Object Details
Photographer
Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)
Creator
Eastman Kodak Company (film manufacturer)
Names
Fifteenth Street Presbyterian Church (Washington, D.C.)
Imhotep National Conference on Hospital Integration
Cobb, W. Montague (William Montague), 1904-1990
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
Posed group of men and two women standing in rows on the exterior steps of 15th St. Presbyterian Church. The men wear pin badge, possible name badges. The man on the left on the top row is thought to be William Montague Cobb. No ink on negative. Ink on envelope: caption and "C/o Dr. Cobb". "KODAK - SAFETY -- FILM" edge imprint. Retouching on faces with New Coccine.
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Place
Washington (D.C.) -- African Americans
Washington (D.C.) -- 1960-1970 -- Photographs
Topic
African American churches -- 1960-1970 -- Washington (D.C.).
African American physicians
Photographer
Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)
Creator
Eastman Kodak Company (film manufacturer)
Culture
African Americans -- Washington (D.C.)
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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
"William Montague Cobb co-founded the Imhotep National Conference on Hospital Integration, sponsored by the National Medical Association's Council on Medical Education and Hospitals, the NAACP's National Health Committee, and the Medico-Chirurgical Society of the District of Columbia. Named for the early Egyptian physician Imhotep, the conference met annually between 1957 and 1963 to support surveys, publications, and other conferences on the health status of American blacks and to lobby for the passage of legislation, including national health insurance and the Civil Rights Act of 1964" taken from www.answers.com/topic/w-montague-cobb.
Extent
1 Item (Silver gelatin on cellulose acetate film sheet., [4" x 5"].)
Condition
Good; slight discoloration, slight warping, fingerprints
Date
May 1960
Container
Box 109
Archival Repository
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Type
Archival materials
Photographs
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: AC0618.004.0001591.tif
Genre/Form
Photographs -- 1960-1970 -- Black-and-white negatives -- Acetate film
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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