Mt. Jezreel Baptist Church Exterior, February 1964 cellulose acetate photonegative

Object Details

Photographer: Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)
Creator: Eastman Kodak Company (film manufacturer)
Names: Mount Jezreel Baptist Church (Washington, D.C.)
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; Washington (D.C.) -- 1960-1970 -- Photographs

Topic: Automobiles -- 1960-1970; African American churches -- 1960-1970 -- Washington (D.C.).; Church buildings -- 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.

Biographical / Historical: In 1873 Mt. Jezreel was born out of Vermont Avenue Baptist Church by a group of people tired of walking across town to church. 1879 Mt. Jezreel relocated to 7th near L Street, S.E. to a site known as the old "Meat House". In 1882 the Church voted to purchase the lot on the southeast corner of E Street at 5th, S.E. and in 1883 the cornerstone was laid at 5th & E Streets, S.E. In 1996, after several further moves, the Church relocated to 420 University Boulevard East, in Silver Spring, Maryland where it remains. Taken from Church's website: www.mtjezreel.com .

Condition: Good; slight discoloration, slight warping, fingerprints, residue on surface.

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.

Genre/Form: Photographs -- 1960-1970 -- Black-and-white negatives -- Acetate film

Scope and Contents: Exterior of church on street corner with sign across doorway reading, "Mt. Jezreel Baptist Church". Noticeboard in grounds reads, "Mt. Jezreel Baptist Church Sun February 2 9:30 Church School 11:00am Preaching Follow Jesus He is the way Rev L. T. Hughes Pastor". There are houses down the street and cars parked in the road. No ink on negative. Ink on envelope: caption and "1 glossy". "KODAK - SAFETY -- FILM" 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.