1 Item (Silver gelatin on cellulose acetate film sheet., 4" x 5".)
Container:
Box 33
Culture:
African Americans -- Washington (D.C.) Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Place:
Washington (D.C.) -- African Americans
Date:
May 30, 1957
Scope and Contents:
Subject/Sitter: Birthday party
Woman posing cutting a birthday cake which is on a shelf behind the bar at an unidentified venue. There is a mirror along the back of the bar, decorated with text and pictures, including a birthday cake. Text reads, "Calypso Carnival" and "The Hollywood 20 Club Celebrations Happy Birthday party in honor of 'Lucy' Thur, May 30th". There are cards fixed to the mirror and bottles with measuring pourers line the shelf. 'Hollywood 20 Club' may be the name of the venue but this has not been confirmed. Ink on negative: "2". "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.
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.
Photographs -- 1950-1960 -- Black-and-white negatives -- Acetate film
Subseries Citation:
Scurlock Studio Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History. Smithsonian Institution
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.