[Profile of a woman. Toned black-and-white photoprint.]
Photographers:
Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)
Physical description:
Silver gelatin? on paper
1 item, 23.5 x 16.8 cm
Culture:
African Americans Washington (D.C.)
Type:
Pictorialist
Toning (photography)
Photographs
Place:
Washington (D.C.)
Date:
1920
1940
Topic:
Portraits--African American women
Photography, Artistic
African Americans
Local number:
AC0618.001.0000067tif (AC Scan)
Summary:
Subject wears a beaded dress; shown from the back. Soft-focus pictorialist style. Image on heavily textured paper with ragged edges, 35 x 26 cm. Vertical "Scurlock" with horizontal "Photo" signature in box, lower right
Cite as:
Photograph by Addison N. Scurlock. Scurlock Studio Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
[Seated bride with sequin/beaded detailed wedding dress. Toned black-and-white photoprint.]
Photographers:
Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)
Physical description:
Silver gelatin? on paper
1 item, 23.5 x 16.8 cm
Culture:
African Americans Washington (D.C.)
Type:
Pictorialist
Toning (photography)
Photographs
Place:
Washington (D.C.)
Date:
1920
1940
Topic:
Wedding costume
Brides
Portraits--African American women
Photography, Artistic
African Americans
Local number:
AC0618.001.0000069.tif (AC Scan)
Summary:
Bride is seated in a simplified Victorian-style high-backe chair, holding bouquet. Image on larger sheet, 35.2 x 27.8 cm., with straight edges. Soft-focus pictorialist style. Image on heavily textured paper. Horizontal "Scurlock / Wash. D.C." signature, lower right
Cite as:
Photograph by Addison N. Scurlock. Scurlock Studio Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
1st Scurlock Studio, 700 U Street [interior] Black-and-white photoprint.]
Photographers:
Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)
Physical description:
Silver gelatin on paper
1 item, 8" x 10"
Culture:
African Americans Washington (D.C.)
Type:
Toning (photography)
Photographs
Place:
Washington (D.C.)
U Street, N.W. (Washington, D.C.)
Date:
1911
1890-1920
20th century
Topic:
Interiors
Photography--Studios and darkrooms
African Americans
Local number:
AC0618.001.0000049.tif (AC Scan)
Summary:
Interior showing pictures on the wall, a reception desk, and a double chair against the wall. "Copyright Scurlock Studio, Wash. D.C. 20009" on verso and embossed "Scurlock Portraiture Wash. D.C." in a circle. Sepia-toned, later print, probably by Robert Scurlock
Cite as:
Photograph by Addison Scurlock. Scurlock Studio Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
[Portrait of a young African American woman in a white dress : Black-and-white photoprint.]
Photographers:
Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)
Photographer:
Scurlock, Addison N. 1883-1964
Physical description:
Silver gelatin on paper
1 item, 6-1/2" x 4-1/2", mounted
Culture:
African Americans Washington (D.C.)
Type:
Pictorialist
Toning (photography)
Photographs
Place:
Washington (D.C.)
Date:
1920
1930
1920-1940
Topic:
Portraits--African American women
African Americans
Local number:
AC0618.001.0000039.tif (AC Scan)
2008-4983 (OIPP Scan)
Summary:
Woman is seated on a carved chair. Photograph by A.N. Scurlock. Sepia-toned print with a romantic, pictorialist effect. Thin paper mount with blind-stamp, lower right.
Cite as:
Photograph by Addison N. Scurlock. Scurlock Studio Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
[Pyramid of German helmets near Grand Central Terminal : black-and-white photoprint, ca. 1918.]
Creator:
New York Central Railroad
Subject:
Grand Central Station (New York, N.Y.)
Physical description:
Silver gelatin on paper, unmounted
1 item, 8" x 10" (20.3 x 25.4 cm.)
Type:
Toning (photography)
Place:
Germany
United States
Date:
1918
ca 1918
Topic:
Soldiers
Pyramids
Helmets
World War, 1914-1918
Local number:
AC1071-0000049.tif (AC Scan No.)
