Souvenir photograph of Robert and Ellen Love Scurlock at Cafe Zanzibar
date: label: Date
content: August 16, 1946
name: label: Photograph by
content: Planetary Photo, American
label: Subject of
content: Ellen Love Scurlock, American
label: Subject of
content: Robert S. Scurlock, American, 1916 - 1994
label: Subject of
content: Cafe Zanzibar, American, 1943 - 1948
notes: label: Description
content: A black and white photograph (TA2014.306.4.3.3a) of Robert and Ellen Love Scurlock. The are pictured seated at a table at teh Cafe Zanzibar in New York, New York. Unidentified men sit at the tables on either side of the Scurlocks. The back of the photograph has a number written in pencil and a stamp of the date. The photograph is enclosed in a cover from Cafe Zanzibar (TA2014.306.4.3.3b). The cover has a animal print background and a drawing a woman dressed in a hula outfit sitting on a coconut. Text at the bottom right reads: [cafe ZANZIBAR]. The back of the cover has the address of the cafe and information about the photographer's studio.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Cafe Zanzibar, Broadway, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Families
label: Topic
content: Nightlife
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Social life and customs
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Scurlock Family Archive
label: Classification
content: Archival Collections
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Scurlock family
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: TA2014.306.4.3.3ab
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public Domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper , ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 5 1/16 × 7 in. (12.9 × 17.8 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Cover (closed)): 6 1/4 × 8 9/16 in. (15.9 × 21.7 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Cover (open)): 6 1/4 × 17 in. (15.9 × 43.2 cm)