Photograph of members of the American Woodmen, Georgetown Camp No. 4: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A black and white gelatin silver print of members of the American Woodmen group, Georgetown Camp No. 4. In the foreground of the photograph are three formally dressed people standing in a line. Additional people are seen standing in a line in the background. Other people are sitting at tables with white tablecloths on them. No one is sitting at the table behind them. The photograph is stamped and inscribed on the back. On the back of the photograph in the top left corner is “982-A / Jan 5, 1956.” Stamped on the back at center is “Phone LU, 2-155 / HUGH D. KIRKSEY, SR. / Photographer / 4106 Lee St., N.E. Wash. 19, D.C.”

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1956
• Photograph by: Hugh D. Kirksey Sr., American, 1908 - 1988
• Subject of: Supreme Camp of American Woodmen, American, 1901 - 1994
• Subject of: Unidentified Woman or Women
• Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men
• Subject of: Georgetown Camp No. 4, American, founded 1922
• Type: black-and-white photographs
• Type: gelatin silver prints
• Type: portraits
• Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
• Dimensions: H x W (image): 7 5/8 × 9 1/2 in. (19.3 × 24.2 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (sheet): 8 1/8 × 10 in. (20.6 × 25.4 cm)
• Place captured: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Associations and institutions
• Topic: Local and regional
• Topic: Societies
• Object number: 2017.1.7
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Long Gallery Harlem
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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