Object Details
Photographer
Scurlock, Addison N., 1883-1964
Names
Harris, Lois
Subseries Creator
Scurlock, George H. (Hardison), 1919-2005
Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)
Scurlock, Addison N., 1883-1964
Custom Craft
Scurlock, Robert S. (Saunders), 1917-1994
Subseries Citation
Scurlock Studio Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History. Smithsonian Institution
Scope and Contents
Job Number: 47934
The subject wears a hairstyle with two large rolls or waves. Image is vignetted, so this may be a copy negative. Caption on negative: "4734 Miss Lois Harris 3-8x10 reg." Bust portrait of young woman wearing brooch. "Feb. 6" and "Feb. 21" without year written on original envelope. Heavy retouching on face. No film manufacturer edge imprint.
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General
Box 618.004.065
Place
Washington (D.C.) -- African Americans -- 1930-1950
Topic
Hair styles
Portraits -- African American women
African American women
Photographer
Scurlock, Addison N., 1883-1964
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Scurlock Studio Records, Subseries 4.2: Black and white negatives in freezers arranged by job number / Black and white negatives in freezers arranged by job number [cont.]
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
1 Item
Medium
Silver gelatin on cellulose acetate film sheet, 10 x 8 in.
Condition
Early stage of warping; fingerprints; silvering.
Date
1944 February 6
[ca. 1930s-1940s]
Container
Box 256
Archival Repository
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Type
Archival materials
Vignettes
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: 318NL0047934-01pw.tif, catalog number 618.247874
Bibliography
Reproduced on dust jacket of: Anastasia C. Curwood, Stormy Weather: Middle-Class African American Marriages between the Two World Wars. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press 2010.
Genre/Form
Vignettes
Photographs -- 1920-1940 -- 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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