Object Details
- Photographer
- Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)
- Creator
- Eastman Kodak Company (film manufacturer)
- Names
- Hechinger Company
- 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
- Hardware stores
- Consumers
- Shopping malls -- Washington D.C.
- Photographer
- Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)
- Creator
- Eastman Kodak Company (film manufacturer)
- Culture
- African Americans -- Washington (D.C.)
- 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 strip., 1.5" x 9".)
- Condition
- Good.
- Date
- 1981
- Container
- Box 97
- 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: AC0618.004.0001015.tif
- Genre/Form
- Photographs -- 1980-1990 -- Black-and-white negatives -- Acetate film
- Scope and Contents
- Film strip of six images: Hechinger store at Hechinger Mall, interiors. No ink on negative. Ink on envelope: "# 2". "KODAK SAFETY FILM 5063" and numbers from 27A to 33 edge imprint.
- Second frame: Three people pose behind a counter. Sign on wall behind counter: "Harry and Harriet Homeowner say: Shopping is easier with a Hechinger charge account". There are a row of check-outs with produce displays in front of them. People are standing at several of the check-outs. There is a display of lamps in aisles A1 and A2 to the right of the image. "28A - 29" section of edge imprint under this image.
- Third frame: Group of five men seated at a table in a staff area with papers, cups, and pastries on the table. A poster on the wall: " Be there on time customers depend on it". "29A - 30" section of edge imprint under this image.
- Sixth frame: Group of five men pose in an aisle at a Hechinger store in Hechinger Mall. Behind them are displays of clocks, tables and chairs, and shelving units. "32A - 33" section of edge imprint under this image.
- 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.
- Record ID
- ebl-1562600449806-1562600450158-0
