Photograph of NCNW press conference with San Francisco newspaper editors
date: label: Date
content: 1956-1957
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Frances M. Albrier, American, 1898 - 1987
label: Subject of
content: Floyd Green Allen, American, 1906 - 1967
label: Subject of
content: Ruth N. March, American, 1912 - 1998
label: Subject of
content: Dolores Waldorf, American, 1896 - 1988
label: Subject of
content: Joan McKinney, American, 1916 - 2009
label: Subject of
content: Janet Henderson, American, 1921 - 1985
label: Subject of
content: Claire Leeds, American, 1923 - 1999
label: Subject of
content: San Francisco Chapter of the National Council of Negro Women, founded 1945
label: Subject of
content: National Council of Negro Women, founded 1935
notes: label: Caption
content: 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.
label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph of a National Council of Negro Women press meeting at the headquarters at 1914 Fillmore St. Pictured on the left, sitting behind a desk, are three NCNW leaders. News editors from four San Francisco newspapers are seated in chairs against the right wall. The caption underneath the photograph is typewritten in black ink on white paper and reads, "NEWS CONFERENCE WITH LEADING SAN FRANCISCO NEWS EDITORS." The photograph and caption are adhered to page 32 of Frances Albrier's scrapbook (2010.60.1).
place: label: Place captured
content: San Francisco, California, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Associations and institutions
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Politics
label: Topic
content: Social reform
label: Topic
content: Suffrage
label: Topic
content: Women
label: Topic
content: Women's organizations
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
label: Movement
content: Women's Club Movement
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Frances Albrier Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2010.60.1.39
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown - Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)