Photograph album featuring the Scurlock family: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A photograph album of black and white photographs of the Scurlock family. The album has 38 pages with photographs on it and 13 blank pages. The photographs include images of the family at the beach, images of Washington, D.C, and images of sporting events.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 20th century
• Photograph by: Scurlock Studio, American, founded 1904
• Subject of: Mamie Estelle Scurlock, American, 1885 - 1977
• Subject of: Addison N. Scurlock, American, 1883 - 1964
• Subject of: Addison Fearing Scurlock, American, 1914 - 1933
• Subject of: Robert S. Scurlock, American, 1916 - 1994
• Subject of: George H. Scurlock, American, 1919 - 2005
• Subject of: Unidentified Woman or Women
• Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men
• Type: photograph albums
• Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper on paper in cardboard
• Dimensions: H x W: 5 1/2 × 5 in. (14 × 12.7 cm)
• Place depicted: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Amusements
• Topic: Architecture
• Topic: Children
• Topic: Domestic life
• Topic: Families
• Topic: Local and regional
• Topic: Photography
• Object number: TA2014.306.6.1
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Scurlock family
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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