Summary:
Typed label on verso in all capital letters: "View of the employees of the New York Central / Railroad, assembled in Victory Way, showing the pyramid of captured / German helmets, with Grand Central Terminal in / the background." Two cannons are shown at the left and right. Print rubber-stamped: "From / Department of Public Relations / New York Central System / 466 Lexington Avenue / New York 17, N.Y." Number inscribed in negative, shown at bottom of the print: "h-9163-B." This print is one of four related photoprints in the folder, all apparently sepia-toned. Photographer unidentified
Cite as:
Grand Central Terminal Collection, No. 1071, Box 5, Folder 20, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Events, 1908, Fort Myer (VA), US Army (Baldwin) Airship "Signal Corps No. 1" (SC-1) Trials. [photograph]
Photographer:
Claudy, C. H (Carl Harry) 1879-1957
Subject:
Allen, James
Wright, Luke Edward
Type:
Photographs
Topic:
Aeronautics
Airships
Aeronautics, Military
Local number:
XXXX-0549_95-8668
Summary:
[reverse of toned Folder 8 print] General [Luke E.] Wright Secretary of War (with glasses) and General James Allen Chief of Signal Corps examine Baldwin dirigible. [Photo list IV] General Allen examines frame work
Access is by appointment only, Monday through Thursday 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Please contact the Archives to make an appointment: AVRreference@si.edu
Notes:
Title and summary note are provided by Shabnam Rahimi-Golkhandan, FSg curatorial research specialist
Antoin Sevruguin is one of the early pioneers of commercial photography in Iran. He arrived in Iran from Tbilisi, Georgia in the mid 1870s to set up shop in Ala al-Dawla street in Tehran. From the early days, Sevruguin's studio was trusted both by the Qajar court and by foreign visitors to Iran. Highly regarded for their artistic ingenuity outside Iran, Sevruguin's photographs of 'ethnic types,' architecture and landscape, and depictions of daily life of Tehran found their way into foreign travelogues, magazines and books. As such, he stands alone in a relatively large group of early Iranian photographers for being recognized and celebrated outside the boundaries of the country. Antoin Sevruguin passed away in 1933, leaving behind only a fraction of his large collection of glass negatives, which is currently in the Archives of the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Summary:
- FSg curatorial research specialist remark on Antoin Sevruguin photo manipulation reads, "Black paper stuck to this four sides of the image. The faces are all varnished and toned."
- Handwritten information on slip of paper (from a 1943-1944 cash book, produced by the Bathni Brothers, Tehran) reads, "303) A zoroastrian Family. [Marked with unidentified seal]." [Myron Bement Smith Collection, Subseries 2.1: Islamic Archives History, Collection Information]
- Myron Bement Smith handwritten caption in English reads, "47.P; Box 27.11: a zoroastrian Family (# 303)." [Myron Bement Smith Collection, Subseries 2.1: Islamic Archives History, Collection Information; Box 60; Folder 44: 47 P: Antoine Sevruguin, glass negatives, Iran]
Cite as:
Myron Bement Smith Collection: Antoin Sevruguin Photographs. Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. Gift of Katherine Dennis Smith, 1973-1985
Richard Nixon giving a speech during his campaign tour
Photographer:
Mydans, Carl
Physical Description:
paper (overall material)
Measurements:
overall: 20 in x 30 in; 50.8 cm x 76.2 cm
Object Name:
photograph
Date made:
1956
Subject:
Photography
Carl Mydans
Depicted:
Mydans, Carl. Carl Mydans, Photojournalist
ID Number:
2005.0228.146
Accession number:
2005.0228
Catalog number:
2005.0228.146
Description:
During the years following his Korean War coverage, Mydans found himself on various assignments in Britain, Switzerland, France, Germany, and other international sites. In 1956 he was asked to cover the domestic presidential campaign in which Eisenhower and Nixon were seeking re-election.
