[Mary McLeod Bethune sitting, half length, frontal, holding paper, wearing striped suit with corsage : acetate film photonegative plus two enlarged prints]
odd: label: General
content: From negative Box A. Date and no. 23 on original sleeve.
label: General
content: Negative In freezer box 49. Prints in box 26.
label: Exhibitions Note
content: Reproduction print exhibited in "The Scurlock Studio and Black Washington: Picturing the Promise" held in NMAAHC Gallery, NMAH, January 30-November 15, 2009; image reproduced in exhibit's companion book.
name: label: Photographer
content: Scurlock, Addison N., 1883-1964
label: Creator
content: Defender (film manufacturer)
label: Names
content: Bethune, Mary McLeod, 1875-1955
label: Subseries Creator
content: Custom Craft
label: Subseries Creator
content: Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)
label: Subseries Creator
content: Scurlock, Addison N., 1883-1964
label: Subseries Creator
content: Scurlock, George H. (Hardison), 1919-2005
label: Subseries Creator
content: Scurlock, Robert S. (Saunders), 1917-1994
topic: label: Topic
content: African American women
creator: label: Photographer
content: Scurlock, Addison N., 1883-1964
label: Creator
content: Defender (film manufacturer)
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content: Scurlock Studio Records, Subseries 4.5: Black and white negatives in cold storage arranged by job number
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content: Scurlock Studio Records, Subseries 4.5: Black and white negatives in cold storage arranged by job number / Scurlock client negatives: B - Byrons / Bethune, Mary, (Mrs.)
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 3 Items
phystech: label: Medium
content: Negative: Silver gelatin on cellulose acetate film sheet, 7 x 5 in.
label: Medium
content: Print, 223517B : Silver gelatin on paper, 7 x 5 in.
label: Medium
content: Print, 223517C : Silver gelatin on paper, 10 x 8 in.
label: Condition
content: Excellent; no odor.
unitdate: label: Date
content: [June 1939.]
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Retouching
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- 1930-1940 -- Black-and-white negatives -- Acetate film
label: Genre/Form
content: Retouching -- Pencil
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Pencil retouching in face on negative. Ink on negative edge: "41883 Mrs. Mary McLeod Bethune 6 - 5x7 reg." "Defender Safety Base", maker edge marking. Two prints originally filed with negative (neither is a contact print, both enlargements); 5" x 7" has studio stamp on verso with zip code; 8" x 10" has CustomCraft and "Please credit photography by Robert S. Scurlock" stamps on verso.