Scurlock, George H. (Hardison), 1919-2005 Search this
Extent:
1 Item (Silver gelatin on cellulose acetate film sheet., 12" x 20".)
Container:
Box 14, Folder 9
Culture:
African Americans -- Washington (D.C.) Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Banquet camera photographs
Panoramas
Place:
Washington (D.C.) -- African Americans
Washington (D.C.) -- 1930-1940 -- Photographs
Date:
circa 1930s
Scope and Contents:
Scan Number: AC0618.004.0001793.tif
Scoreboard and wall of advertisements for: Brownley's sport fudge, J. Frank Kelly Inc., Elit Laundry; Budweiser and Busch Lager, Brodts Inc., Terminal Ice and Fuel Company, Hav-A-Tampa Cigar, Fussells Ice Cream, Mike Martin's Liniment, Hahn "Florsheim" Shoes, Captial Garage, Majestic Radio, Fairway Fertilizer, The Washington Cadillac Co., "The 'Senators use' Lifebuoy. Protects health - ends 'B.O.'", Washington Times, Parker Bridget Co., Coca-Cola, Hotel Occidental Restaurant, City Cabs, De Moll & Co., Olmsted Grill, Browning & Baines Orienta Brand Coffee, Mayer & Co., Colonial, "This Stadium built by George A. Fuller Company", Wilner & Co., Packard Shoe, National Extra Dry Ginger Ale, Fred Pelzman's Fashion Shop. Ink on negative: "B". No edge imprint. No Scurlock number.
Exhibitions Note:
Section of this image used as a graphic on the back of a case in the exhibit "The Scurlock Studio and Black Washington: Picturing the Promise," NMAAHC Gallery, NMAH, January 30 - November 15, 2009.
Subseries 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.
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.
Topic:
Baseball -- 1930-1940 -- Washington (D.C.). Search this
advertising -- 1930-1940 -- Washington (D.C.) Search this
Sports -- Washington (D.C.) -- 1930-1940. Search this
Photographs -- 1930-1940 -- Black-and-white negatives -- Acetate film
Banquet camera photographs -- 1930-1940
Panoramas
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.
