Drawing : black-and-white copy photograph, cellulose acetate photonegative
Object Details
- Photographer
- Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)
- Artist
- Freelon, Allan Randall, 1895-1960
- Porter, James A. (James Amos), 1905-1970
- Creator
- Eastman Kodak Company (film manufacturer)
- Scope and Contents
- Copy of drawing of a fisherman loading fish in a (presumably) icebox. No ink on negative. "Eastman Safety Kodak Film" edge imprint. Found in an envelope marked "Porter Drawings" and therefore attributed to Dr. James A. Porter. However, Ms. Coni Uzelac, daughter of Dr. Porter, suggests that it may be by Allan Freelon instead (e-mail message, 19 November 2008).
- Date
- undated
- Extent
- 1 Item (Silver gelatin on cellulose acetate film sheet., 5" x 7".)
- Type
- Archival materials
- Copy photographs
- Photographs
- Topic
- Drawing -- 20th century -- Photographs
- Place
- Washington (D.C.) -- African Americans
- Culture
- African Americans -- Washington (D.C.)
- 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.
- Subseries Citation
- Scurlock Studio Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History. Smithsonian Institution
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Scurlock Studio Records, Subseries 4.5: Black and white negatives in cold storage arranged by job number
- 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.
- 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...
- Date
- 1928-1994
- Extent
- 320 Boxes
- 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.
- Citation
- Scurlock Studio Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History. Smithsonian Institution
- Type
- Collection descriptions
- Archival materials
- Matrices, color separation
- Photographs
- Dye transfer process
- Color separation negatives
- Studio portraits
- 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
- Place
- Washington (D.C.) -- Small business -- 20th century
- Shaw (Washington, D.C.)
- Washington (D.C.) -- African Americans
- Identifier
- NMAH.AC.0618.S04.05