Object Details
Photographer
Scurlock, Addison N., 1883-1964
Series Creator
Scurlock, Robert S. (Saunders), 1917-1994
Scurlock, Addison N., 1883-1964
Custom Craft
Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)
Scurlock, George H. (Hardison), 1919-2005
Series Citation
Scurlock Studio Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History. Smithsonian Institution
Scope and Contents
Washington waterfront (Anacostia?), showing three figures and boats. One woman sits in a boat while another, wearing a long dress, holds the rope; a man wearing a cap walks toward them. Unframed prints in box 49.
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General
Staff note: No. 1998.3003.10 assigned to print used in exhibition.
Exhibitions Note
Exhibited in "The Historic Photographs of Addison N. Scurlock" at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., June 19-Aug. 29, 1976. (Catalog published.)
Print exhibited in "The Scurlock Studio and Black Washington: Picturing the Promise" held in NMAAHC Gallery, NMAH, January 30-November 15, 2009; image reproduced in exhibit's companion book.
Place
Anacostia (Washington, D.C.)
Washington (D.C.) -- 1910-1920
Topic
Boats and boating
Waterfronts -- Washington (D.C.)
Photographer
Scurlock, Addison N., 1883-1964
Culture
African Americans -- 1900-1910
See more items in
Scurlock Studio Records, Series 1: Black and White Photographs
Scurlock Studio Records, Series 1: Black and White Photographs / 1.2: Subjects Black and White Photographs / Waterfront
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
11 Items (Silver gelatin on fiber-based paper, 8" x 10"; Silver gelatin on resin-coated paper, 8" x 10"; Silver gelatin on fiber-based paper, 11" x 14" .)
Date
1915
Archival Repository
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Type
Archival materials
Photographs
Arrangement
8 x 10" prints: In Box 1.1.B6 (originally Box 34).
Series 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.
Bibliography
Reproduced and discussed in Naomi Rosenblum, World History of Photography (New York: Abbeville Press, 1984), p. 273.
Genre/Form
Photographs -- 1910-1920 -- Black-and-white photoprints -- Silver gelatin
Series 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
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