Object Details
Photograph by
Cox Studio, American, founded 1957
Subject of
Lurline White, American
Sallie Edwards, American
Lulu Carter, American
Illa Buckner, American, 1882 - 1978
Beulah Staton, American
Eddye Keaton Williams, American
Margaret Buford, American
Cathryn Williams, American
Esther Wise, American
Dola Miller II, French
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 ten women lined up with signs along the Citizenship Education Project's motorcade route encouraging voting and voter registration. There is a typewritten caption on a white strip of paper below the photograph that reads, "LINING-UP FOR MOTORCADE." The photograph is adhered to page 24 of Frances Albrier's scrapbook (2010.60.1).
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Frances Albrier Collection
Date
September 8, 1956
Object number
2010.60.1.27
Restrictions & Rights
Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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Type
gelatin silver prints
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
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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Classification
Photographs and Still Images
Movement
Civil Rights Movement
Women's Club Movement
Data Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Topic
African American
Activism
Associations and institutions
Civil Rights
Education
Photography
Politics
Social reform
Suffrage
U.S. History, 1953-1961
Women
Women's organizations
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmaahc_2010.60.1.27