). The scrapbook highlights the Chapter’s efforts to register voters and educate Bay Area residents on the importance of voting as a part of the Citizenship Education Project which was jointly sponsored by the NCNW and the National Urban League.
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of a Meet the Candidates program held by the San Francisco Chapter of the National Council of Negro Women in an attempt to connect candidates with their constituency. The program took place at the NCNW headquarters at 1914 Fillmore St. Pictured in the photograph are Council President Frances Albrier, Citizenship Education Project Coordinator Floyd G. Allen, and past president Ruth N. March. There is a typewritten caption below the photograph that reads, "'MEET THE CANDIDATES PROGRAM' / sponsored by NCNW." The photograph and caption are adhered to page 41 in Frances Albrier's scrapbook (2010.60.1).
- Place captured
- San Francisco, California, United States, North and Central America
- Topic
- African American
- Activism
- Associations and institutions
- Education
- Photography
- Politics
- Social reform
- Suffrage
- Women
- Women's organizations
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Movement
- Women's Club Movement
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Frances Albrier Collection
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2010.60.1.48
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
- Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2010.60.1.48