Object Details
- Creator
- Custom Craft
- Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)
- Scurlock, Addison N., 1883-1964
- Scurlock, George H. (Hardison), 1919-2005
- 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.) -- Small business -- 20th century
- Shaw (Washington, D.C.)
- Washington (D.C.) -- African Americans
- Topic
- African American photographers
- Politicians -- 20th century
- Portraits -- 20th century
- African Americans -- History -- 20th century
- Photography -- 20th century -- Washington (D.C.)
- African American entertainers -- 20th century
- Commercial photography -- 20th century -- Washington (D.C)
- Segregation
- Creator
- Custom Craft
- Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)
- Scurlock, Addison N., 1883-1964
- Scurlock, George H. (Hardison), 1919-2005
- Scurlock, Robert S. (Saunders), 1917-1994
- Note
- Cold Storage
- See more items in
- Scurlock Studio Records, Subseries 4.5: Black and white negatives in cold storage 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 of individuals, groups, and other subject matters.
- 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
- Date
- 1928-1994
- Archival Repository
- Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Identifier
- NMAH.AC.0618.S04.05
- Type
- Collection descriptions
- Archival materials
- Matrices, color separation
- Photographs
- Dye transfer process
- Color separation negatives
- Studio portraits
- Citation
- Scurlock Studio Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History. Smithsonian Institution
- Arrangement note
- The negatives are arranged by job number.
- 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
- Matrices, color separation
- Photographs -- 20th century
- Dye transfer process
- Color separation negatives
- Studio portraits
- Scope and Contents
- The materials document the orders placed by the clients of the Scurlock Studio. The photographs primarily depict individual portrait sittings but there are also portraits of children, groups, and other subjects.
- 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.
- Record ID
- ebl-1562600483570-1562600484633-0
