1 Item (phototransparency, Color-dye gelatin on film., 2-1/4" x 2-1/4".)
Container:
Box 111, Sheet 21
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Date:
undated
Scope and Contents:
Trash in water. "Kodak Safety Film" edge imprint.
Local Numbers:
AC0145-0000057.tif (AC scan no.)
VDF 36701
36701 Videodisc frame
Restrictions:
Unrestricted research use on site. Videodisc also available. Unprotected photographs must be handled with white cotton gloves.
Collection Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
This image shows a dumpster on the site of the Finsbury Square Apartments, mud and foiliage are also visible, created in 1983 the image was used to inform a planning survey of the Anacostia area.
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for unrestricted research. Use requires an appointment.
Collection Rights:
The Dorn C. McGrath, Jr. slides and other material are the physical property of the Anacostia Community Museum. Literary and copyright belong to the author/creator or their legal heirs and assigns. Rights to work produced during the normal course of Museum business resides with the Anacostia Community Museum. For further information, and to obtain permission to publish or reproduce, contact the Museum Archives.
1 Item (Color-dye gelatin on film., 2-1/4" x 2-1/4".)
Container:
Box 111, Sheet 21
Type:
Archival materials
Chromogenic processes
Photographs
Date:
Circa 1950-1960
Scope and Contents:
Trash near dumpsters, including green plastic trash bags. "Kodak Safety Film 6017" imprint on film edge. In an email sent Feb. 9, 2015, Roger Sherman (NMAH curator), indicated that plastic trash bags probably didn't become common until the 1960s. Plastic garbage bags were invented in 1950, but the first green plastic garbage bags for the home were sold by Union Carbide (Glad Bags) in the late 1960s. (See http://whatdoino-steve.blogspot.com/2015/01/selmas-garbage-bag-problem.html.
Local Numbers:
AC0145-0000056.tif (AC scan no.)
VDF 36699
Restrictions:
Unrestricted research use on site. Images also available on videodisc. Unprotected photographs must be handled with white cotton gloves.
Collection Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Scurlock, George H. (Hardison), 1919-2005 Search this
Extent:
1 Item (Silver gelatin on cellulose acetate film sheet., 8" x 10".)
Container:
Box 102
Culture:
African Americans -- Washington (D.C.) Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Place:
Washington (D.C.) -- African Americans
Washington (D.C.) -- 1930-1940 -- Photographs
Date:
ca. 1930s
Scope and Contents:
Man and woman standing with group of children at the curbside. They are holding signs reading, "Junior Neighborhood Improvement Club," "Keep off, give the grass a chance," "We want a [?] block," "Cleanliness is next to Godliness," "Don't throw trash in the street," "I promise if I am not willing to aid I will not try to hinder this effort,""We pro[mise] to respect others' rights." "Be a good neighbor. Join us in this effort 100%," "Are you with us 100%" "Sweep your side walk daily," "Help to keep the street clean.. health..." "Old man trash is on the run," and "Trash public enemy #1 / Pick him up on sight." Ink on negative. "DEFENDER SAFETY BASE" 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.
Topic:
African American children -- 1930-1940 Search this
Photographs -- 1930-1940 -- 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.