After becoming vice president in 1952, Nixon toured the country in support of fellow Republicans seeking seats in Congress. His oratory skills helped him become the virtual spokesman for the Eisenhower-Nixon team. For the 1956 campaign, President Eisenhower persuaded Nixon to tone down his attacks on the Democrats and their policies. However, having noticed that the "new" Nixon was not as engaging as his former self, Eisenhower gave him room to be more confrontational.
Delaney, Michelle. Buffalo Bill's Wild West Warriors: A Photographic History by Gertrude Kasebier
ID Number:
PG*69.236.102
Accession number:
287543
Description:
In addition to photographing the Sioux performers sent by Buffalo Bill Cody to her studio, Käsebier was able to arrange a portrait session with Zitkala-sa, "Red Bird," also known as Gertrude Simmons (1876-1938), a Yankton Sioux woman of Native American and white ancestry. She was born on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, like many of the Sioux traveling with the Wild West show. She was educated at reservation schools, the Carlisle Indian School, Earlham College in Indiana, and the Boston Conservatory of Music. Zitkala-sa became an accomplished author, musician, composer, and dedicated worker for the reform of United States Indian policies.
Käsebier photographed Zitkala-sa in tribal dress and western clothing, clearly identifying the two worlds in which this woman lived and worked. In many of the images, Zitkala-sa holds her violin or a book, further indicating her interests. Käsebier experimented with backdrops, including a Victorian floral print, and photographic printing. She used the painterly gum-bichromate process for several of these images, adding increased texture and softer tones to the photographs.
Delaney, Michelle. Buffalo Bill's Wild West Warriors: A Photographic History by Gertrude Kasebier
ID Number:
PG*69.236.103
Accession number:
287543
Description:
In addition to photographing the Sioux performers sent by Buffalo Bill Cody to her studio, Käsebier was able to arrange a portrait session with Zitkala Sa, "Red Bird," also known as Gertrude Simmons (1876-1938), a Yankton Sioux woman of Native American and white mixed ancestry. She was born on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, like many of the Sioux traveling with the Wild West show. She was educated at reservation schools, the Carlisle Indian School, Earlham College in Indiana, and the Boston Conservatory of Music. Zitkala Sa became an accomplished author, musician, composer, and dedicated worker for the reform of United States Indian policies.
Käsebier photographed Zitkala Sa in tribal dress and western clothing, clearly identifying the two worlds in which this woman lived and worked. In many of the images, Zitkala Sa holds her violin or a book, further indicating her interests. Käsebier experimented with changing backdrops, including a Victorian floral print, and photographic printing. She used the painterly gum-bichromate process for several of these images, adding increased texture and softer tones to the photographs.
Delaney, Michelle. Buffalo Bill's Wild West Warriors: A Photographic History by Gertrude Kasebier
ID Number:
PG*69.236.104
Accession number:
287543
Description:
In addition to photographing the Sioux performers sent by Buffalo Bill Cody to her studio, Käsebier was able to arrange a portrait session with Zitkala Sa, "Red Bird," also known as Gertrude Simmons (1876-1938), a Yankton Sioux woman of Native American and white ancestry. She was born on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, like many of the Sioux traveling with the Wild West show. She was well educated at reservation schools, the Carlisle Indian School, Earlham College in Indiana, and the Boston Conservatory of Music. Zitkala Sa became an accomplished author, musician, composer, and dedicated worker for the reform of United States Indian policies.
Käsebier photographed Zitkala Sa in tribal dress and western clothing, clearly identifying the two worlds in which this woman lived and worked. In many of the images, Zitkala Sa holds her violin or a book, further indicating her interests. Käsebier experimented with backdrops, including a Victorian floral print, and photographic printing. She used the painterly gum-bichromate process for several of these images, adding increased texture and softer tones to the photographs.
Delaney, Michelle. Buffalo Bill's Wild West Warriors: A Photographic History by Gertrude Kasebier
ID Number:
PG*69.236.105
Accession number:
287543
Description:
In addition to photographing the Sioux performers sent by Buffalo Bill Cody to her studio, Käsebier was able to arrange a portrait session with Zitkala Sa, "Red Bird," also known as Gertrude Simmons (1876-1938), a Yankton Sioux woman of Native American and white mixed ancestry. She was born on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, like many of the Sioux traveling with the Wild West show. She was educated at reservation schools, the Carlisle Indian School, Earlham College in Indiana, and the Boston Conservatory of Music. Zitkala Sa became an accomplished author, musician, composer, and dedicated worker for the reform of United States Indian policies.
