Object Details
Photographer
Scurlock, Robert S. (Saunders), 1917-1994
Creator
Defender (film manufacturer)
Names
Washington, Fredi (Fredericka Carolyn)
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
Subseries Citation
Scurlock Studio Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History. Smithsonian Institution
Scope and Contents
Job Number: 30807
Informal portrait in studio, with contact print proofs. Negative edge imprint: "Defender Safety Film." Negative marked on edge, "30807 Miss Freddie Washington 25...[?] 5 x 7". One print is marked on verso: "Freddie Washington, actress / starred in movie "Imitation of Life" w/Louise Beavers"; other prints unmarked. Signed in negative, "Scurlock / Wash. D.C.", lower left.
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General
Freezer box number 49. Prints in Box 81. Originally in Box A.
Topic
Cigarettes
African American actresses
Photographer
Scurlock, Robert S. (Saunders), 1917-1994
Creator
Defender (film manufacturer)
Culture
African Americans -- Washington (D.C.)
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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.
Biographical / Historical
This portrait session with the actress was one of Robert Scurlock's earliest major photographic projects.
Extent
4 Items
Medium
Negatives: Silver gelatin on cellulose acetate film sheet, 7 x 5 in.
Contact prints: Silver gelatin on paper, 7 x 5".
Condition
Negative in good condition, with some pencil retouching in face area. Punctures or indentations from negative drying hanger, top edge. Prints, one on glossy paper, the other two on matte, are somewhat faded.
Date
[ca. 1930-1940]
Container
Box 47
Archival Repository
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Type
Archival materials
Portraits
Contact prints
Studio portraits
Photographs
Retouching
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.
Scan
Scan: 618ns0224486-01pw.tif
Genre/Form
Portraits -- African American women
Contact prints -- 1950-2000
Studio portraits
Photographs -- 1940-1950 -- Black-and-white negatives -- Acetate film
Retouching -- Pencil
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.
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Record ID
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