Object Details
Photographer
Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)
Names
Improved, Benevolent, Protective Order of Elks of the World
Whitelaw Hotel (Washington, D.C.)
Subseries Creator
Scurlock, Robert S. (Saunders), 1917-1994
Custom Craft
Scurlock, Addison N., 1883-1964
Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)
Scurlock, George H. (Hardison), 1919-2005
Subseries Citation
Scurlock Studio Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History. Smithsonian Institution
Scope and Contents
Scan Number: AC0618.004.0001275.tif
Group of men and women seated at long dining tables. Most of the men are wearing fezzes on which is embroidered, "Council P.E.R. No 4 Washington, D.C." Ink on negative: caption and "Scurlock Photo". No edge imprint. Pencil retouching on faces.
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Place
Washington (D.C.) -- African Americans
Washington (D.C.) -- 1930-1950 -- Photographs
Topic
Dinners and dining -- 1930-1940
Fraternal organizations
Portraits, Group -- 1930-1940 -- Washington (D.C.).
Photographer
Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)
Culture
African Americans -- Washington (D.C.)
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Scurlock Studio Records, Subseries 4.12: Banquet Negatives
Scurlock Studio Records, Subseries 4.12: Banquet Negatives / 4.12: Banquet 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
The Improved, Benevolent Protective Order of Elks of the World (I.B.P.O.E.) was formed in 1898 in Cincinnati, Ohio by B.F. Howard and Arthur J. Riggs, a Pullman porter. They had been denied membership in the all-white Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and they were determined to form an organization that "granted membership to all qualified individuals without regard to race, creed, or ethnicity". Each Elk Lodge is governed by an Exalted Ruler. Past Exalted Rulers are those who have previously held this rank.
Extent
1 Item (Silver gelatin on cellulose acetate film sheet., [11" x 20"].)
Condition
Good; warping, tape at edges
Date
1930 January 31
Container
Box 2, Folder 35
Archival Repository
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Type
Archival materials
Photographs
Banquet camera photographs
Panoramas
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.
Genre/Form
Photographs -- 1930-1940 -- Black-and-white negatives -- Acetate film
Banquet camera photographs -- 1930-1940
Panoramas
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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