Object Details
Photographer
Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)
Names
Browne Junior High School (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: AC0618.004.0001337.tif
Group of children in costume seated and standing in rows on a stage. Many children are wearing period costume with powered wigs. A group of girls are dressed in kimonos and hold fans. Three cast members sit on a prop throne in the center. The backdrop is painted with a scene of a path through trees with a castle turret to the right. Ink on negative: caption and "Scurlock Photo". No edge imprint.
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Place
Washington (D.C.) -- African Americans
Washington (D.C.) -- 1930-1950 -- Photographs
Topic
African American children -- 1930-1940
African American schools -- 1930-1940 -- Washington (D.C.)
Plays
Theater -- 1930-1940 -- Washington (D.C.)
Costumes -- 1930-1940
Theaters -- Stage-setting and scenery
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.
Extent
1 Item (Silver gelatin on cellulose acetate film sheet., 10" x 20".)
Condition
Fair; acetate odor, discoloration, fingerprints, tape on negative
Date
1935
Container
Box 14, Folder 37
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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