Object Details
Photographer
Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)
Scurlock, Robert S. (Saunders), 1917-1994
Names
Peoples Drug Stores -- Washington (D.C.).
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
Prints: Clergyman wearing hat and clerical collar, picketing People's Drugs, carrying sign urging boycott. Two workmen with a ladder are working at a window. Addison Scurlock may have taken the photograph, but the prints are probably by Robert. 3 of 4 prints captioned: "Picketing Peoples Drug Co. for equal employment c [ca.] 1940"; "Picketing 'Peoples Drug', 14th & U Sts. N.W."; and "Picketing 'Peoples' Drug at 14th & 'U' 1940s".
Photonegative: 5" x 4", Agfa film. Stored in box 68. Unscanned. Note: Another 5" x 4" negative shows a woman carrying the same sign in front of Peoples, Negative Box 68.
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Exhibitions Note
Reproduction photograph of this image exhibited in "The Scurlock Studio and Black Washington: Picturing the Promise," NMAAHC Gallery, NMAH, January 30 - November 15, 2009; image reproduced in exhibit's companion book.
Topic
Boycotts -- Washington (D.C.)
Civil rights
Civil rights demonstrations -- Washington (D.C.) -- 1940-1950.
Demonstrations -- Washington (D.C.).
Discrimination in employment
Drugstores
Picketing
Photographer
Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)
Scurlock, Robert S. (Saunders), 1917-1994
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 / Social protests
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
5 Items (10 x 8", 7 x 5", and 5" x 4".)
Medium
Silver gelatin on paper.
Date
[circa 1940s]
Archival Repository
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Type
Archival materials
Photographs
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.
Genre/Form
Photographs -- 1940-1950 -- Black-and-white photoprints -- Silver gelatin
Photographs -- 1940-1950 -- Black-and-white negatives -- Acetate film
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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