Käsebier photographed Zitkala Sa in tribal dress and western clothing, clearly identifying the two worlds in which this woman lived and worked. In many of the images Zitkala Sa holds her violin or a book, further indicating her interests. Käsebier experimented with backdrops, including a Victorian floral print, and photographic printing. She used the painterly gum-bichromate process for several of these images, adding increased texture and softer tones to the photographs.
Delaney, Michelle. Buffalo Bill's Wild West Warriors: A Photographic History by Gertrude Kasebier
ID Number:
PG*69.236.106
Accession number:
287543
Description:
In addition to photographing the Sioux performers sent by Buffalo Bill Cody to her studio, Käsebier was able to arrange a portrait session with Zitkala Sa, "Red Bird," also known as Gertrude Simmons (1876-1938), a Yankton Sioux woman of Native American and white ancestry. She was born on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, like many of the Sioux traveling with the Wild West show. She was educated at reservation schools, the Carlisle Indian School, Earlham College in Indiana, and the Boston Conservatory of Music. Zitkala Sa became an accomplished author, musician, composer, and dedicated worker for the reform of United States Indian policies.
Käsebier photographed Zitkala Sa in tribal dress and western clothing, clearly identifying the two worlds in which this woman lived and worked. In many of the images Zitkala Sa holds her violin or a book, further indicating her interests. Käsebier experimented with backdrops, including a Victorian floral print, and photographic printing. She used the painterly gum-bichromate process for several of these images, adding increased texture and softer tones to the photographs.
Delaney, Michelle. Buffalo Bill's Wild West Warriors: A Photographic History by Gertrude Kasebier
ID Number:
PG*69.236.107
Accession number:
287543
Description:
In addition to photographing the Sioux performers sent by Buffalo Bill Cody to her studio, Käsebier was able to arrange a portrait session with Zitkala Sa, "Red Bird," also known as Gertrude Simmons (1876-1938), a Yankton Sioux woman of Native American and white ancestry. She was born on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, like many of the Sioux traveling with the Wild West show. She was educated at reservation schools, the Carlisle Indian School, Earlham College in Indiana, and the Boston Conservatory of Music. Zitkala Sa became an accomplished author, musician, composer, and dedicated worker for the reform of United States Indian policies.
Käsebier photographed Zitkala Sa in tribal dress and western clothing, clearly identifying the two worlds in which this woman lived and worked. In many of the images Zitkala Sa holds her violin or a book further indicating her interests. Käsebier experimented with backdrops, including a Victorian floral print, and photographic printing. She used the painterly gum-bichromate process for several of these images, adding increased texture and softer tones to the photographs.
Delaney, Michelle. Buffalo Bill's Wild West Warriors: A Photographic History by Gertrude Kasebier
ID Number:
PG*69.236.108
Accession number:
287543
Description:
In addition to photographing the Sioux performers sent by Buffalo Bill Cody to her studio, Käsebier was able to arrange a portrait session with Zitkala Sa, "Red Bird," also known as Gertrude Simmons (1876-1938), a Yankton Sioux woman of Native American and white ancestry. She was born on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, like many of the Sioux traveling with the Wild West show. Well educated, she studied at reservation schools, the Carlisle Indian School, Earlham College in Indiana, and the Boston Conservatory of Music. Zitkala Sa became an accomplished author, musician, composer, and dedicated worker for the reform of United States Indian policies.
Käsebier photographed Zitkala Sa in tribal dress and western clothing, clearly identifying the two worlds in which this woman lived and worked. In many of the images, Zitkala Sa holds her violin or a book, further indicating her interests. Käsebier experimented with backdrops, including a Victorian floral print, and photographic printing. She used the painterly gum-bichromate process for several of these images, adding increased texture and softer tones to the photographs.
