Photograph of women and children at voter registration motorcade
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Object Details
- Photograph by
- Cox Studio, American, founded 1957
- Subject of
- Ida Mae Hughes, American
- Gertrude B. Gumbs, American, 1912 - 2004
- Joan Blalock, American
- Gloria Mitchell, American
- Yvette Hammond, American, born 1941
- San Francisco Chapter of the National Council of Negro Women, founded 1945
- National Council of Negro Women, founded 1935
- Caption
- This photograph is part of a scrapbook that was compiled in 1956 and 1957 by Frances Albrier during her term as president of the San Francisco Chapter of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW). The scrapbook highlights the Chapter’s efforts to register voters and educate Bay Area residents on the importance of voting as a part of the Citizenship Education Project which was jointly sponsored by the NCNW and the National Urban League.
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of young children and members of the San Francisco Chapter of the National Council of Negro Women with placards standing next to a car that was part of the Citizenship Education Project motorcade urging people to register to vote. The photograph is attached to page 22 of Frances Albrier's scrapbook (2010.60.1). The caption below the photograph is typewritten in black ink and reads, "SMALLFRY CITIZENS JOIN REGISTRATION PARADE."
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Frances Albrier Collection
- September 8, 1956
- Object number
- 2010.60.1.25
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
- Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)
- Place captured
- San Francisco, California, United States, North and Central America
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Women's Club Movement
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- Associations and institutions
- Civil Rights
- Education
- Photography
- Politics
- Social reform
- Suffrage
- Women
- Women's organizations
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2010.60.1.25
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5ee0d0ee2-81d8-420a-a448-6b896f11c2e1
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