The Guardsmen Club 1941 cellulose acetate photonegative
Object Details
- Photographer
- Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)
- Creator
- Agfa (Firm)
- Names
- National Association of Guardsmen, Inc.
- Subseries Creator
- Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)
- Scurlock, Robert S. (Saunders), 1917-1994
- Custom Craft
- Scurlock, Addison N., 1883-1964
- Scurlock, George H. (Hardison), 1919-2005
- Place
- Washington (D.C.) -- African Americans
- Washington (D.C.) -- 1940-1950 -- Photographs
- Topic
- African American men
- Men's organizations
- Evening dress
- Evening dress
- Photographer
- Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)
- Creator
- Agfa (Firm)
- Culture
- African Americans -- Washington (D.C.)
- See more items in
- Scurlock Studio Records, Subseries 4.1: Black-and-White Silver Gelatin Negatives
- Scurlock Studio Records, Subseries 4.1: Black-and-White Silver Gelatin Negatives / 4.1: Black-and-White Silver Gelatin negatives
- 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.
- Biographical / Historical
- The Guardsmen started in Brooklyn in 1933 by several young men, most of them graduates of Howard University, Lincoln University and Morgan State College. Their objective was to form a club of men with like desires, to foster social programs that would include their wives and girl friends. The Washington Chapter was organized in 1933 and was inducted into the National Association in 1938 by the National President from the Brooklyn Chapter. [taken from www.theguardsmen.org].
- Extent
- 1 Item (Silver gelatin on cellulose acetate film sheet., [8" x 10"].)
- Condition
- Poor; discoloration, blue tint, warping, bubbling
- Date
- 1941
- Container
- Box 102
- Archival Repository
- Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Type
- Archival materials
- Photographs
- Subseries Citation
- Scurlock Studio Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History. Smithsonian Institution
- 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.
- Scan
- Scan Number: AC0618.004.0001406.tif
- Genre/Form
- Photographs -- 1940-1950 -- Black-and-white negatives -- Acetate film
- Scope and Contents
- Posed group of men standing in a line dressed in black or white tie and wearing pendants around their necks. Behind the group is a large sign which reads, "Guardsmen" and an unidentified display of material. Ink on negative: caption. "AGFA SAFETY FILM " edge imprint.
- 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.
- Record ID
- ebl-1562600449806-1562600450175-4
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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