File:Group of people aboard the excursion ship E. Madison Hall alongside a jetty 1933 NMAH-AC0618-004-0001312.jpg
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English: Group of people aboard the excursion ship E. Madison Hall alongside a jetty. Cellulose acetate photonegative, banquet camera format. "The E. Madison Hall excursion boat, owned and operated by a black man, Captain J. O. Holmes, is a steamer 160 feet long that seats 800 and has 20 staterooms. The excursion season begins about the first Sunday in May and lasts through September. Two or three trips down the Potomac to River View resort are made each day", from "The Black Washingtonians. The Anacostia Museum Illustrated Chronology," The Smithsonian Anacostia Museum and Center for African American History and Culture (John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hokoben, N.J., 2005). Fair; discoloration, surface residue possibly from tape, tape on negative, solarizing top edge, fingerprints. A large number of passengers are dressed in white robes and caps (baptismal garb). Ink on negative: caption and "Scurlock Photo". No edge imprint, no Scurlock number.
NMAH Archives Center Scurlock Studio Records 0618 Series 4: Black & White Negatives Box TBN8 A large number of passengers are dressed in white robes and caps. Ink on negative: caption and "Scurlock Photo". This image is a photomerge from two original scans. |
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| Source | Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History : Archives Center |
| Author | Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.) |
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