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Photograph of volunteers returning from voter registration centers
- Photograph by
- Cox Studio, American, founded 1957
- Subject of
- Brown, Rosalie, American
- Lovett, Joan, American, born 1938
- Blalock, Joan, American
- Hammond, Yvette, American, born 1941
- Allen, Floyd Green, American, 1906 - 1967
- March, Millicent, American, born 1950
- Reece, Mary L., American
- Staton, Frances, American
- Morrison, Lucille, American
- Nixon, Lillian, American
- March, Ruth N., American, 1912 - 1998
- Hooey, Jo, American
- Albrier, Frances M., American, 1898 - 1987
- San Francisco Chapter of the National Council of Negro Women, founded 1945
- National Council of Negro Women, founded 1935
- Date
- 1956
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)
- Caption
- 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.
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of twelve (12) volunteers and council members recently returned from voter registration centers. They hold signs for the Youth Conservation Department (Junior Council) and the National Council of Negro Women. There is a typewritten caption on a white strip of paper below the photograph that reads, "SOME VOLUNTEERS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS RETURNING FROM REGISTRATION CENTERS." The photograph and caption are adhered to page 25 of Frances Albrier's scrapbook (2010.60.1).
- Place captured
- San Francisco, California, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Frances Albrier Collection
- Object number
- 2010.60.1.28
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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Newspaper clipping of women distributing voter registration pamphlets
- Created by
- San Francisco Examiner, American, founded 1863, American, founded 1863
- Photograph by
- Cox Studio, American, founded 1957
- Created by
- Albrier, Frances M., American, 1898 - 1987
- Subject of
- Brown, Rosalie, American
- Lovett, Joan, American, born 1938
- Blalock, Joan, American
- Hammond, Yvette, American, born 1941
- Allen, Floyd Green, American, 1906 - 1967
- March, Millicent, American, born 1950
- Reese, Mattie, American
- Staton, Frances, American
- Morrison, Lucille, American
- Nixon, Lillian, American
- March, Ruth N., American, 1912 - 1998
- Hooey, Jo, American
- Albrier, Frances M., American, 1898 - 1987
- San Francisco Chapter of the National Council of Negro Women, founded 1945
- National Council of Negro Women, founded 1935
- Date
- September 20, 1956
- Medium
- ink on newsprint and paper (fiber product)
- Dimensions
- H x W: 5 × 8 1/4 in. (12.7 × 21 cm)
- Caption
- This document 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.
- Description
- This newspaper clipping from the San Francisco independent depicts members of the San Francisco chapter of the National Council of Negro Women and members of the Junior Council distributing pamphlets urging that all citizens register and vote. The caption underneath the clipping, added by Frances Albrier, is typewritten in black ink and reads, "SOME VOLUNTEERS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS / return fom [sic] their Registration posts." The photograph in the clipping was taken by Cox Studios. The clipping and caption are adhered to page eleven (11) in Frances Albrier's scrapbook (2010.60.1).
- Place depicted
- San Francisco, California, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Type
- clippings
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Frances Albrier Collection
- Object number
- 2010.60.1.13.1ab
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Courtesy of The Bancroft Library University of California, Berkeley. Permission required for use.