Photograph of Ruth March decorating the car at the head of a NCNW motorcade

Photograph by

Cox Studio, American, founded 1957

Subject of

Ruth N. March, American, 1912 - 1998

Frances M. Albrier, American, 1898 - 1987

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 Ruth N. March, former president of the San Francisco Chapter of the National Council of Negro Women, decorating a1956 Cadillac Sixty Special, the lead car in a voter registration motorcade that took place in San Francisco on September 8, 1956. The car has been fitted with bullhorns and has two signs on its side announcing the Citizenship Education Project. The photograph is adhered to page 39 of Francis Albrier's scrapbook (2010.60.1).

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Frances Albrier Collection

September 8, 1956

Object number

2010.60.1.46

Restrictions & Rights

Unknown - Restrictions Possible

Type

gelatin silver prints

portraits

Medium

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

Dimensions

H x W: 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)

Place captured

San Francisco, California, United States, North and Central America

Classification

Media Arts-Photography

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Topic

African American

Activism

Education

Photography

Politics

Social reform

Suffrage

Women

Record ID

nmaahc_2010.60.1.46

Usage of Metadata (Object Detail Text)

Usage conditions apply

GUID (Link to Original Record)

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5f3b8ddbe-bd70-43b1-9705-7e4276afa3a4