Family Portraits and Scenes, ca 1935-39 from enclosure black-and-white cellulose acetate photonegative
- Photographer
- Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)
- Creator
- Defender (film manufacturer)
- Subseries Creator
- Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)
- Scurlock, Robert S. (Saunders), 1917-1994
- Custom Craft
- Scurlock, Addison N., 1883-1964
- Scurlock, George H. (Hardison), 1919-2005
- Place
- Washington (D.C.) -- African Americans
- Topic
- Weddings
- African American weddings
- Photographer
- Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)
- Creator
- Defender (film manufacturer)
- Culture
- African Americans -- Washington (D.C.)
- See more items in
- Scurlock Studio Records, Subseries 4.1: Black-and-White Silver Gelatin Negatives
- Scurlock Studio Records, Subseries 4.1: Black-and-White Silver Gelatin Negatives / 4.1: Black-and-White Silver Gelatin 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., 8" x 10".)
- Condition
- Poor condition, strong acetate odor, severe channeling.
- Date
- 1935-1939
- Container
- Box 126
- Archival Repository
- Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Type
- Archival materials
- Photographs
- Subseries Citation
- Scurlock Studio Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History. Smithsonian Institution
- 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 Number: AC0618.004.0002287.tif
- Genre/Form
- Photographs -- 1930-1940 -- Black-and-white negatives -- Acetate film
- Scope and Contents
- Job Number: 30592
- Bride and groom posed with bridal party. Ink on negative: 30,592 Gaskins Wedding Group. Defender Safety Base edge imprint. No Scurlock number.
- 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.
