Object Details
Photographer
Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)
Names
Bryant, Mrs.
Subseries Creator
Custom Craft
Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)
Scurlock, Addison N., 1883-1964
Scurlock, George H. (Hardison), 1919-2005
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: 56722
Subject/Sitter: 25th wedding anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Bryant posing cutting 25th wedding anniversary cake. The table is laid with cookies, a punch bowls and cups, plates, bowls and silverware. Ink on negative: "56722 Mrs. Bryant 2 - 8 x 10" Ink on envelope: "June 22, 1952. Mrs Bryant's Anniversary. June 26 - 6 - 8 x 10". "KODAK - SAFETY 55" edge imprint. Pencil retouching on faces and hands.
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Place
Washington (D.C.) -- African Americans
Topic
Dinners and dining
wedding anniversaries -- 1950-1960
Cake
Punch bowls
Cookies
Portraits -- 1950-1960
Photographer
Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)
Culture
African Americans -- Washington (D.C.)
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Scurlock Studio Records, Subseries 4.5: Black and white negatives in cold storage arranged by job number
Scurlock Studio Records, Subseries 4.5: Black and white negatives in cold storage arranged by job number / Scurlock client negatives: B - Byrons
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 (Silver gelatin on cellulose acetate film sheet, 8" x 10".)
Condition
Fair; slight warping, slight acetate odor
Date
1952 June 22
Container
Box 317
Archival Repository
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Type
Archival materials
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: AC0618.0000902.tif
Genre/Form
Photographs -- 1950-1960 -- Black-and-white negatives -- Acetate film
Retouching -- Pencil
Subseries Restrictions
Collection is open for research.
Series 8: Business Records, Subseries 8.1: Studio Session Registers are restricted. Digital copies available for research. See repository for details.
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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