Y.M.C.A. Campaign Group 1943 large group in front of building : cellulose acetate photonegative

Container

Box 103

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Scurlock Studio Records, Subseries 4.1: Black-and-White Silver Gelatin Negatives

Scurlock Studio Records, Subseries 4.1: Black-and-White Silver Gelatin Negatives / 4.1: Black-and-White Silver Gelatin negatives

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.

Photographer

Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)

Creator

Defender (film manufacturer)

Date

1943

Extent

1 Item (Silver gelatin on cellulose acetate film sheet., 8" x 10".)

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.

Scan

Scan Number: AC0618.004.0001408.tif

Type

Archival materials

Photographs

Scope and Contents

Posed group of men and women on the exterior steps of the 12th Y.M.C.A. Banner strung above the door reads, "12th ST. Y.M.C.A. Membership Campaign. A call to service. Apr. 12th Apr. 22nd. Rev. E. C. Smith. General Chairman. Join the Y.M.C.A. Goal 900 Members. Goal {dollar}4,000. Cash". The front row is seated and all but three are holding a sign with a team number and captain's name. There are also two signs reading, "Division 'A' Dr. Victor J. Tulane Manager Joseph L. Bryant Asso. Manager" and "Division 'B' Atty. B. V. Lawson Manager Rev. J. L. Henry Asso. Manager". There are two trophies on the ground in the middle of the front row. Ink on negative: caption. "DEFENDER SAFETY" edge imprint.

Genre/Form

Photographs -- 1940-1950 -- Black-and-white negatives -- Acetate film

Culture

African Americans -- Washington (D.C.)

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.

Condition

Poor; warping, channeling.

Photographer

Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)

Creator

Defender (film manufacturer)

Names

YMCA

Subseries Creator

Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)

Scurlock, Robert S. (Saunders), 1917-1994

Custom Craft

Scurlock, Addison N., 1883-1964

Scurlock, George H. (Hardison), 1919-2005

Topic

African American men

African American women -- 1940-1950

Fund raising

Portraits, Group -- 1940-1950 -- Washington (D.C.).

Place

Washington (D.C.) -- African Americans

Washington (D.C.) -- 1940-1950 -- Photographs

Subseries Citation

Scurlock Studio Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History. Smithsonian Institution

Archival Repository

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Record ID

ebl-1562600449806-1562600450176-0

Usage

CC0