Research Catalog

Title

Ella Baker photograph collection.

Author

Baker, Ella, 1903-1986

Publication

[1930?]-1980.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Berg, Lisa
• Freeman, Roland L., 1936-2023
• Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.), photographer.

Found In

p1tc Baker, Ella Ella Baker papers, 1926-1986 (OCoLC)79408734

Description

• 4 items (one folder); 26 x 21 cm and smaller.
• 4 photographic prints : gelatin silver, black and white ;

Summary

Images collected by activist Ella Baker (who is not depicted), consisting of a studio portrait of journalist George S. Schuyler (ca. 1930s), a candid shot of Washington, D.C. mayor-elect Marion Barry (1978), a view of civil rights activists singing hand-in-hand during the Voices of the Civil Rights Movement conference at the Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C. (1980); and a storefront window displaying an anti-gambling ad featuring a White police officer breaking up a craps game being played by young African American men (1942).

Subject

• Barry, Marion, 1936-2014
• Schuyler, George S. 1895-1977
• African American civil rights workers
• African American journalists
• African American politicians
• Storefronts

Genre/Form

• Portrait photographs – 1930-1979.
• Group portraits – 1980-1989.
• Gelatin silver prints – 1930-1989.
• Inscriptions – 1930-1979.

Note

• Title taken from Ella Baker Papers.
• Most photographs bear photographer's hand stamp on verso. One item bears handwritten caption on verso; two items bear inscriptions on recto.
• Collection contains work by Lisa Berg, Roland L. Freeman and Scurlock Studio.

Terms of Use (note)

• Some items are restricted; permission of the copyright holder is required for duplication.

Biography (note)

• Ella Baker, 1903-1986, was an African American civil rights and community activist who was influential in the organization and guidance of a number of civil rights organizations, including the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.

Linking Entry (note)

• Forms part of the Ella Baker Papers, 1926-1986.

Call Number

Sc Photo Ella Baker Collection

OCLC

1054933687

Author

Baker, Ella, 1903-1986, collector.

Title

Ella Baker photograph collection.

Production

[1930?]-1980.

Type of Content

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

sheet

Terms Of Use

Some items are restricted; permission of the copyright holder is required for duplication.

Biography

Ella Baker, 1903-1986, was an African American civil rights and community activist who was influential in the organization and guidance of a number of civil rights organizations, including the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.

Linking Entry

Forms part of the Ella Baker Papers, 1926-1986.

Local Note

Sc MG 630

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Added Author

Berg, Lisa, photographer.

Freeman, Roland L., 1936-2023, photographer.

Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.), photographer.

Found In:

p1tc Baker, Ella Ella Baker papers, 1926-1986 (OCoLC)79408734

Research Call Number

Sc Photo Ella Baker Collection