Scurlock Studio Records, Subseries 4.2: Black and white negatives in freezers arranged by job number
- 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
- Names
- Howard University -- 20th century
- DuBois, W.E.B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963
- Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915
- Place
- Washington (D.C.) -- African Americans
- Shaw (Washington, D.C.)
- Washington (D.C.) -- Small business -- 20th century
- Topic
- Commercial photography -- 20th century -- Washington (D.C)
- African Americans -- History -- 20th century
- African American photographers
- Segregation
- Portraits -- 20th century
- Politicians -- 20th century
- Photography -- 20th century -- Washington (D.C.)
- African American entertainers -- 20th century
- 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
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- Scurlock Studio Records, Subseries 4.2: Black and white negatives in freezers arranged by job number
- 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.
- Summary
- Black and white gelatin negatives is mainly of individuals, and some family and group portraits.
- Biographical/Historical note
- The Scurlock photographic studio was a fixture in the Shaw area of Washington, D.C. from 1911 to 1994, and encompassed two generations of photographers, Addison N. Scurlock (1883-1964) and his sons George H. (1920- 2005) and Robert S. (1916-1994). More...
- Extent
- 320 Boxes
- The materials in the subseries are black and white silver gelatin negatives.
- Date
- 1931-1971
- Archival Repository
- Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Identifier
- NMAH.AC.0618.S04.02
- Type
- Collection descriptions
- Archival materials
- Studio portraits
- Photographs
- Dye transfer process
- Color separation negatives
- Matrices, color separation
- Citation
- Scurlock Studio Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History. Smithsonian Institution
- Arrangement note
- The negatives are arranged by job number and document the orders placed by clients at the Scurlock Studio.
- 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
- Studio portraits
- Photographs -- 20th century
- Dye transfer process
- Color separation negatives
- Matrices, color separation
- Scope and Contents note
- The vast majority of the negatives are individual portrait sittings but there are some family and group portraits. The box numbers in the finding aid are the old freezer box numbers and are not reflective of the physical number of boxes; when the negatives were rehoused, the physical number of boxes were reduced and the old freezer box numbers were retained in combination on boxes. The beginning and end of a freezer box is demarcated by blue dividers inside the new boxes.
- 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.
