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
- 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